Cucumis, Cucumber
Maghz e Tukhm e Khiyar (Unani)
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Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562
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Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578
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Regular and Long Cucumber
New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563
New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563
Herbarium Blackwellianum, 1750
Botanical name:
Cucumis sativus
Several varieties were known including Regular and Long
Parts used:
Seed kernel
Temperature & Taste:
Cool, moist. Sweet
Cucumis sativus
Several varieties were known including Regular and Long
Parts used:
Seed kernel
Temperature & Taste:
Cool, moist. Sweet
Uses:
1. One of the 4 Greater Cold Seeds
2. Clears Damp-Heat, promotes Urine:
-strangury, dysuria, burning urine
-helps with Stones
3. Clears Heat and Choler (Bile):
-heat of the body; Fever
-Heat of the Blood
-excess Bile (Liver heat)
4. Clears Phlegm-Heat, Stops Cough:
-heat or Hot-phlegm of the Lungs, stops Cough
-good for Pleurisy
Dose:
Decoction: 10–30 grams
Powder: 1–4 grams
Decoction: 10–30 grams
Powder: 1–4 grams
Main Combinations:
1. With the other Cold seeds to clear Heat of Bile or Blood, for Fever, and to support the Yin.
Cautions:
1. Not suitable for Cold and Weak Digestion.
Main Preparations used:
1. Not suitable for Cold and Weak Digestion.
Main Preparations used: