Watermelon in Herbal Medicine
Posted by admin on Mar 31, 2008
A favorite in the hot summer months, watermelon is an annual, monoecious, long running, hairy vine. The leaves are pinnately divided. The flowers are yellow, single, in leaf axils. The watermelon fruit is large, round or oval, deep green or streaked with shades of green. A thick or thin ring of white surrounds the red flesh or pulpy part in which numerous flat black seeds are embedded. The plant is known everywhere, especially in tropical countries.
Herbal Uses
- Watermelon is a mild laxative.
- Intake of Watermelon promotes flow of urine.
- Used in cases of rheumatism, kidney problems, accumulation of liquid in abdominal cavity, painful inflamed joints, excessive protein in blood, fevers, chronic bronchitis, pulmonary diseases, arthritis, indigestion, obesity, mouth and throat disease, arterial hypertension and constipation.
- Also for contagious skin disease, kidney and bladder stones, inflammation of the urinary tract and prostate.
These are the some of the medicinal uses of the Watermelon fruit.