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food
melon
nutrition

definition

melon:

Ayurvedic: hot weather food; provides most nutrients needed for life

biochemical: high in silicon, potassium; vitamins A, B3, C

Chinese:
» qualities: cold, sweet
» actions: moistens lungs; benefits the Blood; clears Summer-Heat, cools fever; diuretic; quenches thirst; affects Heart and Stomach
» uses: fever with thirst; tuberculosis cough; food poisoning, hepatitis, cirrhosis, constipation, appendicitis; toothache from Wind, Heat

naturopathic:
» qualities: alkaline-forming food
» actions: cools the blood, reduces fever, aid in elimination, anticoagulant; possible cancer inhibitor, especially lung cancer due to high beta carotene content
» uses: obesity, arthritis and rheumatism

Agriculture Handbook #8
Airola, p. 292
Carper, p. 224
Johari, p. 119
Jensen, pp. 169-71
Lu, p. 83
Yin-fang, p. 82


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