Cucumber "Dirigent" F1

* For medicinal purposes, the fruits, juice, peel, seeds, and flowers of the cucumber are used.
The fruits contain potassium salts, nitrogenous and non-nitrogenous substances, fiber, small amounts of vitamins B1, A, and C, as well as iodine in an absorbable form.
Cucumbers enhance the secretory function of the stomach, promoting better secretion of gastric juice, stimulate appetite, improve the absorption of fats and proteins, restore impaired metabolism, increase urine and bile secretion, and have a mild laxative effect...
However, since they increase appetite, their consumption is not recommended for obesity...
Pickled cucumbers should also be avoided in cases of gastrointestinal diseases, heart defects, atherosclerosis, hypertension, kidney diseases, and during pregnancy.
Traditional medicine recommends drinking fresh cucumber juice as a sedative and analgesic for gastrointestinal diseases; for constipation, and crushed fresh cucumbers or their juice are beneficial for dropsy and edema associated with heart disease.
A decoction of unripe cucumbers and vines is drunk for jaundice and other liver diseases.
! To avoid dyspeptic symptoms after consuming fresh cucumbers, one should not drink cold, carbonated water, or carbonated beverages, and some individuals should avoid milk.
Nursing mothers should be cautious about consuming cucumbers, as many biologically active substances from cucumbers pass into breast milk and can cause diarrhea, rumbling, and spasmodic abdominal pain in infants. In such cases, infants should be given dill water, and the mother should consume dill, which prevents the side effects of cucumbers.

• Cucumber juice or juice mixed with honey in a 1:1 ratio.
Take 2-3 tablespoons 2-3 times a day for upper respiratory tract diseases and cough.

• 1 kg of ripe cucumbers (finely chopped) infused for 8 days in 1 liter of vodka, then filter the infusion.
Wipe oily skin 1-2 times a day.