Wax gourd, although it is winter, has nothing to do with winter. It is named because it has a layer of white powder on its surface when it matures, just like the frost in winter. Although winter melon has nothing to do with winter, it is indeed a delicious summer product. This is because the washed melon feels cool, and the water content of the melon is super high, which is one of the reasons why the melon has the function of relieving summer heat.
Wax gourd is an annual vine of Cucurbitaceae and one of the traditional autumn vegetables. Wax gourd originated in China. It is characterized by large volume, high moisture and low heat. Can be fried, can be made into soup, can be pickled, can also be pickled into strips. Wax gourd has the function of diuresis and detumescence. Wax gourd is rich in vitamin C, high in potassium salt and low in sodium salt. For patients with hypertension, nephropathy and edema, eating it can reduce swelling.
Wax gourd does not contain fat but contains sodium salt, which has the function of diuresis and dampness elimination. Most obese people have more water in their bodies and muscle weakness. People often make soup with wax gourd, which has obvious weight loss effect. In winter, 30 grams of dried winter melon peel can be boiled in water to get juice to lose weight. Wax gourd contains less nutrients, which can remove excess fat from the body and has a strong laxative effect. Wax gourd is a vegetable with homology of medicine and food, which has many health functions. Chinese medicine believes that wax gourd is sweet, light and cool, and enters the lung, large intestine, small intestine and bladder meridian; Has the effects of moistening lung, promoting fluid production, eliminating phlegm, quenching thirst, promoting diuresis, relieving swelling, clearing away heat, relieving summer heat, detoxicating and expelling pus; Can be used for treating summer heat thirst, phlegm-heat cough and asthma, edema, beriberi, satiety, thirst quenching, acne, facial pigmentation, proctoptosis, hemorrhoid, etc. You can also solve the problem of fish and wine.