What are the uses of watermelon rind?

Watermelon rind

It has the effects of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, purging fire and relieving restlessness, lowering blood pressure, etc. It has certain therapeutic effects on patients with anemia, dry throat, cleft lip, cystitis, hepatic ascites, and nephritis. Its effect is better than that of melon pulp.

In addition, because watermelon peel is rich in vitamin C and vitamin E, you can use it to rub the skin, or mash it into a paste and apply it on the skin, and then wash it off with water after 10 to 15 minutes. It has the effects of nourishing, rejuvenating, beautifying the skin and preventing and treating prickly heat.

1. Roast the watermelon rind, grind it into powder, and hold it in your mouth to treat mouth sores.

2. Boil 25 grams each of watermelon peel and wax gourd peel in water and drink it to treat turbid urine.

3. Boil 50 grams of watermelon peel, 20 grams of wax gourd peel and 15 grams of tacca, which can be used to treat diabetes.

4 Boil 60 grams of watermelon peel and 30 grams of Imperata root in water and drink it to treat acute and chronic nephritis.

5 Dry 100 grams of watermelon rind and burn it to ashes. Add 5 grams of borneol and grind it into powder. Mix well. Use appropriate amount of vegetable oil to apply to the affected area to treat burns and scalds.

6 Boil 20 grams of watermelon rind (the green rind of the dried watermelon) in water and drink it as tea to treat high blood pressure.

7 Grind the watermelon peel and green skin into powder, mix it with salt and wine, take it once in the morning and once in the evening, 10 grams each time, to treat lumbar sprain.

8 Grind an appropriate amount of the watermelon rind that has been exposed to the sun and dew at night into powder, add a little borneol, and apply it to the toothache to cure toothache caused by wind and fire.