Potted chestnut pumpkin
First, the efficacy of pumpkin
Pumpkin is rich in carbohydrates, protein, vitamins C and E, mineral elements such as carotene, calcium and cobalt, and active ingredients such as mannitol and citrulline.
1. Pumpkin is rich in pectin, has good adsorption, can bind toxins, bacteria or heavy metals in the body, and has a good detoxification effect;
2. The content of cobalt in pumpkin is very high. Cobalt can promote human metabolism, participate in the synthesis of vitamin B 12, and play a positive role in treating diabetes and lowering blood sugar.
3. Vitamin C and amino acids in pumpkin can prevent rough skin, delay skin aging, accelerate cell repair and enhance skin elasticity, especially suitable for women.
4. Pumpkin is rich in polysaccharide, which is a non-specific immune enhancer and can improve the body's immunity;
5. Pumpkin contains carotene and lycopene active substances, which have a certain effect on preventing breast cancer, ovarian cancer and male prostate cancer.
efficacy
Pumpkin originated from Mexico to Central America, and is widely planted all over the world. It is one of our daily vegetables. Pumpkin has the effects of lowering blood sugar, lowering blood pressure, expelling toxin, caring skin, strengthening body constitution, invigorating spleen and regulating stomach, and can be used for treating diabetes, hypertension, constipation and hypoimmunity.
1. Reduce blood sugar and blood pressure.
Cobalt in pumpkin can promote metabolism, lower blood sugar and treat diabetes, while eating pumpkin raw or semi-cooked can obviously reduce serum cholesterol and triglyceride, which can prevent the formation of thrombosis.
2. Detoxify and beautify
The rich pectin in pumpkin can adsorb harmful microorganisms and heavy metals in the body, help toxins to be discharged, and achieve the purpose of detoxification. In addition, vitamin C and amino acids in pumpkin have a good effect on protecting skin, accelerating skin repair and enhancing skin elasticity.
keep fit
Polysaccharides, vitamins, calcium, zinc and other minerals in pumpkin can promote metabolism, improve immune function, promote the production of cytokines and enhance physical fitness.
4. Spleen and stomach
Pectin in pumpkin can not only help to excrete heavy metals, but also protect gastric mucosa, prevent coarse food injury and promote ulcer wound healing. Pumpkin is warm and sweet, which has a certain effect on improving spleen and stomach deficiency and cold.
Step 5 prevent gout
Pumpkin is an alkaline food, which contains almost no purine, which is beneficial to the acid-base balance in the body, promotes the excretion of uric acid, and has a certain therapeutic effect on gout.
Cancer prevention
Mannitol in pumpkin can relieve constipation and detoxify, reduce the harm of toxins in feces to the body and prevent the occurrence of colon cancer.
Second, the efficacy of pumpkin seeds
Pumpkin seed, also known as pumpkin kernel, golden melon seed and white melon seed, is the dried seed of Cucurbitaceae plant pumpkin, which is picked after the pumpkin is ripe, washed and dried. It is sweet and smooth in nature, oily, enters the gastrointestinal tract, and has the effects of killing insects, moistening intestines, relaxing bowels, sucking milk, invigorating spleen and diuresis. Pumpkin seeds are essential nutrients to maintain the normal function of nervous system and contribute to the production of aminobutyric acid. When the brain is nervous or in other unfavorable state, it can improve the emergency ability of the brain. Pumpkin seeds are also very good natural food for men. The formation of high content of zinc and dehydroepiandrosterone is helpful to prevent prostate cancer. Pumpkin seed extract and pumpkin seed can also treat benign prostatic hyperplasia.
Third, the efficacy of pumpkin skin
Don't peel the pumpkin when you eat it. Pumpkin skin has many functions. Sweet and warm, into the spleen and stomach. Has the effects of invigorating middle warmer, invigorating qi, diminishing inflammation, relieving pain, detoxicating, killing insects, lowering blood sugar and quenching thirst; Indications: qi deficiency due to chronic illness, spleen and stomach weakness, shortness of breath, burnout, loose stool's disease, diabetes, ascaris, etc.
1, prevention and treatment of diabetes, lowering blood sugar:
Pumpkin is rich in cobalt, which can activate human metabolism, promote hematopoietic function and participate in the synthesis of vitamin B 12 in human body. It is an essential trace element for human islet cells and has special effects on preventing and treating diabetes and lowering blood sugar.
2, eliminate carcinogens:
Pumpkin can eliminate the mutation of carcinogen nitrosamine, has anti-cancer effect, and can help the recovery of liver and kidney function and enhance the regeneration ability of liver and kidney cells.
