Pumpkin, also known as pumpkin, pumpkin, melon and so on. , is the fruit of Cucurbitaceae pumpkin. Originated in the tropics, it was introduced to China very early, so it is also called Chinese pumpkin. Now it is planted all over China, and its output is extremely high. Young melons can be used as vegetables, which are sweet and palatable, and are one of the main vegetables in summer, autumn and winter. Old pumpkin is a kind of high-quality miscellaneous grains, so many places also call it "Migua". Pumpkin as a dish, shredded and fried, stewed meat, made into soup, sweet and delicious. Cooked with rice, it becomes sweet and delicious pumpkin rice, or cooked and mashed with flour to make cakes, noodles and so on. , all delicious; The old melon is cut into pieces, and the steamed food tastes like sweet potato yolk. It tastes sweet and full of praise. So the old pumpkin has the nickname "vegetarian ham". Pumpkin is very rich in nutritional value. According to the research and analysis of modern nutritionists, every gram of pumpkin contains 10 starch. 2 grams, calcium 30 mg, phosphorus 9 mg, iron 1. The content of 1 mg and various vitamins, especially carotene (provitamin A), ranks first among melons. In addition, it also contains fenugreek, adenine, arginine, pentosan and other substances beneficial to human body. Pumpkin is also a good medicine. Chinese medicine believes that pumpkin is warm and sweet, enters the spleen and stomach meridian, and has the functions of tonifying the middle energizer, diminishing inflammation and relieving pain, detoxifying and killing insects. Can be used for treating diseases such as qi deficiency and fatigue, intercostal neuralgia, malaria, dysentery, opium poisoning, ascaris lumbricoides, bronchial asthma, and diabetes. According to "Compendium of Materia Medica", it can "replenish middle energizer". According to medical records, it can "benefit the heart and astringe the lungs". Pumpkin seeds are pumpkin seeds. Chinese medicine believes that pumpkin seeds are sweet and have insecticidal effect and have been used as pesticides. The results of modern medical research confirm that pumpkin has a certain anti-cancer effect, mainly in the following four aspects; First, pumpkin contains mannitol, which has a good laxative effect, can reduce the harm of toxins in feces to human body, and has an effect on preventing colon cancer. Secondly, the derivatives of vitamin A contained in pumpkin can reduce the body's sensitivity to carcinogens, stabilize epithelial cells, prevent them from becoming cancerous, and prevent lung cancer, bladder cancer and laryngeal cancer. Third, the vitamin C contained in pumpkin can prevent nitrate from being converted into carcinogenic nitrosamines in the digestive tract, which can prevent esophageal cancer and gastric cancer. Fourthly, pumpkin also contains an enzyme that can decompose nitrosamines, which is of great significance to cancer prevention. There is a village called Xizhang in Hokkaido, Japan. Pumpkin is a staple food for rich and poor, and almost no one suffers from diabetes. After the news spread, the value of pumpkin doubled, and pumpkin fever appeared in Japan. Nowadays, in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and other places, "restaurants" specializing in pumpkin food have appeared one after another, with fried, stewed, fried and fried dishes, and even a large number of trendy foods such as pumpkin biscuits and pumpkin ice cream. It is reported that some substances in pumpkin can also promote the secretion of human insulin. Eating pumpkin can effectively prevent diabetes, hypertension and some liver and kidney diseases. At the same time, pumpkin can also enhance the regeneration ability of liver and kidney cells. In addition, modern medicine has also made new progress in the study of pumpkin seeds. It has been proved that pumpkin seeds have a special role in the treatment of prostatic hyperplasia, mainly because pumpkin seeds are rich in unsaturated fatty acids, which can restore and maintain the normal prostate, especially in the early stage of the disease; At the same time, pumpkin seeds are also rich in pantothenic acid-vitamin B 15. This substance can relieve static angina pectoris and lower blood pressure. When prostate disease is accompanied by heart disease or hypertension, pumpkin seeds can kill two birds with one stone as a health food. Pumpkin seeds also have the function of preventing nervous alopecia. After taking it for 2 weeks, new hair can grow and begin to turn black. When taking pumpkin seeds and pumpkins, be careful not to take too much at one time, especially for patients with stomach heat. Otherwise, it is easy to have fullness and bloating and feel uncomfortable. In China, the common methods of nourishing and treating