The melon de monte, as we know it here in Venezuela, is a very different fruit from what we are used to seeing, since this melon is very similar to the cactus, with thorns and green color, it is round and has many properties and benefits , this fruit occurs a lot in our fields and plains, in the hills or mountains, its thorns are long and sharp, it is not very commercialized, but it is a very important and very valuable fruit, it is also known as melocactus, melon de cerro ,: but the most popular is very named mountain melon in eastern Venezuela special in Puerto la Cruz state Anzoategui.
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One of the very well-known properties of this melon, which is medicinal, is the cleansing and healing of the kidneys, be it infections, also the well-known stones and kidneys or any other disease that affects our urinary system, problems that affect both men as to women.
This precious fruit that is not very common, has valuable properties for the regeneration of "our precious human body, as Kiko says".
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You must be very careful with the thorns, burn the bark a little so that it is easy to remove them.
This medicinal drink is very effective for our health, share it with your family and friends, and you will do a good deed for your neighbor, YAHWEH GOD is very good at doing it all for us, BARUJ HASHEM.
This melon is not very commercialized in the municipal markets, nor in the network of supermarkets or supplies, but mostly it can be found in the towns, fields, and when it reaches the peasant markets where many of these farmers bring it for medical treatment since they know their good benefits, like armandito, nene, mache, and sicatrongo power, peasants who know this wonderful medicinal fruit. SHALOOM.
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