Efficacy of Bitter Melon Seed: Bitter Melon Seed (Compendium) Source: Bitter Melon Seed, Dicotyledonous Plant Medicine. For plant morphology, see Bitter Melon Strip. Chemical composition contains 8.6% water, 2 1.8% ash, 19.5% fiber, 16.4% carbohydrate and 3 1.0% fatty oil. The oil contains 1.8% butyric acid, 2.8% palmitic acid, 2 1.7% stearic acid, 30.0% oleic acid and 43.7%α- eleostearic acid. It also contains bitter gourd protein and protein. Sexual taste "outline": bitter with sweet, non-toxic. Function indications-the effect of bitter gourd seeds 1 "outline": benefiting qi and strengthening yang. (2) Seeking the grassland: solving the mistake of treating cow poisoning by diet and irrigation with water. Indications: Treating kidney deficiency, impotence, nocturnal emission and infertility. Tropism of nature and taste: "Outline": "Bitter and sweet, non-toxic." Usage and dosage of entering kidney and spleen meridian: oral administration: decoction, 3-6g. Latin name: bitter gourd L. Animal and plant morphology: bitter gourd, an annual climbing herb with many branches and fine hairs and unbranched tendrils. The leaves are large, kidney-shaped, about 5- 12cm in length and width, usually 5-7-lobed, the lobes are oval, the base is contracted, the edges have wavy teeth, and both sides are nearly smooth or hairy; The petiole is 3-6 cm long. Flowers are monoecious. Male flowers are solitary, stalked, 5- 15cm long, with bracts at the middle or base, and the bracts are kidney-shaped and heart-shaped, with a width of 5- 15mm and the whole margin; Calyx campanulate, 5-lobed, lobes ovate-lanceolate, apex mucronate, 4-6 mm long; Corolla yellow, 5-lobed, lobes ovate, 1.5-2 cm long, apex obtuse or slightly concave; Stamens 3, adnate to calyx tube throat. Female flowers are solitary, stalked, 5- 10 cm long, with bracts at the base; Ovary spindle-shaped, spiny, beak at the top, slender style, 3 stigmas and many ovules. The fruit is oval, ovoid or narrow at both ends, 8-30cm long, with blunt, round and irregular tumor-like protrusions, orange when ripe, and cracked from the top 3 petals. The seed is oval, flat, long 10- 15mm, with horns at both ends and uneven stripes on both sides, and is wrapped by red fleshy aril. The flowering period is from June to July. Fruit: September -65438+ 10. Mining: harvesting and processing. According to modern clinical literature, momordica charantia seeds contain momordica charantia A and linolenic acid. In recent years, a 76-year-old female scientist (biochemist) in India, a lifelong academician of the Indian Academy of Sciences, discovered a hypoglycemic drug (plant hypoglycemic polypeptide protein) from bitter gourd seeds, marking the entry of diabetes prevention and treatment into the era of biological hypoglycemic. At present, it has been widely used to treat diabetes in Japan, China and the world.