Melon

 Melon  

Cantaloupe, or queen, or yellow watermelon, is the brother of green watermelon, but it is more useful than it in some cases, due to its relative richness in proteins and vitamins.

Melon consists of 92.1% water, 0.7% protein, 0.2% fat, 6% sugar, 0.50% ash and 0.50% fiber, and it also contains vitamin (C) and (B2), And on some minerals such as sulfur, phosphorous, chlorine, soda, potash, Manisa, lime, iron, and copper.

Cantaloupe resembles its green melon brother in its moisturizing and thirst-quenching properties and is more than it in its healing properties.

Cantaloupe is an excellent remedy for constipation if it is taken in the morning on an empty stomach, because the water in it will stimulate the intestines, activating its circular movement, and its fibers expel the waste accumulated in the walls of the intestine, so whoever gets used to eating melon on an empty stomach in the morning can - during the melon season - To dispense with the consumption of laxative pills, and to prevent the evils of anal fissures and hemorrhoids, and to be valid for what is said that melons cause intestinal infections and diarrhea unless taken in large quantities.

Melon is considered, in addition, one of the fruits used in cosmetics, as it is a treatment for skin tumours, and if its slices are placed on the wrinkled skin, it becomes fresh and soft. Perseverance in this for ten days will guarantee an impressive result in this way.

The sheikh of physicians advised Ibn Sina to use melons in the treatment of vitiligo, melasma, and lichen, as modern science has proven its effectiveness in treating skin infections and tumours.