Wood apple, commonly known as bael, commonly found in India and Bangladesh, has plenty of health benefits, especially during summer months. The presence of tannin in the fruit helps in curing diseases like diarrhoea and cholera. Bael is rich in laxatives which makes it useful in controlling the blood sugar levels. The ripe fruit keeps the body and mind cool. Bael is an alkaline food and thereby helps to clear the digestive tract, detoxify the body. Not only this, the dried powder of a raw bael mixed with turmeric and ghee was applied on fractured bones to treat fracture!