WATERMELON CITRULLUS LANATUS

WATERMELON (Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai) +++

Activities (Watermelon) :
Anticancer (1; FNF); Antioxidant (1; FNF); Antiprostatitic (1; FNF); Antipyretic (f; WO2); Antiseptic (f; BIB); Cerebrotonic (f; BIB); Chemopreventive (1; FNF); Demulcent (f; EFS; WO2); Diuretic (1; JFM; WO2); Hypocholesterolemic (1; FNF); Hypotensive (1; BIB; WO2); Laxative (f; WO2); Litholytic (1; WO2); Vermifuge (1; JFM; WO2).

Indications (Watermelon) :
BPH (1; FNF); Cancer (1; FNF; WO2); Catarrh (f; BIB); Constipation (f; WO2); Cystosis (1; BIB; JFM); Depression (1; BIB; FNF); Diarrhea (f; BIB; WO2); Dyspepsia (f; BIB); Dysuria (f; BIB; JLH; WO2); Fever (f; BIB; WO2); Gonorrhea (f; BIB); High Blood Pressure (1; BIB; JFM; WO2); High Cholesterol (1; FNF); Infection (f; WO2); Inflammation (f; BIB); Kidney Stone (1; WO2); Nephrosis (f; BIB; WO2); Sinusosis (f; BIB); Sore (f; BIB; WO2); Sore Throat (f; BIB); Stomatosis (f; BIB); Stone (1; WO2); Strangury (f; WO2); Roundworm (1; WO2); Tapeworm (1; WO2); Typhus (f; BIB); Vaginosis (f; BIB); VD (f; BIB); Water Retention (1; JFM; WO2); Worm (1; JFM; WO2).

Dosages (Watermelon) :
5 - 8 g of the juice expressed from fresh seeds in 1 cup water for worms.

Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Watermelon) :
Not covered by AHP or KOM. Eating unripe watermelons causes serious illness, even death (JFM). Citrin (cucurbocitrin) is hypotensive.