The scientific name of buddha hand is Citrus Medica Var. Buddha’s hand is believed to have originated in India and been brought to China by Buddhist monks near the Yangtze valley. The fruit has long been prized in East Asia because it symbolizes happiness and longevity, it’s often given as an offering in the temple and served during the lunar new year. Buddha’s hand citron looks like a lumpy lemon with fingers and smells like heaven.

Buddha’s hands are like any other citron variety a shrub or small tree with long, irregular branches covered in thorns. Its large oblong leaves are pale green and grow about four to six inches. Its white flower is tinted purplish from the outside and grow in fragrant dusters. The fruit finger contains only the white part of the fruit and sometimes a small amount of acidic pulp, but many of them are completely juiceless and some are seedless.

The fruit may be given as a religious offering in a Buddhist temple. According to tradition, Buddha prefers the fingers of the fruit to be in a position where they resemble closed rather than open hands, as closed hands symbolize to Buddha the act of prayers. In China, the Budda’s hand fruit is a symbol of happiness, longevity, and good fortune, it’s also a traditional temple offering and a new years gift.

BENEFITS FOR HEALTH

The buddha hand holds an important place in religious ceremonies because of its shape. Since ancient times in the Buddha, the hand is used as a medicinal herb to treat a variety of diseases.
In traditional medicine uses Buddha’s hand as an herb to treat inflammation of the liver, lungs, and spleen. It also helps treat vomiting, stomach pain, and loss of appetite. This fruit has also been effective in reducing chest pain and distension.

Benefit for immunity Boosting

In the buddha, the hand has immersive boosting your immunity nowadays it’s very important to everyone. It has vitamin C which fights infection and protects the body from microbial attack. There is a specific polysaccharide found in the fruit which improves immunity in your body.

Benefit for Anti-inflammation

Inflammation such as an infection or injury an auto-immune disorder will be a health issue. A drug or substance that reduces inflammation and causes redness, swelling, and pain in the body. In Buddha’s hand, we found coumarin, limonin, and bergapten which is help to get relief from cuts, surgeries, wounds, and sprain.

Benefit for Skin Ageing

Buddha’s hands are rich in vitamin C and antioxidants to help the skin glow and feel fresh. Antioxidants also delay the aging of skin cells making the skin healthier and beautiful.

Benefit from Menstrual Pain

It occurs in women, typically between ovulation and a period. Menstrual can be caused by dehydration, strenuous exercise, or lack of muscle use. Buddha hand fruit can gives relief from menstrual discomfort.

Benefit for Wound Healing

The wound is the injury to the part of your body, especially a cut or often received in fighting with any weapon. Just need to apply the buddha hand juice it helps to speed up wound healing and discoloration of bruises.

Benefit from Constipation

Constipation can cause many ways like dehydration, lack of dietary fiber, physical inactivity, abnormal pain, cant pass stool, or side effect from the medicine. Buddha’s hand help to reduce stomach lining and intestine, which will give you relief from upset stomach diarrhea and constipation.

The benefit to treat Respiratory Diseases

Respiratory disease can be treated with buddha hand, it contains the mild alcoholic compound which acts as an expectorant. Soak the fruit in the bowl of water add some sugar for taste and drink it to get maximum relief from breathing comfort and asthma.

Benefit for Antioxidant

Buddha’s hands are rich in vitamin C content which act as an antioxidant. It prevents oxidative damage of cells and tissues it clears the body from radicals. It helps the body fight infections and reduces the risk of cancer.

Benefit for Blood Pressure

When blood pressure occurs to force the blood is pushing against the wall of your arteries. Blood pressure is common at a certain age some have low pressure or some have high pressure. Buddha’s hands contain alcohol extract that dilates the blood vessel and easy blood flow. Buddha hands can reduce blood pressure and the risk of atherosclerosis and heart attack.

Benefits for Cancer

Buddha’s hand is rich in vitamin C content which acts as an antioxidant. It helps the body fight infection and reduces the risk of cancer. The antioxidant compound limonin has an anti-cancerous property that fights against breast cancer.

Benefit for Cholesterol

Buddha’s hands contain pectin which considerably reduces blood cholesterol levels. Your body needs cholesterol to build healthy cells but high levels of cholesterol can increase your risk of heart. Buddha’s hand can help you to protect the heart from cardiovascular diseases and stroke.

Benefit for Herbal Medicine

Buddha’s hand has medicinal properties that treat inflammation of the liver, lungs, and spleen. It also helps vomiting, stomach pain, and loss of appetite. Traditionally it is used as medicine to reduce swelling and pain in muscles.

HOW TO TAKE CARE PLANT

The Buddha’s hand citron tree required well-drained and rich soil for it to develop well. Before you start plantation, you should know that the Buddha hand does not resist freezing and will start suffering when temperatures are below 45 degrees Fahrenheit.
Avoid plantation when temperatures are high or in full summer.
Choose sunbathed area shelters from heavy wind.
Plantation of Buddha hand tree near a drainage layer at the bottom.

Water regularly during the first 2 years after planting without ever flooding the roots.

It’ can also plantation the tree in a pot same as we potted lemon tree.

You need to bring it indoors from October to May in a lean in a greenhouse that is not heated.

When the leaves start dropping or bending the Buddha hand plant needs water.
If the pot is too large, simply topdress with fresh soil mic, and mature can post and fertilizer.

Generally, protect it from wind and drafty areas and ensure a lot of suns.
Buddha hand can grow from cutting sized about 4 to 6 inches long and taken from the branches of 2 to 4 years old Buddha hand tree and must be buried completely with all or potential foliage intact.