3. 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;
4. Protect gastric mucosa and help digestion:
Pectin contained in pumpkin can also protect gastric mucosa from the stimulation of coarse grains and promote ulcer healing, which is suitable for patients with gastric diseases. The ingredients contained in pumpkin can promote bile secretion, strengthen gastrointestinal peristalsis and help food digestion;
5. Promoting growth and development:
Pumpkin is rich in zinc, which is involved in the synthesis of nucleic acid and protein in human body. It is an inherent component of adrenocortical hormone and an important substance for human growth and development.
Fourth, the efficacy of pumpkin seedlings
This kind of pumpkin seedling is also called pumpkin vine, which has the functions of clearing lung heat, regulating stomach and dredging collaterals. Clinically, it is often used for tuberculosis, low fever, stomachache, irregular menstruation, scald and other diseases, and it is non-toxic and has almost no side effects.
The benefits of eating pumpkin seedlings:
1, pumpkin vine leaves are rich in nutrition: fresh vine leaves contain 82.5% water; The dry matter contains crude protein 7.5% ~ 8.6%, crude fat 4.6 ~ 5.2%, crude fiber 26% ~ 32%, nitrogen-free extract 38% ~ 46%, crude ash 8% ~ 10%, calcium 0.36%, phosphorus 0.09% and vitamins C, A and B.
2. Pumpkin seedlings are not only delicious, unique in flavor, but also nutritious, rich in chlorophyll and various essential amino acids, minerals and vitamins. Regular consumption has a certain curative effect on diabetes, arteriosclerosis, digestive tract ulcer and other diseases. It is a popular dish on people's table. The vegetables that Guangxi people especially like to eat are all kinds of seedlings, fingered citron seedlings, papaya seedlings and, of course, pumpkin seedlings that Cao Cao likes to eat. The tender stem nodes, tender leaves, tender petioles, tender flower stems and flower buds of pumpkin seedlings are edible. In addition, pumpkin seedlings do not need to be sprayed with pesticides to kill insects, which is a pollution-free food and has been popular in the market in recent years. Pumpkin seedlings not only have delicious taste, good taste and unique flavor, but also are rich in nutrients, including chlorophyll and various amino acids, minerals and vitamins necessary for human body. Regular consumption has a certain curative effect on diabetes, arteriosclerosis, digestive tract ulcer and other diseases.
Fifth, the pumpkin root effect.
The efficacy and function of pumpkin root
1, detumescence and pain relief
Pumpkin root, after taking the medicine, has obvious therapeutic effect on human trauma. It can relieve swelling and pain, and promote blood circulation to remove blood stasis. When people suffer from traumatic injury or joint swelling and pain, they can be directly treated with sad roots, boiled and fumigated with clear water, or directly ground and applied externally, which can quickly relieve the symptoms of swelling and pain.
Step 2 clear away heat and dampness
Clearing heat and eliminating dampness is also an important role of pumpkin root. It can treat all kinds of human fever, especially when people have sore throat and tongue pain. Taking it directly can relieve symptoms. In addition, it can also eliminate rheumatic qi in human body and prevent rheumatoid arthritis. People suffering from rheumatic bone pain eat more pumpkin root, which is also good for their physical recovery.
The role of pumpkin root in boiling water
1, clearing away heat and toxic materials
Clearing heat and detoxicating is one of the important functions of pumpkin root in boiling water. People usually drink water after boiling, which can accelerate the metabolism of various toxins in the body and prevent the accumulation of thermal toxins in the body. People insist on drinking it with pumpkin root in boiling water to prevent excessive internal heat and heavy metal poisoning. It is of great benefit to maintain human health.
2. Prevent malnutrition
Boiled water in pumpkin root plays an important role in softening and resolving hard mass. Drinking it at ordinary times can prevent malnutrition, but those children who are malnourished in life can also drink some water boiled in pumpkin root, which can make the lump caused by malnutrition smaller or disappear quickly, and let their bodies recover as soon as possible.
Sixth, the efficacy of pumpkin flowers.
Nutritional value and efficacy of pumpkin flowers
1, the nutritional value of pumpkin flowers
Pumpkin flowers is the fresh bud of pumpkin. It contains a lot of protein and vitamins, some trace elements such as iron, calcium, zinc and phosphorus, and some carotene in pumpkin flowers. These substances are necessary for normal metabolism of human body. People can not only promote metabolism, but also improve their physical fitness.
2, pumpkin flowers can diminish inflammation.
Anti-inflammation is one of the important effects of pumpkin flowers, which can eliminate all kinds of inflammation in human respiratory tract and digestive tract. Eating at ordinary times has a good auxiliary treatment effect on dysentery, tracheitis, cough and pneumonia. In addition, you can eat more pumpkin flowers after you get conjunctivitis and mastitis, which is also of great benefit to the recovery of the disease.
