The Mighty Cucumber!

By Traver

One of the most interesting and applicable aspects of Chinese Medicine that is often left out of Western Medicine – is the benefit that we can get from the foods we eat on a daily basis. Enter the cucumber. The cucumber is a perfect summer food as it is cooling in nature, counteracts toxins in the body, quenches thirst, moistens the lungs for dry hacking coughs, purifies the skin and acts as a digestive aid! You can apply the juice of the cucumber to relieve burns, especially sunburn or drink the juice to help treat kidney and bladder infections. The cucumber ladies and gentlemen is awesome.