100 grams of cucumber, only 15 calories.
Cucumber taste sweet, sweet, cool, bitter, non-toxic, into the spleen, stomach, large intestine; with the removal of heat, diuretic, diuretic, purging and detoxification of the efficacy; the main treatment of thirst, sore throat, eye of fire, fire scalded; and a certain degree of weight loss effect.
The Materia Medica Compendium records that cucumber has the effect of clearing heat, quenching thirst, diuretic, and reducing swelling. Cucumber flesh is crisp and tender, juicy and sweet, raw food, thirst quenching, and has a special aroma. According to analysis, cucumber contains 98% water, rich in protein, sugar, vitamin B2, vitamin C, vitamin E, carotene, niacin, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other nutrients.