Cucumber or cucumber Cucumis sativus scientific name has long been known to have medicinal properties. Allegedly cucumber comes from the Himalaya mountains and spread throughout the world, has been cultivated in South Asia region since 3000 years ago.
This fruit contains 0.65% protein, 0.1% fat and carbohydrates as much as 2.2%. It also contains calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin B2 and vitamin C. Cucumber seeds themselves contain toxic alkoloid hipoxanti type, which is used to treat children with intestinal worms.
There are many varieties of cucumbers can be found on the market. Cucumber-cucumber are varied in shape, size, or color of his skin. Do not be confused in choosing a cucumber. Sound effects contained in each of these species as effective for attacking the disease.
• Local Cucumber. Vegetables elliptic colored green-yellow-white lines can be eaten raw as fresh vegetables, mixed salad Karedok den, and can be processed into pickles, juiced, boiled, or steamed. Cucumber is recommended to be eaten raw, because cooking and processing into pickles will reduce the content of vitamins and minerals, especially vitamin C.
• Japanese Cucumber (Kyuri). Land sakura cucumber origin has a more 'streamlined' and longer than the local cucumbers. Her skin is dark green with white spots arise that make the surface uneven. Flavor and softer texture than the local cucumbers. It is suitable processed into mixed salad and pickles.
• Cucumber Gherkin. Also called pickling cucumbers or baby kyuri. As the name implies this is more often processed cucumbers into pickles. Smaller size with dark green skin and there are spots that arise as kyuri. It was crunchy, not too watery and not gummy.
• Zucchini. Vegetables was related to the cucumber is often called sukini or cucumber Italy. Has a size larger than the den is not too watery cucumber. The shape is not perfectly round, but-sided terms. Old moss-green color of his skin and shiny. The inside is white, resembling squash. Unlike the cucumber, sukini rarely eaten raw.
If you suffer from pain in the throat that causes difficulty speaking (cough) can be treated with cucumber seeds. The trick: a little cucumber seeds are mixed with a little salt and gargle several times a day. This treatment is believed to restore the sound was lost due to illness.
Diseases of continuous dizziness that can lose weight can be overcome by consuming raw cucumber or that have been cooked. In addition, cucumber can also be used to treat dysentery.
Clean the Kidney with Cucumber
Cucumbers are familiar with us. As fresh vegetables, mixed pecel, or serve refreshments. However, efficacy was also a lot of cucumbers. Besides being able to reduce fever in a short time, and high blood shed, this vine can also cleanse the kidneys.
External use only. To taste the fruit is washed and shredded. Used to compress the fever, affixed on cuts, burns, stains on skin patches, acne, facial cleanse oily skin and reduce itching skin.
Recipes and How to Use:
1. High blood pressure.
2 pieces of fresh cucumbers washed and shredded. Results grated squeezed and strained, and drunk all at once. Do it 2-3 times a day.
2. Sprue.
Every day eat as much as 9 pieces of cucumber fruits. Perform routine.
3. Cleaning the kidney.
Freshly washed and shredded cucumber. Results grated squeezed and filtered. Water is taken little by little until the gastric fluid used to receiving cucumber.
4. Fever.
Cucumbers taste is washed, and shredded. Results grater placed on the abdomen.
5. Acne.
Cucumber fruits are washed and sliced. cucumber slices placed and rubbed against the skin with acne. Do it every day.
6. For irregular menstruation drug.
Finely minced leaves cocor 10 ducks, 5 finger gourd of water, 1 piece of cucumber, 10 dadap srep leaves, 10 leaves sambaing plug, add water salt to taste. Then rubbed into the abdomen, and dressing and do two times a day.
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