[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877) › c5.s12.t3 # 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 - **Language:** English ### Cucumis Melo, Linn. ### [c5.s12.t3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s12.t3.1) \*Syn. Cucumis utilissimus, Roxb.\* \*Sans.\* कर्कटी, \*Karkaṭi. Vern. Kánkur, Beng. Kákri, Hind.\* ### [c5.s12.t3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s12.t3.3) ² कल्कमेर्वारुबीजानामक्षमात्रं ससैन्धवम् । धान्याम्लयुक्तं पीत्वैवमूत्राघा-तादिहृच्यते । चक्रदत्तः । ### [c5.s12.t3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s12.t3.5) ³ कुष्माण्डस्य तुबीजानि बीजानि त्रपुसस्य च । बस्तौसञ्चारयेत्तेन प्रशस्येन्मूत्र नियहः । भावप्रकाशः । ## Cites (2) - [Cakradatta (Cikitsāsaṅgraha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.gauda.cakradatta) — Cakrapāṇidatta, Sanskrit - [Bhāvaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.laghutrayi.bhavaprakasa) — Bhāvamiśra 1550, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s12.t3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s12.t3) · Pramāṇa