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Water Melon Juice

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Botanical name: Citrullus vulgaris
Sanskrit name: Kalinda
Hindi name: Darbuj
English name: Watermelon
Tamil name: Darboos

 
Indications: 

  • Loose bowels

  • Loss of Appetite 

  • Excessive sweat 

  • Summer heat

  • Thirst

  • Kidney diseases

  • Vomiting

  • Dizziness

  • Spleen disorders 

  • Dropsy 

  • Renal stones 

 


Properties:

  • Heavy to digest

  • Cooling

  • Relives pitta

  • Binds stools

  • Not good for the eyes 

  • Ripe watermelon increases pitta 

 
Ingredients: 


Watermelon – ½ fruit
Palm sugar – 3 spoons full
Lemon – ¼ fruit 


Preparation:

1. Extract juice from the watermelon in a blender. 

2. Add palm sugar and a few drops of lemon juice.

3. Stir well and consume.

    


Glossary:

Vata – It refers to one of the three doshas. This is made of air and ether. This functional unit is characterized by movement, coldness, lightness and dryness in the body. When imbalanced it produces pain in various parts of the body.

Pitta – It refers to one of the three doshas. This is made of fire and water. This functional unit is characterized by heat, temperature and digestion in the body. When imbalanced it produces heat and burning sensation in the body. 

Kapha – It refers to one of the three doshas. This is made of earth and water in our body. It is characterized by fluidity, strength and nourishment. When imbalanced it produces heaviness and phlegm in the body 

Dosha – Literally that which can go out of balance. Bodily humor 

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