material

Pork spine for 3-4 people: 500g.

Wax gourd: 500 grams

Coix seed: 20g

Lycium barbarum: 12g

Ginger: 2 slices

Water: 8 bowls

step

1. Wash Coicis Semen and soak it in clear water for one hour; Wash the medlar and soak it slightly;

2. Wash the wax gourd and cut it into pieces with skin;

3. Wash the pig spine, chop it, soak it in clear water and rinse it;

4. Boil the water, add all the ingredients, turn to low heat after boiling, simmer for one and a half hours, and season with salt.

Second, clam winter melon soup

material

Clam, wax gourd, cooking wine, ginger slices, chopped green onion, salt.

step

1. After the clams spit out all the sediment, rinse it with clear water and clean the shell with a small brush.

2. Add a proper amount of water to the pot, add cooking wine and ginger slices.

3. Put the clams and chopped green onion into the pot and cook for about one minute. You can also put chopped green onion when cooking. I think the chopped green onion is a little spicy now, so I put it in and cooked it first.

4. Add wax gourd slices.

5. After the wax gourd slices are softened and cooked, add some salt to taste and serve.

Extended data

Effect of wax gourd

1, which is helpful to prevent coronary heart disease.

Wax gourd is rich in protein, fat, urease, saponin B vitamins and so on. Wax gourd mainly contains unsaturated fatty acids, of which linoleic acid is the main component, which can reduce cholesterol and glycerate in human blood and help prevent and treat coronary heart disease.

2. Beauty and hair care

Trigonelline in wax gourd mainly exists in the flesh of wax gourd, which can help human metabolism and inhibit the conversion of sugar into fat, which is also one of the weight-reducing and lipid-lowering functions of wax gourd.

Trigonelline in wax gourd mainly exists in the flesh of wax gourd, which can help human metabolism and inhibit the conversion of sugar into fat, which is also one of the functions of wax gourd to lose weight and reduce blood fat.

Wax gourd kernel contains oleic acid, which has the activity of inhibiting melanin deposition in the body, so it is a good moisturizing and beauty component.

Unsaturated fatty acids in wax gourd can make face ruddy and shiny, make skin tender and smooth, and make hair black and shiny.

Step 3 lose weight and defecate

Wax gourd is the only fat-free fruit and vegetable in melons and vegetables, and it is called "slimming melon". Wax gourd contains malonic acid, which has a good effect on preventing people from getting fat and improving their physical fitness. The B vitamins contained in wax gourd can accelerate the conversion of sugar and starch into heat energy, thus reducing body fat and helping to lose weight.

4, Qingfei Jiedu

Wax gourd can be used as medicine all over the body: Wax gourd peel is used for diuresis, detumescence, clearing heat and relieving summer heat, commonly used for edema, physical weakness and edema, and can also be used for lactation; Winter melon seeds have the functions of clearing away lung heat, resolving phlegm, promoting diuresis and expelling pus, and are suitable for cough and leukorrhagia caused by lung heat.

Wax gourd can be used as medicine all over the body: the skin of wax gourd can promote diuresis to reduce swelling, clear away heat and relieve summer heat.

Wax gourd meat has the effects of nourishing water, clearing away heat, resolving phlegm and detoxicating, and can be used to treat edema, cough and asthma, summer heat, thirst, diarrhea, hemorrhoids, leakage, alcoholism and fish poisoning.

Step 5 fight cancer

The content of dietary fiber in wax gourd is very high, about 0.9 g per 100 g. Modern medical research shows that dietary fiber has the functions of lowering cholesterol, lowering blood lipid and preventing atherosclerosis.