Charak Samhita

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रूक्षाम्लमुष्णंकौसुम्भंकफघ्नंपित्तवर्धनम्। त्रपुसैर्वारुकंस्वादुगुरुविष्टम्भिशीतलम् ॥११०॥

sanskrit

Trapusha- Common cucumber (Cucumis sativus Linn.) and ervaruka- phut cucumber (Cucumis utilissimus Roxb.) are sweet, heavy, slow to digest, and cold in potency. The common cucumber is palatable, dry and a powerful diuretic. The phut cucumber, if fully ripe, allays burning, thirst, exhaustion and pain.

english translation

rUkSAmlamuSNaMkausumbhaMkaphaghnaMpittavardhanam| trapusairvArukaMsvAduguruviSTambhizItalam ||110||

hk transliteration by Sanscript