In the field of traditional Chinese medicine, wax gourd is a weapon to eliminate dampness. There are also some dried wax gourd on the market, which can be soaked in water to remove water. Wax gourd is beneficial to the effect of water swelling reduction, and because the fat content is 0, it is usually eaten as a diet food. Wax gourd meat and pulp have diuretic, heat-clearing, expectorant and thirst-quenching effects. It can also treat edema, phlegm and asthma, summer heat, hemorrhoids and other diseases.

You can eat less winter melon soup in weight loss, which can eliminate moisture and reduce fat at the same time. Eating more melon can promote detoxification and help to expel moisture from the body.

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Edible taboo of wax gourd:

1, people with cold winter melon, spleen and stomach qi deficiency, diarrhea, loose stool and stomach cold pain should not eat cold winter melon, and people with menstrual cramps and cold dysmenorrhea should not eat raw winter melon.

2. Wax gourd and red beans are gram-like.

Eating melon and adzuki bean together will make normal people's urine suddenly increase, which is easy to cause dehydration.

3, melons and vinegar are grams.

Vinegar will destroy the nutrients in wax gourd and reduce its nutritional value.

4. Wax gourd and crucian carp are ingredients for detumescence and diuresis. Eating together will increase urine output. If it is not edema, it is best not to eat together.

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