Cucumber is a climbing,
bristly vine that is widely
cultivated.
The bell shaped, golden yellow flowers
bloom
August through
September.
Classification
Taste
Balance
Yin/Yang
Humor
Uses/Applications
Cucumber is widely used in
cosmetics for healing, cooling, and smoothing
the skin.
Use for itching, bruising, burns, and
bedsores.
It is also used for heart and kidney
problems, kidney stones, and bladder stones.
Cucumber also has anti-tapeworm
properties.
Pick
cucumbers that are fully
ripe.
Collect the seeds from the ripened
Cucumber.
Preparation
Juice
Mix
cucumber juice with apple, celery, or carrot
juice to improve the
taste.
Seeds
For
tapeworm treatment take 2 oz. of ground seeds
and mix in honey.
Take while
fasting.
Growing
Directions
Plant
Cucumber seeds in the spring, in rich, moist
soil and partial
shade.
Plant 1/2 inch deep, 1 inch
apart.
Water is important to the development of
the cucumber, so make sure it has at least a 1
inch depth of water once a
week.
History
Cucumber has been cultivated
over 3000 years.
Since ancient times the juice of the
Cucumber has been used as a facial cleanser and
as a treatment for skin
irritations.
Cleopatra was reputed to have used
Cucumber to preserver her
beauty.
Throughout the 1500’s European trappers,
traders, buffalo hunters, and explorers
bartered for the products of Native American
agriculture.
The tribes of the Great Plains and the
Rocky Mountains learned from the Spaniards how
to grow European
vegetables.
Additional
Information
1.
Researchers are investigating Cucumber’s
effect as a cholesterol
reducer.
