The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s12.t3: Cucumis Melo, Linn.
The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s12.t3
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Cucumis Melo, Linn.
c5.s12.t3.1
*Syn. Cucumis utilissimus, Roxb.* *Sans.* कर्कटी, *Karkaṭi. Vern. Kánkur, Beng. Kákri, Hind.*
c5.s12.t3.2
The seeds of this useful species of *Cucumis* are described as cooling, edible, nutritive and diuretic, and are used in painful micturition and suppression of urine. Two drachms of the seeds rubbed into a pulp with water, are given alone or in combination with salt and *kánjika*.²
c5.s12.t3.3
² कल्कमेर्वारुबीजानामक्षमात्रं ससैन्धवम् । धान्याम्लयुक्तं पीत्वैवमूत्राघा-तादिहृच्यते । चक्रदत्तः ।
c5.s12.t3.4
The seeds of *Cucumis sativa*, (*Sans.* त्रपुष, *Trapusha. Vern. Khirá, Hind.*) and of *Benincasa cerifera* (*Sans. Kushmánda.*) are also used as diuretics like those of *Cucumis utilissimus*.³
c5.s12.t3.5
³ कुष्माण्डस्य तुबीजानि बीजानि त्रपुसस्य च । बस्तौसञ्चारयेत्तेन प्रशस्येन्मूत्र नियहः । भावप्रकाशः ।
Linked texts (2)
- Cakradatta (Cikitsāsaṅgraha) — Cakrapāṇidatta, Sanskrit
- Bhāvaprakāśa — Bhāvamiśra 1550, Sanskrit