I had to check out uses for watermelon seeds after a friend successfully treated a buck goat for urinary calculi by giving him ground watermelon seed as a drench once a day for three days. This condition in goats is similar to bladder or kidney stones in humans.
There isn't a lot of info out there, but what I found is that watermelon seed, often used to make a tea, is a diuretic and an antispasmodic and generally considered therapeutic for anyone troubled w/ urinary tract problems.
Don't have very many herb books. Would any of you that do own books care to look this one up? It seems to originate in Chinese medicine, but the goat thing came from a NC hillbilly grandma.
