Pumpkin, also known as pumpkin, rice melon, Japanese pumpkin, sleeping melon, wheat melon, golden wax gourd, Chinese pumpkin and so on. It belongs to an annual vine herb of Cucurbitaceae, and its fruit is edible, warm and sweet. Pumpkin originated in South Asia, and the other is Central and South America. It was introduced to China a long time ago, so it is called "Chinese pumpkin".

Pumpkin is rich in vitamin A, which is very important to improve the body's resistance, but if it is cooked too sweetly, it will cause high blood pressure or obesity, so pay attention.

Medicine believes that pumpkin can tonify middle-aged qi and is suitable for obese and constipation middle-aged and elderly people. Patients with beriberi, jaundice and qi stagnation should not eat it.

Nutritional components of pumpkin

Every 100g contains 0.6g of protein and 0. 1g of fat. Carbohydrate 5.7 g, crude fiber 1. 1 g, ash 0.6 g, calcium 10 mg, phosphorus 32 mg, iron 0.5 mg, carotene 0.57 mg, riboflavin 0.04 mg, nicotinic acid 0.7 mg and ascorbic acid 5 mg. In addition, it also contains citrulline, arginine, asparagine, trigonelline, Eupatorium adenophorum, glucose, mannitol, pentosan, pectin and so on.

Function and efficacy of pumpkin

1, detoxification:

Pumpkin contains vitamins and pectin, which has good adsorption, can combine and eliminate bacterial toxins and other harmful substances in the body, such as lead, mercury and radioactive elements in heavy metals, and can play a detoxification role;