Suffering from cold can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, which is beneficial to fever, polydipsia, heatstroke, dysentery, conjunctival congestion, carbuncle, erysipelas, malignant sores and so on.

Bitter gourd can clear away heat and detoxify. Pouring fresh bitter gourd juice or decoction is a good supplementary diet therapy for liver fire, red eyes, epigastric pain and damp-heat dysentery.