cucumber in summer
Cucumber May 17, 2010
Ayurveda has described Cucumber which is commonly known as kakadi in marathi & hindi . It is very useful in these summer days. Like gourds it could be planted by seeds. It spread as a creeper. It is available readily in the market in different species, one from maval known as mavali kakadi is more palatable.
Cucumber is used as a fruit vegetable in regular diet as salad or sabji but it is more effective when eaten raw. It is very cool in nature It cools your body from inside as well as outside so when you eat one in summer you feel cooool. Another important thing is it helps digestion. It particularly helps digestion of gahu, maka, tur ,mug and some other protinous foods. This digestion is caused by seeds inside it.
Due to high percentage of water in it Cucumber helps in free urine flow so is used in patients of urinary infection & stones.
Cucumber is used in beutics as cooling agent to skin & eyes.
Caution : it causes common cold in allergic patients particularly in winters so to be used cautiously in that part of the year.
Ayurveda has described Cucumber which is commonly known as kakadi in marathi & hindi . It is very useful in these summer days. Like gourds it could be planted by seeds. It spread as a creeper. It is available readily in the market in different species, one from maval known as mavali kakadi is more palatable.
Cucumber is used as a fruit vegetable in regular diet as salad or sabji but it is more effective when eaten raw. It is very cool in nature It cools your body from inside as well as outside so when you eat one in summer you feel cooool. Another important thing is it helps digestion. It particularly helps digestion of gahu, maka, tur ,mug and some other protinous foods. This digestion is caused by seeds inside it.
Due to high percentage of water in it Cucumber helps in free urine flow so is used in patients of urinary infection & stones.
Cucumber is used in beutics as cooling agent to skin & eyes.
Caution : it causes common cold in allergic patients particularly in winters so to be used cautiously in that part of the year.
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