The wax gourd is covered with medicine. It's a pity not to eat it.
Wax gourd seeds: preventing cardiovascular diseases. Wax gourd seeds contain unsaturated fatty acids such as linoleic acid, which can effectively reduce the content of fat and cholesterol in blood and play a certain role in preventing and treating cardiovascular diseases. When you cook wax gourd, you can dig out the seeds, dry them and fry them. In addition, you can also make juice with seeds.
Wax gourd peel: diuretic and detumescence
Wax gourd peel not only contains a variety of vitamins and minerals, but also contains a variety of volatile components, which have the effects of relieving summer heat, invigorating spleen and diuresis. The skin of wax gourd is thick and hard, so it is recommended to cook soup with skin.
Winter melon pulp: lose weight and fat
Cucurbita pepo contains trigonelline, which can help human metabolism and inhibit the conversion of sugar into fat, indicating that Cucurbita pepo has the function of losing weight and lowering blood fat.
Wax gourd vine: Moisturize skin and remove spots.
Boiled water with wax gourd vine is used to wipe the face and bathe, but it moisturizes the skin and eliminates freckles.
Eating wax gourd often can prevent and treat a variety of senile diseases.
1, protect the heart
Wax gourd has the richest water content, up to 96%; The content of potassium is also quite high, and the potassium content per 100g is 130mg, which is a typical vegetable with high potassium and low sodium.
Potassium is a very important nutrient for human body. Potassium supplementation can excrete excess sodium in the body, which is very good for protecting heart function, supplementing water, reducing swelling and diuresis, and preventing heatstroke.
2. Reduce cholesterol and blood lipids.
Wax gourd is rich in all kinds of amino acids needed by human body and high in dietary fiber, which can reduce cholesterol and blood lipid.
3. Prevention of arteriosclerosis
Wax gourd can effectively control the transformation of sugar into fat, prevent the accumulation of fat in the body and consume excess fat, which has a good effect on the prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis.
4. Water is wet
Wax gourd is sweet, light and cool, and enters the lung, large intestine and bladder meridian. Has the effects of clearing away heat, promoting diuresis, relieving swelling, relieving summer heat, promoting fluid production and relieving vexation. Wax gourd has a strong diuretic and dehumidifying effect, and people who are prone to edema should eat it often.
5, slimming beauty
In addition to high water content and rich potassium content, wax gourd is also rich in vitamin C, containing 18mg per 100g, which is not as good as kiwi fruit and citrus, but more than apple.
Wax gourd also has a strong satiety, which caters to the requirements of women who need a low-calorie diet and is very helpful for slimming and beauty.
Dietotherapy method of wax gourd
Polydipsia and polyuria (diabetes): 30-60g of waxgourd peel and Ophiopogon japonicus respectively, and 3-9g of Coptidis Rhizoma, decocted in water, 1, 2-3 times a day.
Edema, abdominal distension, dysuria, and systemic edema: 20 grams of waxgourd peel, watermelon peel and lalang grass rhizome, 0/5 gram of corncob/kloc-,and 90 grams of red beans. Decoct with water, 1, three times a day.
Acute nephritis edema, dysuria: 25 grams of watermelon rind, 20 grams of watermelon rind, 20 grams of corn stigma, 50 grams of adzuki bean, decocted in water for 3 times, with a dosage of 10~ 15.
Cough treatment: winter melon skin 15g (to be scrubbed), a little honey. Decoct with water.
Note: Wax gourd is cold. People with spleen and stomach qi deficiency, chills and pains should eat less on weekdays, and those with chronic illness and cold limbs due to yang deficiency should not eat it. The above formula is recommended, please consult your doctor before use.