Wax gourd, towel gourd, cucumber and bitter gourd all have the effects of clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Wax gourd, towel gourd and bitter gourd all contribute to regulating lung function, resolving phlegm and eliminating dampness; Cucumber can strengthen the spleen and stomach and reduce the formation of moisture. Moreover, these four kinds of melons and vegetables have the effect of clearing away heat and toxic materials, which is very suitable for eating in hot summer.
People with heavy humidity can be divided into cold dampness and damp heat. Melon vegetables such as wax gourd, towel gourd, bitter gourd and cucumber are slightly cold. If eaten raw, it is not conducive to the transportation of the spleen and stomach, which may damage the yang of the spleen and stomach and is not conducive to dampness. Especially people with cold and wet constitution should not eat fruits and vegetables raw, let alone eat them in large quantities.
But if you are damp heat constitution, it is more appropriate to eat melons and vegetables. Like melon and barley soup, melon and mung bean soup, melon and old duck soup, towel gourd and seaweed soup, cucumber and crucian carp soup, bitter gourd and sparerib soup, etc. They are all soups that help to clear away heat and promote diuresis, and can also regulate hyperlipidemia and hypertension, which is very suitable for drinking in summer.
People with cold and wet constitution are not absolutely forbidden to eat melons and vegetables, but they must be cooked before eating, so as to reduce the transportation burden of the spleen and stomach. And if the cold and dampness are heavy, it is best to eat with ginger, onion, garlic, leek and other ingredients. For example, ginger is a vegetable suitable for cold and wet constitution, which can replenish yang and help eliminate cold and wet pathogens.
Like ginger and winter melon soup, it is more suitable for people with cold and wet constitution. Ginger can neutralize the coolness of wax gourd and make the overall nature of diet more peaceful. If you think that winter melon and ginger are weak, you can also add old duck and coix seed to cook together, which is not only more comprehensive in nutrition, but also better in dampness-removing effect, because duck meat and coix seed are both helpful to spleen and dampness-removing.