Melon name Latin scientific name: Cucumis melo English name: Melon alias: Cucurbitaceae genus Classification: Plant phylum: Angiosperm phylum: Dicotyledonous phylum: Magnoliata: Cucurbitaceae: Cucurbitaceae genus: Melon species: Cucurbitaceae C. melo Brief introduction of annual lianas. The fruit is sweet, rich in sugar and starch, and a small amount of protein, minerals and other vitamins. Mainly fresh food, but also dried fruit, preserved fruit, fruit juice, jam and pickled products. Native to India. Characteristic Melon has a well-developed root system, the main root depth is greater than 1 m, and the lateral root distribution diameter is 2 -3 m, but the root regeneration ability is weak, so it is not suitable for transplanting. The stems are round, angular, bristly and multi-branched. Simple leaves alternate, the leaves are nearly round or kidney-shaped, hairy. Flowers axillary, unisexual or bisexual, insect-borne flowers, yellow flowers. The shape of fruit is spherical, oval, spindle, long tube and so on. Mature pericarp has white, green, yellow, brown or various stripes and spots. The fruit surface is smooth or reticulate, with cracks and wrinkles. The pulp is white, orange-red, yellow-green, etc., with aroma. Seeds lanceolate or oblate, varying in size. The 1000-grain weight of big net melon is about 25 grams, and the weight of small sesame crisp is only about 14 grams. Melon seeds began to germinate at 16℃- 18℃, with the fastest germination at 30℃. The suitable growth temperature is 25℃-32℃, and the assimilation is still good at 40℃. Melon needs low air humidity. Among melons, netted melon is not moisture-tolerant, followed by common melon, and month melon and vegetable melon are more moisture-tolerant. Melons need good sunshine. On sunny days, there will be fewer diseases, plants will grow vigorously, and there will be more fruits with good quality. According to the botanical classification method, melon varieties are divided into 8 varieties: netted melon and netted melon. Melon, melon variety, ornamental melon, lemon melon and snake melon. According to the ecological characteristics, China usually divides it into thick-skinned melons and sweet-skinned melons. Eating out has medicinal value, and a fruit bowl is given after the meal. The combination is mostly watermelon, papaya, cantaloupe, and sometimes wrinkled melon. However, friends often say that they are afraid to eat more because they are afraid of itchy throat after eating cantaloupe or wrinkled melon. Now we eat new strong cantaloupe, Lanzhou dense melon, American dense melon and wrinkled melon, which were collectively called "melons" in ancient times. According to ancient medical books, melon is sweet in taste and cold in nature, and Compendium of Materia Medica points out that it can "quench thirst, remove heat and facilitate urination". When it comes to the function of benefiting water, wax gourd is not as good as watermelon, but the degree of coldness is not equal. However, the degree of coldness of various melons is different. Hami melon is not as cold as wrinkled melon, but it is not suitable for people who have a cold and cough (itching and thin phlegm). However, because they can clear away lung heat, people with a hot cough (sore throat, sandy and yellow phlegm) are most suitable for eating, which can relieve cough and promote lung qi. Efficacy The roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits, pedicels, skins and seeds of melon can all be used as medicine. Please refer to the related materials of traditional Chinese medicine. The whole herb detoxifies and reduces swelling, and treats hemorrhoid swelling, hemorrhoid leakage, tubular tumor, dirty poison and heat depression. The flesh is sweet, cold and non-toxic, clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. Can be used for treating summer heat, fever, heatstroke, thirst, dysuria, and mouth and nose sore. Stems treat nasal polyps, upper leaves of nose treat tinea capitis, flowers treat heartache and cough, and pedicels (fruit stalks) treat fever, polydipsia and toothache, food poisoning, dyspepsia, phlegm, acute and chronic hepatitis and liver cirrhosis. Seeds disperse, clear lung, remove blood stasis, moisten intestine and expel pus. Shennong's Herbal Classic records the pedicel for treating abdominal caking, intestinal carbuncle, expectoration and poor stool. In addition, sweet melon seeds were found in the autopsy of Mawangdui female corpse in Hunan, indicating that melon cultivation in China has a history of more than 2,000 years. According to modern research, melon stems contain bitter toxins, which can induce vomiting and cause vomiting by stimulating gastric mucosa. Proper oral administration can help first aid food poisoning. Traditional Chinese medicine is an emetic, which can induce sputum in the chest and diaphragm, stop eating and stop food poisoning. Ye Juquan, a pharmacologist in China, recorded in the Convenient Prescription for Eating Traditional Chinese Medicine that it can treat jaundice and non-jaundice infectious hepatitis and liver cirrhosis. Sun-dried or baked with the pedicels of wax gourd, grinded into fine powder, and divided into six parts. First, use two parts, inhale deeply from both noses, after about 40 minutes, clean the nasal cavity, inhale two parts again, inhale two parts every 40 minutes, and inhale 0. 1 g three times. Do it again in the same way every seven days, with 0.4 g as a course of treatment. For common hepatitis, the effect can be seen after two courses of treatment, while for liver cirrhosis, after about three to five courses of drug inhalation, a large amount of yellow water often flows out of the nasal cavity. When taking medicine, the patient's head must lean forward to let the yellow water flow out smoothly, and don't swallow it to avoid diarrhea. Sometimes there will be headache, chills, fever and other symptoms similar to colds, and the pain in the liver and spleen will increase, but most of the symptoms will disappear naturally in a day or so. According to the clinical experiment report, the effect is good. If it is used to treat chronic hypertrophic rhinitis, it can be sprayed on the affected part of the nose, two or three times a day. Melons can be eaten all year round. It is a popular melon, but there are also many people who are not suitable for eating too much because of physical fitness or disease. The cloud says that eating too much makes people feel jaundice, moving cold makes people forget too much, and there is an antidote or nausea. People who eat beriberi will never get rid of it.