Bitter gourd tastes bitter, and has the functions of purging internal fire, clearing away heat and expelling toxin. In summer, some people are prone to aphtha and ulcer, blistering on the tip of the tongue, heat rash, acne and so on. If you take bitter gourd, you can alleviate the situation and have a certain auxiliary treatment effect. However, because bitter gourd tastes bitter and bitter, people with deficiency of spleen and stomach often have diarrhea, cold hands and feet and yang deficiency, so children and pregnant mothers should eat bitter gourd carefully. Sometimes it is ok to eat in moderation. However, it should be noted that when cooking, it is best to soak the cut bitter gourd in hot water, heat the pot after picking it up, put some garlic slices and shredded ginger, and pour the bitter gourd into a cold pot for frying (you can also add a little lean meat or shredded pork belly). At this time, the coldness of bitter gourd is greatly reduced, so that the boiled bitter gourd can be safely eaten.

Bitter gourd has high nutritional value. Bitter gourd contains a variety of nutrients, which is good for people. For example, many people eat greasy food now, but in summer, a bitter gourd cold dish can also have a good refreshing effect. At the same time, many cordate telosma in bitter gourd can play a role in beauty and health care after being ingested by others. It is precisely because of this effect of bitter gourd that some people often drink bitter gourd juice or boil water with bitter gourd. Bitter gourd has the effect of clearing away heat and toxic materials. When the temperature is high in summer, many people get angry easily, while bitter gourd is cold, which has the function of clearing away heat and toxic materials and can also help excrete endotoxin from the body. Some children are prone to heat rash in summer, and scrubbing with bitter gourd slices also has the effect of removing heat rash.

Mother always grows some bitter melons in her garden. Bitter gourd has a high yield. If you can't eat it, you can bake it into balsam pear tea, which is good for preservation. Bitter gourd is rich in protein, sugar, minerals and various nutrients, among which vitamin C and vitamin D are more colorful and contain carbonate. Glycosides contained in bitter gourd can affect the metabolism of saliva and gastric juice, promote appetite and help digestion. Bitter gourd contains momordicin, which can reduce the intake of fat cells and sugar, and is especially suitable for uremia patients. Moreover, bitter gourd ginsenoside can also reduce blood fat, resist cancer, enhance human immunity and negotiate endocrine disorders, which plays a very important role in human physical and mental health. In summer, people's appetite is generally reduced. Momordica charantia L. and bitter rosin can increase appetite, strengthen spleen and stomach, and increase appetite. Quinine, a flavonoid compound contained in bitter gourd, is also beneficial to promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, reducing swelling and reducing fever, and clearing away heart fire and improving eyesight. Eating more bitter gourd in summer can benefit qi and nourish blood, nourish liver and improve eyesight, and has a good auxiliary treatment effect on acne. Bitter gourd protein in bitter gourd has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, reducing swelling and toxic materials, resisting oxidation and removing blood waste. It can reasonably protect blood, replenish qi and nourish blood, maintain complexion, make people rosy and healthy physically and mentally, and release the beauty of physical and mental health from the inside out. It can also remove acne and malnutrition, and has a good beauty and health care effect. Vitamins and protein in Momordica Charantia can enhance the level of phagocytosis and clearance of tumor cells by immune cells, affect the generation, growth and development of tumor cells, and nip them in the bud, which has the function of preventing cancer. From 65438 to 0999, Chen Zhizhong successfully obtained anti-AIDS chemicals from bitter gourd. This extract can selectively kill neutrophils and phagocytes infected with HIV, which has a very good anti-AIDS effect.