Watermelon contains 92% water and rich potassium, so it also has diuretic effect. In addition, watermelon also contains citrulline, which can prevent vasodilation and leakage of body fluids and help reduce water retention.

2. Cucumber

Cucumber contains sulfur and silicon, which is beneficial to stimulate the kidney to excrete uric acid and increase urination. Moreover, it is rich in water and potassium and low in sodium, which is beneficial to inhibit the production of nitric acid and inflammatory enzymes and prevent edema.

asparagus

The history of using reed as diuretic can be traced back to ancient Greece and Rome. Asparagus has diuretic effect because it is rich in asparagine, which is mainly used to treat edema, rheumatism and premenstrual water retention. After eating asparagus, you will feel a unique urine odor, because asparagus will be decomposed into sulfur-containing compounds after acid digestion.

4. winter melon.

Amino acid is one of the bioactive substances in wax gourd. Wax gourd is rich in ornithine and γ -aminobutyric acid. The contents of aspartic acid, glutamic acid and arginine in wax gourd are also high, and the contents in melon seeds and peel are higher than those in pulp. The contents of aspartic acid, glutamic acid and arginine in melon seeds and pericarp are 15 times and 18 times that of pulp, respectively. They are indispensable amino acids for human body to relieve the toxicity of free ammonia, and have the functions of diuresis, dampness elimination and swelling reduction. Patients with dysuria, nephropathy, edematous diseases and ascites due to liver cirrhosis can eat wax gourd in moderation.

5. Mung beans

People who work in high temperature environment in summer sweat a lot, and the electrolyte balance in the body is destroyed. Supplementing with mung bean soup is the most ideal method, which can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, replenish qi to quench thirst, induce diuresis, not only replenish water, but also replenish inorganic salts in time, which is of great significance to maintaining water-liquid electrolyte balance.

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Diuretic principle

Diuresis is to use some means to influence the process of kidney urine formation and increase urine. When the osmotic pressure of blood vessels in the kidney is lower than that of peripheral blood vessels, it is easy to absorb water from peripheral blood vessels, and drugs are used to reduce the osmotic pressure in the kidney to increase the absorption of water and increase the excretion of urine, thus achieving the effect of diuresis.

First, the dietary principle of diuresis

1, light diet.

2, should eat high-calorie food.

3. Eat foods with high vitamin content.

4. Don't eat too much spicy food.

5, don't eat too much taste, greasy food.

Second, diuretic food.

Hawthorn: fresh hawthorn is washed and patted flat, and taken with hot water, which has diuretic, stagnation and greasy effects.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia _ diuresis