3. pumpkin flowers can protect the heart
Pumpkin flowers also contains a natural rutin, which is the natural protector of human blood vessels and heart. After the human body absorbs this substance, it can improve the blood coagulation level and effectively prevent the occurrence of internal bleeding. At the same time, it can also protect blood vessels, increase blood vessel elasticity, accelerate blood circulation, prevent myocardial ischemia, and have a good preventive effect on human stroke and heart disease.
Pumpkin flowers contains a lot of carotene, which plays an auxiliary role in preventing cancer. The incidence of lung cancer, gastric cancer and malignant lymphoma is closely related to the content of carotene in blood.
Edible efficacy
1, clearing damp-heat, reducing swelling and detoxifying.
2. Pollen can eliminate fatigue and enhance athletes' fighting spirit.
3. It has a certain auxiliary effect on anemia, chronic constipation, large intestine diseases, hypertension, headache, stroke and other diseases in children, and can also assist in regulating nervous state and improving insomnia.
4. Rutin contained in pumpkin flowers has the auxiliary functions of promoting blood vessel and heart function, promoting blood coagulation and preventing bleeding.
Seven, the efficacy of pumpkin seed oil
Nutrition composition editing
Fatty acid composition:
Pumpkin seed oil mainly contains 10 fatty acids, and unsaturated fatty acids account for 90%. Among them, oleic acid content is as high as 63.0%, others are linoleic acid content 20.2%, linolenic acid content 6.8%, palmitic acid content 4.09%, stearic acid content 1.78%, undecanoic acid content/.1 6%, and the other four fatty acids are very low, accounting for about/kloc-0. 05% in total. Studies have shown that unsaturated fatty acids have the functions of reducing blood lipid, antithrombotic and blood pressure, and their medicinal value has been paid more and more attention and applied. Linoleic acid and linolenic acid, in particular, are essential fatty acids for human body, and are necessary for synthesizing phospholipids, forming cell structure and maintaining normal functions of all tissues. In addition, linoleic acid can also prevent hypercholesterolemia, improve hypertension and prevent myocardial infarction. Linoleic acid can degrade thrombus, inhibit carcinogenesis and eliminate the symptoms of excessive intake of linoleic acid. Therefore, pumpkin seed oil is a good nutritional and health oil.
The study on pumpkin seed kernel and pumpkin seed oil in Xinjiang shows that pumpkin seed kernel contains 46. 7% crude fat and 37.2% crude protein. Pumpkin seed oil has good quality, yellow and tasteless, and pure oil fragrance; The iodine value (I) of pumpkin seed oil is as high as 1 18 g/ 100 g, the content of unsaponifiable matter is 9.02g/kg, and unsaturated fatty acids account for 90%, among which oleic acid, linoleic acid and linolenic acid are relatively high, so it is a high-quality raw material suitable for preparing nutritional and health-care oil. Pumpkin kernel is also rich in potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, calcium, sodium, zinc, iron, manganese, copper and other mineral elements beneficial to human body. Xinjiang pumpkin seeds are high-quality plant protein resources and important oil crops, and their development and utilization prospects are extremely broad. [2] Pumpkin seed oil also contains an active biocatalyst called androgen, which can eliminate the initial swelling of prostate and has a good therapeutic and preventive effect on urinary system and prostatic hyperplasia.
Extraction method editing
Cold pressing method
The cold pressing method is to press at a temperature below 60℃, and the cold pressed oil body is golden yellow. Pumpkin seed oil processed by this method can well retain natural ingredients, which is a widely respected processing method at present, and retains the original flavor and nutritional value of the plant itself. At the same time, the six-removal process is adopted to remove wax, degrease, degum, deacidify, deodorize, decolorize and filter harmful substances. [3]
hot-press approach
Hot-pressing method is to shell pumpkin seeds, heat and stir-fry, and then mechanically press them. Compared with cold pressing, in order to improve the oil yield and reduce the cost, high-temperature pressing destroys a large number of active substances in plants, and most of the hot pressed oil bodies are rosy. [3] Supercritical fluid extraction or subcritical low temperature extraction [4], although natural components in oil can be well preserved, the processing cost is high, which is not economical for pumpkin seed oil, a low-priced product.
Aqueous enzymatic extraction
Pumpkin seed oil was extracted by aqueous enzymatic method. Among the four factors (enzymolysis temperature, enzyme dosage, enzymolysis time and pH) affecting the oil extraction rate, enzymolysis temperature is the main factor, followed by pH, enzymolysis time and enzyme dosage. According to the results of orthogonal experiment, the optimum technological conditions for extracting pumpkin seed sheath were as follows: enzymolysis temperature 55℃, enzymolysis pH6, enzymolysis time 3h and enzyme dosage 0.8%. Under these conditions, the extraction rate of pumpkin seed oil can reach 40.6%. The oleic acid value of pumpkin seeds obtained by this method is 65438 0.84 mg/g, which meets the national hygiene standards.