What are the medicinal uses of winter melon, and what is the medicinal value of winter melon pulp?

Winter melon is also known as white melon, water mushroom, dizhi and white east melon. Li Shizhenyun: "Winter melon, with its winter ripeness."

It is cultivated all over the country. Regarding its fruit, Meng Xuyun: "The hot ones eat well, and the cold ones eat the thin ones."

Cooking and training the five internal organs, so that it is also angry. If you want to be thin and healthy, you can eat it for a long time; If you want to get fat, don't eat it. There is also a saying that "the face is smooth and clean like jade", which can be seen to have a beauty effect.

Winter melon was first contained in the "Benjing", and the materia medica of all dynasties has been discussed. "The Book of Sketches" clouds: "Today, everywhere in the garden."

In fact, under the seedlings, the big ones are like buckets and longer, the skin is thick and hairy, the first birth is green, and the frost is white powder. People hide and store for the rest of the year, making vegetables and fruits. Take it after adding the medicine to the cream.

Put it for years, break out of the nuclear washing, and dryness is to take the benevolence and use it. It can also be used as bait alone. "Famous Doctors" Yunguo "cures lower abdominal distension, facilitates urination, and quenches thirst".

Yunnan Materia Medica" cloud melon peel "quenches thirst, eliminates phlegm, and facilitates urination." Treat stroke". "Materia Medica" cloud melon kernel "agglomeration in the main abdomen, breaking pus and blood, where the stomach and intestines are suppressed, the most important medicine".

In addition to containing a lot of water, modern research also contains protein, sugar, crude fiber, calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene, vitamin B1, B2 and other substances. Winter melon skin contains wax, resin, etc.; Winter melon kernel contains saponins, urea, fatty oils, proteins, citrulline, adenine, etc. Due to the low sodium content of winter melon, it is clinically used for coronary atherosclerotic heart disease, hypertension, nephritis edema, etc.; melon peel is used for nephritis, diabetes; Melon kernels are used for pulmonary carbuncles, intestinal carbuncles, etc.

The difference in specific applications is: winter melon pulp: sweet and light, slightly cold.

It can dissipate phlegm, clear heat and detoxify. It is mainly used for the treatment of water swelling, athlete's foot, gonorrhea, summer heat irritability, carbuncle swelling, etc. Winter melon peel:

Sweet in taste and slightly cold. It can reduce swelling and quench thirst. It is mainly used to treat water swelling, poor urination, summer heat and thirst, short urine, thirst, etc.

Winter melon kernels: sweet and cold in nature. It can moisten the lungs and dissolve phlegm, reduce swelling and drain pus.

It is mainly used for the treatment of phlegm, fever, cough, pulmonary carbuncle, intestinal carbuncle, gonorrhea, edema, beriberi, hemorrhoids, etc. The three drugs all have the effect of clearing heat and water, while the winter melon pulp is biased towards detoxification and phlegm, the winter melon peel is biased towards reducing swelling and quenching thirst, and the winter melon kernel is biased towards moistening the lungs and draining pus, which should be paid attention to in clinical use. Those with weak constitution, insufficient spleen yang, weakness and edema should be used with caution.

Clear away heat and reduce fire, strengthen the kidneys. Lungs.

Winter melon is known as "the first melon in summer", which is used to cook soup and drink, clear heat and relieve heat, and reduce fat**!

Efficacy and function.

It is good for urination, eliminates carbuncle and drains pus, clears heat and detoxifies.

Winter melon pulp is a white soft substance in the cucurbitaceae plant winter melon, and the seed kernel is in it. The winter melon has a slight smell and a slightly sweet taste. It has the effects of urination, carbuncle and pus, heat clearing and detoxification, and calming the heart and nerves.

1. Facilitate urination: Winter melon can be used as medicine to urinate and quench polydipsia, enter the kidney meridian, improve kidney function, and have obvious water-diluting effects.

2. Carbuncle and pus discharge: winter melon can eliminate carbuncle and discharge pus, which is a common medicine for pulmonary carbuncle and intestinal carbuncle.

3. Clearing heat and detoxifying: Winter melon pulp is cold in nature, has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, reducing swelling and relieving pain, and is used for burning and scalding, and is ground into a mud form and applied to the wound, which can accelerate the healing of the wound.

4. Calm the heart and calm the nerves: Winter melon pulp has the effect of calming the heart and calming the nerves, and the trace elements contained in it can directly act on the nerves, which can regulate the mood, reduce the appearance of bad emotions, and can help relieve symptoms such as anxiety or upset.

Precautions. Suitable for.

Patients with edema and poor urination.

Contraindicated. There are no special contraindications.

It is not advisable to eat together. Red adzuki beans.

May cause dehydration.

How to eat. Juicing.

Take an appropriate amount of fresh winter melon pulp, squeeze the juice and drink it directly, which is beneficial to water and quenches polydipsia.

Decoction. Take an appropriate amount of fresh winter melon pulp, add water to fry and eat, it has the effect of eliminating carbuncle and draining pus, calming the heart and calming the nerves, repelling insects and relieving pain.

