Useful substances contained in the pulp and crust of watermelon.
Watermelon, as a rule, eaten fresh. The period of ripening of watermelons begins at the end of June and ends in October. In summer, the watermelon quenches thirst perfectly and is a source for the replenishment of the organism with microelements. In addition, watermelons are salted. When pickling and souring watermelon does not lose its useful properties. From the juice of watermelon you can get a wonderful honey. The watermelon cake is used to make jam. The healing properties of watermelon found application in the official and in folk medicine.
Watermelon contains a lot of useful substances for the body - fiber, pectins, provitamin A, folic acid, vitamins PP, B1 and B2. In the pulp of watermelon contains about 12% of sugars, most of which is fructose, and the rest is in glucose and sucrose. From microelements watermelon is rich in iron, manganese, magnesium, nickel and potassium. Seeds contain fatty oils and vitamin D.
Folic acid, contained in watermelon, is necessary to ensure the normal life of a person. It is involved in the process of synthesis of amino acids and hematopoiesis, it is a stimulator of fat metabolism and has an anti-sclerotic effect. The effect of folic acid is enhanced by vitamins P and C. Watermelon is used, as a rule, in raw form, and this allows preserving all the useful properties of folic acid, which are lost during the heat treatment of products.
The use of watermelon improves the digestion process. Fiber is a good stimulator of useful intestinal microflora. The watermelon medium is alkaline, and it neutralizes the negative effects of acids found in foods such as bread, eggs, meat and fish. Watermelon is useful for eating after long illnesses and surgeries, it neutralizes the harmful effects of medication and anesthesia.
How are the crusts of the biggest berries used in folk medicine?
Watermelon and its crust are useful in swelling, which are caused by diseases of the kidneys, liver, vessels and heart.
When urolithic illness should be consumed daily up to 3 kg of pulp of watermelon or 2 liters of broth from watermelon crusts, which contributes to the destruction of stones and does not allow the disease to progress. Broth from watermelon seeds has an excellent diuretic effect. The broth can be prepared from fresh crust of watermelon. Also, you can dry the crusts and use them in the winter.
With nephrolithiasis for the healing effect, one large slice of watermelon should be eaten every hour. Under the influence of alkaline environment of urine, which appears after eating watermelon, the salts in the kidneys and urinary tract dissolve.
For nephritis, edema and kidney stone disease, use the following folk method. Cut off the top hard layer from the watermelon crusts. The green soft part must be finely chopped and slightly dried in the oven at low temperature. Then scatter on the cloth and dry it. In winter, for treatment, take one teaspoon of dried watermelon crusts and eat with half a glass of warm water with a spoon of honey dissolved in it. It should be taken every day, three times a day, half an hour before meals. Keep dried crusts in a dry place, placing them in a paper bag or a linen bag.
With a flabby skin of the face, as well as pigmentation of the skin, rub the face with watermelon crust juice three times a day. Rinse with clean water and not earlier than 15 minutes. Acne, bedsores, trophic ulcers and boils can also be used fresh juice of watermelon crusts. It is necessary to wipe them with sore spots or make lotions.
People who suffer from diabetes mellitus are contraindicated in large doses of watermelon. But the juice of green watermelon crusts will be very useful. It is necessary to take ΒΌ cup, four times a day. This juice contains all the same useful substances as in the pulp of watermelon, but the sugar content is minimal.
Juice is used to restore the liver after hepatitis and alcoholism . Take juice from watermelon crusts should be one tablespoon every hour and daily.
In colitis , the following remedy is recommended. Take 100 g of dry watermelon crusts and pour 500 ml of boiling water in a thermos. Let it brew for two hours. Drink this infusion is recommended five times a day for half a cup.
With a migraine or a severe headache , fresh watermelon cakes should be applied to the forehead and whiskey, and fastened with a bandage. This remedy can also be used for rheumatism . When the crusts are warmed, they must be changed for new ones. Repeat the procedure until the pain passes.
Watermelon juice can be used for angina and tuberculosis . To do this, juice of watermelon crusts should be rinsed every hour.
With sunburn : blender should be finely grind watermelon crust. Then the resulting gruel is applied to the skin, and after an hour, rinse off under a cool shower. Apply the slurry to the skin until the burn has passed.
When diarrhea should be grind in a coffee grinder dry watermelon peel and take one teaspoon after two hours and wash down with clean water.
The following remedy is used for chronic constipation, edema and hypertension . It is necessary to mix dry water-melon crusts and hay leaves in equal parts. One tablespoon of the mixture pour one cup of boiling water and let it brew for twenty minutes. Drink infusion should be in the morning or evening on an empty stomach.
Now that you know how to apply dry watermelon crusts, using the juicy pulp of watermelon in the summer, do not forget about the opportunity to prepare raw materials for preparing medicinal mixtures from a variety of diseases for the whole year.