Wax gourd is a kind of vegetable which can be used as both medicine and food, and has many health-care functions. Chinese medicine believes that wax gourd is sweet, light and cool, and enters the lung, large intestine, small intestine and bladder meridian; It has the effects of moistening lung, promoting fluid production, eliminating phlegm, quenching thirst, inducing diuresis, relieving swelling, clearing away heat and summer heat, removing toxic substances and expelling pus; It can be used for the treatment of thirst due to summer heat, cough and asthma due to phlegm heat, edema, beriberi, fullness, thirst quenching, acne, facial spots, proctoptosis, hemorrhoids, etc., and can also relieve fish and alcoholism.

Efficacy and function of wax gourd;

1, lowering blood pressure: because wax gourd contains more Vc, high potassium and low sodium, it is most suitable for patients with hypertension, kidney disease and edema who need low sodium food.

2. Protect the kidney: The wax gourd juice and wax gourd extract can increase the urine output of animals, reduce the degree of nephropathy caused by mercuric chloride, and significantly reduce the serum creatinine content. Pathohistology showed that the total amino acid of wax gourd (high dose) and cucurbitacin had obvious protective and blocking effects on renal injury caused by mercury.

3. Lose weight and reduce fat: It is found that wax gourd is rich in propanedioic acid. It can effectively control the transformation of sugar into fat in the body, prevent the accumulation of fat in the body, and consume excess fat from obesity, which has a good weight loss effect. Trigonella foenum-graecum mainly exists in the flesh of winter melon, which can help human metabolism and inhibit the conversion of sugar into fat. It is also one of the functional factors of weight loss and lipid reduction in winter melon.

4. beauty beauty: The book "Sheng Ji Zong Lu" in the Tang Dynasty introduced the ancient people's method of making facial fat with wax gourd for beauty. In addition, according to Compendium of Materia Medica, winter melon is white and soft. When you wash your face and body with it, you can remove brown spots and make your skin soft, smooth and white. "Shennong Herbal Classic" records that winter melon seeds can make people "face bright". Winter melon seeds are commonly used in ancient flour fat.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that zucchini has the functions of clearing away heat and diuresis, removing annoyance and quenching thirst, moistening lung and relieving cough, reducing swelling and resolving hard mass. Can be used for adjuvant treatment of edema, abdominal distension, polydipsia, sores, nephritis, cirrhosis and ascites. Zucchini contains an interferon inducer, which can stimulate the body to produce interferon, improve immunity, and play an anti-virus and tumor role. Zucchini is rich in water and has the effect of moistening skin.

1. Zucchini is rich in water and has the effect of moistening skin. 2. Zucchini regulates human metabolism and has the effects of losing weight and preventing cancer. 3. Zucchini contains an interferon inducer, which can stimulate the body to produce interferon, improve immunity, and play the role of antivirus and tumor.