08/28/2025
Enjoy some watermelon to cool down and rehydrate on these late summer heat days!
🍉 Xi Gua (西瓜 citrulli fructus) is watermelon. It’s in the category Herbs that Drain Fire.
⛱️ Xi Gua is good for summer heat, especially when there’s intense thirst and obstructed urination.
🍭❄️ It’s sweet, bland, and cold, so it clears heat, generates fluids to alleviate thirst, and facilitates urination.
☀️ Xi Gua enters the Lung and Stomach channel, so it’s known as nature’s Bai Hu Tang (white tiger decoction) because it clears Lung and Stomach heat.
🍺 Essentials of the Materia Medica adds that it "restores sobriety" after over-consumption of alcohol.
🥤 Don’t cook Xi Gua in decoction, just eat it or drink 100-300mls of it’s juice.
So to beat the summer heat, grab some watermelon!