Cucumber is widely used in Ayurvedic treatment for difficulty in urination, excessive thirst, headache and insomnia.

Sushruta Samhita, the Ayurvedic treatise, mentions that cucumber is a sheetala (coolant), mutraka (diuretic), and basti shodhana (cleans urinary gladder).

This article gives six ways by which cucumber can help you.  

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