diseases with pumpkin are: (1) whooping cough: pumpkin seeds in moderation. Bake the tile, grind it into powder and take a little brown sugar water several times a day. (2) Infantile vomiting: 3-7 pumpkin pedicels, washed and decocted in water. (3) Sore throat in children: appropriate amount of pumpkin seeds, dried in the sun, 10 ~ 15g, decocted with rock sugar. (4) Continuous cough: cut off the head of the pumpkin vine, put it in a bottle, let its juice flow in, take the juice after 24 hours and take it with boiling water. (5) Cold: 5-9g of Cirsium japonicum (that is, the seedlings of pumpkin seeds germinate in the fruit, and Cirsium japonicum is its medicinal name), washed, put into a casserole, add appropriate amount of water, and decoct into thick soup for taking. (6) Night blindness: pumpkin flowers, pig liver 200g. Wash with clear water, cut into pieces, add appropriate amount of water, and boil into thick soup to eat. (7) Burn: Take a proper amount of pumpkin, mash it to get juice, and apply it to the affected area; Or appropriate amount of pumpkin and mirabilite, mashed and applied to the affected area; Or pumpkin vine juice is applied to the affected area three times a day; Or apply a proper amount of fresh pumpkin pulp to the injured surface and wrap it with gauze. Change the patch 1 time every day and continue the treatment for several times until the wound heals; Or pumpkin, cooked and mashed, directly applied to the affected area. If the pain is unbearable, you can add a little plum slices. (8) Knife wound: Take a proper amount of pumpkin leaves, dry them in the sun, grind them into fine powder and apply them to the wound. (9) Habitual abortion and miscarriage prevention: 30 grams of old pumpkin pedicle, washed, decocted and taken with water instead of tea; Or burn pumpkin pedicels on tiles, grind them, and take them in warm water every day from the second month of pregnancy 1 tablet; Or add a proper amount of fried rice noodles, the service is the same; Or 30 grams of pumpkin, diced, boiled with 30 grams of japonica rice and 2 spoonfuls of maltose into pumpkin porridge; Eat it. (10) Uterine prolapse: 5 pumpkin pedicles (weighing about 100g), eggplant pedicles 10, hen 1. Clean chicken feathers and internal organs, then put the medicine into the belly of chicken, sew it, stew it until the chicken is cooked, eat chicken and drink soup, and take it for 3 ~ 10 times continuously. (1 1) The nipple of primipara can't come out, and it hurts to suck: the pumpkin vine should be properly cleaned, added with a little salt, mashed and eaten after being decocted in water. (12) Postpartum hand and foot swelling: 30g of pumpkin seeds, stir-fried, decocted in thick soup, taken daily 1 dose; Or take 30 grams of pumpkin seeds and 30 grams of motherwort and decoct them in water. Take 1 dose daily for 1 ~ 2 weeks. (13) nipple rupture and scrotal eczema: appropriate amount of pumpkin pedicle, dried in the sun, burnt, mixed with sesame oil and applied to the affected area. (14) Constipation: pumpkin root 75g, washed, put into a casserole, add appropriate amount of water, decoct into thick soup, and enema. (15) Ascaris repellent: 50g raw pumpkin seeds, chewed with shell 1 time; Pumpkin is eaten raw (500 grams for adults and 250 grams for children), and then laxatives are taken 2 hours later for 2 days. The effective rate of driving snails is 60%. Or peel pumpkin seeds and store, take 50-100g pumpkin seeds, grind them, add boiling water, mix them with honey (or sugar) and take them on an empty stomach; Or mainly pumpkin seeds, and the clinical and experimental results prove that the curative effect is remarkable. 30 grams of raw pumpkin seeds are fried and ground into powder, then taken for half an hour, and then taken with 100 ml of areca nut decoction. (16) Internal hemorrhoids; Pumpkin seed 100g, decocted in water and smoked twice a day. I smoked for several days. (17) proctoptosis: 3 pedicles of pumpkin, coix seed 120g. Wash it, put it in a casserole, add water, fry it into thick soup and take it for several days. (18) red heat and astringent pain in urine: pumpkin root, Plantago asiatica, water chopping board (scientific name of traditional Chinese medicine) and water wick, all in equal amount, washed, put into a casserole, add appropriate amount of water and decoct into thick soup. (19) Diabetes mellitus: appropriate amount of pumpkin, steamed and taken; Or making into pumpkin dry powder for oral administration; Or take 500 grams of fresh pumpkin and stew it with water (no oil and salt). Take it on an empty stomach in the morning and evening, and take 1 dose every day for several months. (20) Topso: Take a proper amount of pumpkin pedicle, fry it and grind it into powder, and apply sesame oil to the affected area. Every day 1 time.