Luffa is also called Luo Tian and Bugua. It has the effects of cooling serum heat, detoxicating, dredging collaterals, promoting blood circulation, killing insects, expelling wind and resolving phlegm, regulating hernia and relieving swelling.
Cucumber was originally called gourd. Cold and sweet. Clearing away heat and quenching thirst, inducing diuresis and reducing swelling have certain cosmetic effects (cucumber puree can lengthen wrinkles).
Winter melon is slightly cold and sweet. Eliminate dampness and heat, remove polydipsia, reduce swelling and diuresis, and eliminate chest swelling. Sodium content is very low, especially suitable for middle-aged and elderly people.
Pumpkins are cold and sweet. Sweet and cool, beneficial to the lungs, tonifying the middle and benefiting qi.
Eggplants are divided into purple and white. Cold and sweet. Promote blood circulation to relieve pain, reduce swelling and moisten intestines. Patients with hypertension, arteriosclerosis, purpura and scurvy should eat more.
Zanthoxylum bungeanum is also called Sichuan pepper. Warm in nature and pungent in taste. Has the effects of invigorating stomach and expelling parasites.
Kohlrabi: Kohlrabi, also known as turnip, radish and fragrant big head. Warm in nature, pungent and sweet in taste, it can help digestion, relieve exterior syndrome, treat cough and thirst, remove chills and pains, clear away heat, toxic substances and wind swelling.
Potatoes are also called potato and potato. It is flat and sweet, and has the effects of regulating stomach, regulating middle warmer, invigorating spleen and benefiting qi.
Tomatoes are also called tomatoes. Flat, sour and slightly sweet. Clearing away heat and toxic materials, cooling blood and calming liver. It can inhibit all kinds of bacteria and fungi and help to lower blood pressure.
Lotus root is cold and ripe. Raw lotus root can dispel blood stasis, cool blood, clear heat and stimulate appetite; Cooked lotus root is cool and warm, beneficial to spleen and stomach, nourishing stomach and yin. Lotus root is flat, sweet and astringent, and has hemostatic effect. Lotus leaf tastes bitter. Dry leaves can stimulate vitality, help spleen to stimulate appetite, refresh Qing Ye in summer and reduce fever.
Health care function of common fruits
Watermelon is cool and sweet, and has the effects of clearing heat, quenching thirst and diuresis. Known as "natural white tiger soup", it is a rare product of summer fever. Chinese medicine believes that drinking watermelon alone can cure summer heat, head swelling and chest tightness, thirst and dry throat, short urine and sore throat, aphtha and hemoptysis. Compendium of Materia Medica says, "Clearing lung and moistening intestine, harmonizing middle energizer and quenching thirst". Patients with hypertension, diabetes and chronic nephritis should eat watermelon in summer. But it is not advisable to overdo it, otherwise it will contribute to dampness, bloating and not thinking about diet.
Melon is also called cantaloupe. Cold and sweet. It has the effects of quenching thirst, diuresis and clearing heat. Can be used for treating oral and nasal sores, summer heat, heatstroke, etc.
Apples are nutritious fruits. It tastes sour and sweet. Has the effects of invigorating qi, promoting fluid production, quenching thirst, invigorating stomach, invigorating spleen, relieving diarrhea and astringing, and relaxing bowels.
Pears are cold, sweet and slightly sour. It has the effects of nourishing lung, relieving cough, eliminating phlegm and reducing fire. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that pears can "moisten the lungs, cool the heart, reduce phlegm and reduce fire, heal sores and poison wine", nourish yin, clear heat and lower blood pressure.
Oranges include citrus, dense orange, kumquat, orange and other varieties. Orange meat is warm and sweet, and it has certain curative effect on some patients with chronic cardiovascular diseases, such as coronary heart disease, hypertension and acute high fever. In addition, its skin, collaterals, nucleus and leaves all have medicinal value.
Peaches are flat and sweet, which is beneficial to skin color and relieves fatigue and summer heat. Chinese medicine praises peaches as "the fruit of the lungs", so people with lung diseases should eat them.
Persimmons are cold and sweet. It has the effects of promoting fluid production, moistening lung, tonifying deficiency, invigorating stomach, astringing intestine, lowering blood pressure, stopping bleeding due to hemorrhoid, and hematemesis due to hematochezia. But it should not be eaten on an empty stomach.
Grapes are flat and sweet. Help bones and muscles, cure flaccidity and arthralgia, quench thirst, invigorate qi and strengthen body, and tonify deficiency and diuresis. The wine is fragrant, and has the effects of nourishing yin, invigorating spleen, invigorating stomach, expelling pathogenic wind, relaxing muscles and tendons, promoting blood circulation, benefiting qi and calming the nerves. Its roots, vines and leaves can also be used as medicine.
Pomegranate is also called guava. Warm and sweet. It can stop diarrhea, stimulate appetite, and treat enteritis, biliary tract infection, lung infection, lymphadenitis, multiple furuncle and lung diseases (especially its skin has a good effect).
Apricots are warm. Modern medicine has proved that it has anti-cancer effect as a delicious fruit that goes on the market after summer. Traditional Chinese medicine uses its kernel, which is warm and bitter, with little toxicity, and has the effects of relieving cough and asthma, eliminating phlegm, moistening intestines and relaxing bowels.
Litchi is also called Litchi and Li Xiang. Warm and sweet. It has the functions of nourishing heart, replenishing essence, nourishing liver and enriching blood. Compendium of Materia Medica records that its effects are "promoting fluid production, dredging orifices, improving intelligence, invigorating qi and benefiting human color", and it can cure "carbuncle and furuncle, and red swelling can cure swelling".
Longan is also called longan, 1 1 eye. Sex is plain and sweet. Compendium of Materia Medica says that Guangxi has the function of "stimulating appetite and strengthening spleen, tonifying deficiency and increasing wisdom". It can nourish and strengthen the body, soothe the nerves and replenish blood, and has therapeutic effects on anemia, palpitation, insomnia, amnesia, and blood under intestinal wind.
Walnut is also called walnut. Its core is fruit. It is warm and sweet, and has the effects of tonifying kidney, solidifying essence, warming lung and relieving asthma. Can be used for treating cough due to kidney deficiency, weakness of waist and legs, impotence, nocturnal emission, frequent urination and other symptoms. Its leaves, flowers, branches, roots, skins and shells can all be used as medicine.
Jujube can be divided into red, black and acid. Fresh dates are dried to make dates. Semen Ziziphi Spinosae is Semen Ziziphi Spinosae. Jujube is flat and sweet. Jujube is a tonic for invigorating the spleen and stomach, nourishing blood and calming the nerves.
Ziziphus jujuba seeds can soothe the nerves and replenish the heart. According to ancient records, jujube can "tonify the middle energizer, tonify the spleen, moisten the heart and lungs, regulate Wei Rong, slow down yin and blood, promote fluid production, stimulate appetite, dredge nine orifices, help the twelve meridians, and harmonize various medicines", which is considered as the fruit of spleen and should be eaten by patients with spleen diseases. Can be used for treating spleen and stomach weakness, qi deficiency, anemia, allergic purpura, thrombocytopenia, hepatitis, etc. Eating middle-aged and elderly foods can prolong life. There is a saying in the folk proverb that "three dates a day will never grow old".
Lotus is also called lotus. Lotus seeds, lotus plumule, lotus root festival, lotus leaf, lotus stem and lotus room can all be used as medicine. Lotus seeds are flat and sweet. Nourishing and strengthening, strengthening the spleen and stopping diarrhea, and consolidating essence and energy are the best products for nourishing yuan and benefiting qi.