Sowing Cucumber

2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38

Sowing cucumber is one of the plants of the family called pumpkin, in Latin the name of this plant will sound as follows: Cucumis sativus L. As for the name of the cucumber family itself, in Latin it will be: Cucurbitaceae Juss.

Description of sowing cucumber

Sowing cucumber is an annual herb, endowed with a recumbent rough stem. The leaves of this plant are pentagonal-lobed and heart-shaped. The flowers of the seed cucumber will be unisexual, they are colored in yellow tones and endowed with a spine-petal pistil. The fruits of this plant will be oblong, fleshy and juicy.

It should be noted that in India, the sowing cucumber was cultivated for several millennia BC. In addition, sowing cucumbers were used in Ancient Greece and Egypt. In Russia, this culture appeared only in the sixteenth century. Now sowing cucumbers are cultivated in vegetable gardens, greenhouses, greenhouses and plantations.

Description of the medicinal properties of the seed cucumber

Sowing cucumber is endowed with very valuable healing properties, while for medicinal purposes it is recommended to use the fruits of this plant, namely, their juice, peel, flowers and seeds. The presence of such valuable healing properties should be explained by the content of fiber, iodine, nitrogenous and nitrogen-free substances, potassium salts, as well as a small amount of vitamins C and A.

It is worth noting that sowing cucumbers have been used for medicinal purposes since ancient times. This plant has the ability to increase the secretory function of the stomach, will promote the secretion of gastric juice, improve the absorption of fats and proteins, stimulate appetite, increase the separation of urine and bile, and also restore disturbed metabolism. However, due to the fact that they increase appetite, they should not be consumed if obese. In addition, pickles should not be used for atherosclerosis, heart defects, various gastrointestinal diseases, various kidney diseases, hypertension and pregnancy.

Sowing cucumbers are recommended for constipation, while chopped fresh fruits should be used for dropsy and edema associated with heart disease. As for traditional medicine, fresh cucumber juice is quite widespread here. This juice should be used as an analgesic and soothing agent for various gastrointestinal ailments. For jaundice and other liver diseases, a decoction should be used, which is prepared on the basis of unripe cucumbers and lashes.

Also, the use of cucumber juice and an aqueous extract of the peel is quite effective: such funds are used in cosmetics for freckles, rashes, acne and various inflammatory processes of the skin. In order to avoid dyspeptic symptoms when eating fresh sowing cucumbers, it is not recommended to drink carbonated water and carbonated drinks. It is also very important to be wary of nursing mothers about the use of sowing cucumbers, which should be attributed to the fact that many biologically active substances in this plant can pass into breast milk. In this case, infants may experience diarrhea, rumbling, and abdominal cramping. However, if this has already happened, then the children should be given dill water, and the mother herself should also use dill, which will help get rid of such negative manifestations. Sowing cucumbers are also effective for coughing, as well as for various diseases of the upper respiratory tract.