Dear Patient, We tend to think of medicine as something manufactured in a lab and delivered to us in a bottle. But medicine is all around us, and one of my favorites this time of year is watermelon. It’s juicy, it’s delicious, and it’s been an accepted medicinal substance in China for 800 years. Physician Wu Ren first included watermelon, or Xi Gua (translated as “West Fruit”), in the Household Materia Medica in 1330.
Food is Medicine: Watermelon
Food is Medicine: Watermelon
Food is Medicine: Watermelon
Dear Patient, We tend to think of medicine as something manufactured in a lab and delivered to us in a bottle. But medicine is all around us, and one of my favorites this time of year is watermelon. It’s juicy, it’s delicious, and it’s been an accepted medicinal substance in China for 800 years. Physician Wu Ren first included watermelon, or Xi Gua (translated as “West Fruit”), in the Household Materia Medica in 1330.