Watermelon: medicinal properties, application.
Due to the fact that watermelon consists of water by 90%, it is an excellent diuretic, removes cholesterol and harmful toxins from the body. The use of this berry is recommended for diseases such as arthritis and atherosclerosis. Indispensable watermelon will be for removing sand and small pebbles from the gallbladder and kidneys, while preventing their formation.
Watermelon can also be used for cosmetic purposes. Due to the content of the antioxidants, it is able to rejuvenate the body. And if you make a mask out of the pulp or crust of watermelon, the skin will look firm and healthy.
In watermelons contains a large amount of magnesium, so it is useful in hypertension and cardiovascular diseases. Moreover, fructose, glucose and sucrose, which are contained in watermelon, are not at all dangerous in diabetes mellitus.
Watermelon can be used as an aid in the treatment of many diseases. With regular use in food, it is able to relieve nervousness and stress, normalize metabolism and intestinal motility. Also, this berry has fortifying, anti-inflammatory and antipyretic properties, it has a beneficial effect on the body with stenocardia and hypertension, without any side effects.
How to use the healing properties of watermelon in informal medicine.
- Worms.
Preparations made on the basis of watermelon seeds are considered to be the most effective for getting rid of worms. At home, you can get rid of them by simply eating the watermelon seeds.
- Diseases of the kidneys and gallbladder.
The use of dried watermelon crusts has a positive effect on kidney and gallbladder diseases. Beforehand, the cake should be rubbed on a grater and dried (for example, in an oven). One tablespoon of dried peels pour a glass of boiling water and insist for half an hour. This infusion should be consumed several times a day, twenty minutes before a meal as a tea.
- Diseases of the joints.
The watermelon juice will be very useful in diseases of the joints, as it helps to remove excess salts from the body.
- Diabetes.
Due to the special form of fructose, which does not affect the increase of sugar in the blood, watermelon is recommended to eat fresh in diabetes. In small amounts, it will be harmless even with an insulin-dependent form of diabetes.
- Diseases of the liver, cholelithiasis and urolithiasis.
No less effective watermelon and with liver diseases, cholelithiasis and urolithiasis, as this berry removes toxins and small stones from the body. With such ailments it is recommended to eat at least two kilograms of watermelon, and sometimes with it, arrange unloading days.
- Inflammation and bowel disease.
Broth from the crust of watermelon will be an effective remedy for inflammation and bowel disease. To do this, you need to pour a tablespoon of dried and crushed crust with a glass of boiling water. After the broth is infused for an hour, you must use it every two hours for a third of the glass.
- Overweight.
Pulp of watermelon creates a feeling of satiety and lowers appetite, so with any diet this berry too will be irreplaceable. For a significant weight loss, it will be enough for a few days to eat exclusively watermelons (1 kg of pulp / 10 kg of weight), while drinking only green tea.
- Vegetosovascular dystonia, osteochondrosis.
With vegetovascular dystonia and osteochondrosis, baths with watermelon are recommended. For this, it is necessary to add chopped watermelon crusts, flesh (about two hundred grams) to the warm water, and in the same amount of baking soda. Taking such baths every other day for two weeks, you will feel better health.
- Increased fever, fever.
The pulp of watermelon can be an excellent means for quenching thirst at elevated temperature, feverish conditions and just in hot weather.
However, any process of treatment using watermelon or, especially, weight loss should be carried out under the supervision of a specialist, as in the case of kidney dysfunction, this can be unsafe.
The season of watermelons is short, therefore, lovers of this berry are advised not to miss it. After all, watermelons can be eaten all year round, and not only in fresh form: they are made from jam, pastille, candied fruits and jam. Many even canned watermelons, applying them later as side dishes to meat and fish dishes.