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The very thought of black plums or Jamun pools our mouth with saliva while the sight of plums gives a boost of freshness to our minds. Fruits are an essential part of our nutrition. Fresh fruits are loaded with high nutritional value that provides so much energy to our body yet we tend to ignore them. It is also a refreshing summer fruit with many medicinal properties.
The purple-colored sweet and sour taste of black plum takes us down memory lane to our good old childhood days. As most of us remember eating black jamuns and checking each other’s tongue for its purple color!
This juicy fruit not only has innumerable oral health benefits but is of great significance in traditional holistic treatments like Ayurveda and Unani. In fact, jamun has a special mention in Ramayana and is popularly known as ‘God of Fruits’ since it was believed that Lord Rama survived eating black plums during his 14 years of exile in forest. So one can just imagine the abundance of benefits this fruit has to offer.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Black plums i.e the fruit as well as the leaves have anti-bacterial properties which helps to prevent many gum infections.
- Jamuns have a high iron content. Iron is extremely important to tackle anemia associated oral symptoms like mouth sores, aphthous ulcers, angular cheilosis etc.
- Black plum is a small fruit with a unique and a hard taste which by itself is a natural mouth freshener.
- Regular consumption of black plums reduces gum inflammation and bleeding and maintains the overall health of gums.
- In Ayurveda, the Jambul fruit has an exceptional importance and the Ayurvedic practioners too recommend black plums for maintaining oral health and preventing bad breath.
