Pumpkin is rich in starch, protein, carotene, vitamin B, vitamin C, calcium and phosphorus. Pumpkin is rich in nutrition, which is often eaten by rural people, and is paid more and more attention by urban people.

Pumpkin not only has high edible value. But also has a dietotherapy effect that cannot be ignored. According to "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica", pumpkin is warm, sweet and non-toxic. Into the spleen and stomach, it can moisten the lungs and replenish qi, eliminate phlegm and concentrate, expel worms and detoxify, treat cough and asthma, treat lung abscess and constipation, and has diuretic and beauty effects. In recent years, medical experts and experts at home and abroad have shown that eating pumpkin can cure prostate obesity (pumpkin seeds can cure prostate obesity), prevent prostate cancer, prevent arteriosclerosis and gastric ulcer, and dissolve stones.

Foods you can't eat with pumpkins:

Vinegar: Vinegar is very similar to pumpkin: when eaten together, acetic acid destroys the nutrients in pumpkin.

Shrimp: Pumpkin and shrimp are very similar: they will have dysentery together, and they can detoxify with black beans and licorice.

Carp: Carp and pumpkin are very similar: eating together may be toxic.

Crab: Crab and pumpkin are very similar: they will be poisoned when eaten together.

Mutton: Pumpkin and mutton are very similar: Compendium of Materia Medica records: "Pumpkin can't be eaten with mutton, which makes people angry." Because pumpkin supplements the vital energy and mutton supplements the deficiency, the two kinds of supplement together make people feel sad.

Rape: Pumpkins are very similar to rape: Pumpkins and foods rich in vitamin C will destroy vitamin C.

Foods rich in vitamin C: Pumpkins are similar to foods rich in vitamin C. Because pumpkins contain enzymes that differentiate vitamin C, vegetables and fruits rich in vitamin C should not be eaten together. Vitamin c is heat-resistant, and this enzyme is destroyed after pumpkin is cooked. So pumpkins should be boiled, not fried, not as delicious as tomatoes and peppers.

Remarks: Vegetables rich in vitamin C include spinach, rape, tomato, bell pepper, Chinese cabbage and cauliflower.