Winter melon pulp is the fruit pulp of winter gourd of the Cucurbitaceae plant, and it is used more fresh products. Winter melon is sweet in taste, flat in nature, returns to the lungs and bladder meridians, has the effect of clearing heat, quenching thirst, diluting water and reducing swelling, and can be used for thirst, gonorrhea, edema, urine and other diseases.

Those who have fever, polydipsia, and poor urination.

Those with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, and those who urinate frequently.

Take an appropriate amount of winter melon pulp, add white grass root and desmodium to decoction water, it can be **edema, polydipsia, and urination is not good; Take the winter melon pulp and mash it dry, add soybeans and mung beans to decoction water, it can be ** fever, thirst, and upset.

Winter melon is the fruit of the cucurbitaceae plant. Winter melon has a light and refreshing flavor and unique fragrance, and is one of the most popular vegetables in summer and autumn. Winter melon is sweet in taste and slightly cold in nature, and its skin and seeds can be used as medicine.

Function: Clearing heat and quenching thirst, diuresis and swelling, detoxification and phlegm, can be used for cough and phlegm, water swelling and fullness, summer heat and thirst, boils and prickly heat. Modern pharmacology has confirmed that every 500 grams of winter melon contains grams of protein, 8 grams of sugar, 72 mg of calcium, 45 mg of phosphorus, milligrams of potassium, milligrams of sodium and various vitamins. This vegetable is low in sodium and high in potassium, and is most suitable for patients with high blood pressure, kidney disease, and edema who need low sodium.

Pumpkin is sweet and warm, and non-toxic. Function: Nourishing qi, anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving, detoxifying and killing insects. Pumpkin contains citrulline, arginine, sugars, proteins and rich vitamins.

Modern pharmacological studies have confirmed that pumpkin can effectively prevent diabetes, hypertension and liver and kidney lesions. Because pumpkin can promote the secretion of insulin, it can also eliminate the mutant effect of carcinogen nitrosamines. At the same time, pumpkin can also help patients with weakened liver and kidney function and enhance the regeneration ability of liver and kidney cells.

Watermelon is the fruit of the cucurbitaceae plant watermelon, and its flesh, juice, seeds, and melon skin can be used in medicine. Watermelon has a sweet and cold taste. Function: Clearing heat and relieving heat, removing annoyance and quenching thirst, and facilitating urination.

It can treat heat and thirst, heat and injury, poor urination, laryngeal paralysis, aphthous ulcers and other symptoms. Watermelon contains amino acids, nitrogenic acids, malic acid, fructose, glucose, tomato pigment, carotene, sucrase, vitamin C, B2, B1 and other substances. At the same time, watermelon has a water content of about 94%, and it is a natural nutrient juice, so it is called "natural white tiger soup".

Modern pharmacological studies have confirmed that watermelon has the effects of increasing nutrition, promoting appetite, helping digestion, diuresis and blood pressure for patients with nephritis, liver cirrhosis and heart disease. Therefore, watermelon is not only a good product to cool off, but also a fruit with medicinal value. Pumpkin is also called bamboo shoot, because its skin is golden, so it is also called gourd.

Pumpkin is a popular vegetable, which can be mixed raw, and can also be used to make stuffed steamed buns and dumplings. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that pumpkin is warm, sweet and flat, and has a good effect on moistening the lungs and relieving asthma, ** bronchitis, bronchial asthma, and chronic bronchitis in the elderly.

Winter melon is rich in copper, which is an indispensable micronutrient for human health, and has an important impact on the development and function of blood, central nervous system and immune system, hair, bone tissue, brain, liver, heart and other internal organs.

Medicinal value of winter melon 1, diuresis and swelling:

Winter melon contains more vitamin C, and the potassium salt content is high, the sodium salt content is low, and patients with high blood pressure, kidney disease, edema and other diseases can eat it, which can achieve the effect of reducing swelling without harming righteousness.

2. **: The propanol disic acid contained in winter melon can effectively inhibit the conversion of sugars into fat, and the winter melon itself does not contain fat and is not high in calories, which is of great significance for preventing the human body from gaining weight, and can also help to build a healthy body.

3. Clear away heat and relieve heat

Winter melon is cold and sweet, clears away heat and generates Jin, removes annoyance in the summer, and is especially suitable for taking in summer.

4. Dissolve phlegm and relieve cough

It can dilute the viscosity of respiratory tract inflammation and secretions, making it easy to cough up, which is conducive to cough suppressant and expectorant.

5. Other effects:

Winter melon is sweet, light and cool, and enters the lungs, large intestine, small intestine and bladder meridians. It moistens the lungs, dissolves phlegm and quenches thirst, diuresis and swelling, clears away heat and heatstroke, detoxifies and drains pus. It can be used for summer heat and thirst, phlegm and heat, cough and asthma, edema, athlete's foot, fullness, thirst, acne, facial spots, prolapse, hemorrhoids, etc., and can also relieve fish and alcohol poison.

Winter melon peel is known for diuresis; Winter melon seeds are known for strengthening the spleen and beauty, relieving cough and reducing phlegm.

Suitable for: dizziness, fatigue, tiredness, tinnitus, dizziness. **People with pale mucous membranes and nails, shortness of breath, osteoporosis, and palpitations after physical activity.