According to the theory of Chinese medicine in the motherland, watermelon is sweet and light in taste, cold in nature, and has the functions of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, promoting fluid production to quench thirst and diuresis. For the "bitter summer syndrome" patients who can't eat and lose weight in the summer heat, eating more watermelon has the functions of appetizing, helping digestion, promoting metabolism and nourishing the body.
Modern medical research shows that watermelon contains a variety of nutrients and beneficial substances needed by human body, such as a lot of sucrose, fructose, glucose, rich vitamin C, organic acids, amino acids and minerals such as calcium, phosphorus and iron.
The medicinal properties of watermelon are discussed in many medical classics such as Compendium of Materia Medica. Li Shizhen said that it has many functions, such as "relieving vexation, quenching thirst, soothing stomach and diuresis, and relieving hangover".
Watermelon is full of treasures. Not only the pulp is the best fruit for heatstroke prevention and cooling, but also the peel can be used as medicine, and the diuretic effect of the peel is more obvious than that of the pulp. In addition, watermelon seeds also have medicinal value, which has the functions of clearing away lung-heat, moistening intestines, harmonizing middle energizer and quenching thirst.
Watermelon tastes good, but you shouldn't eat more. Because watermelon is a cold fruit, eating too much is easy to hurt the spleen and stomach, causing abdominal pain or diarrhea, especially eating spoiled watermelon is more likely to get enteritis and other diseases.