Melon
Sweet taste, cooling virya, sweet vipak. Watery, unctuous and heavy to digest. Diuretic and aphrodisiac.
Melons — Incompatible Foods
Do not eat melons with:
- Grains
- Starch
- Fried foods
- Dairy products
Source: Ayurvedic Cooking for Self-Healing, Chapter 4: Food Combining
Melon: Ayurvedic Properties and Uses
Melons are sweet and cooling with a sweet vipak. They are watery, unctuous and heavy to digest. They calm vata and pitta, and may provoke kapha. Most melons have similar actions. They tend to have a diuretic action and to be an aphrodisiac.
- Burning sensations (excess pitta): Eat melon to alleviate burning sensations.
- Rashes: Eat melon and rub the rind over the skin for some relief.
- Acne: Rub the inner skin of melon rind on the skin at bedtime and leave on overnight. Also makes the skin soft.
- Burning urination, cystitis and urethritis: Eat melon with a pinch of coriander powder sprinkled on it.
- Bleeding gums: Eat melon, chewing it slowly.
Source: Ayurvedic Cooking for Self-Healing, Chapter 8: Foods for Healing — Fruits
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