Wax gourd contains no fat and has little heat energy, which can be converted into heat energy by eating. Moreover, wax gourd contains propanol diacid, which can inhibit the conversion of sugar into fat and reduce the accumulation of fat in the body, so wax gourd is a very good diet food.
Wax gourd is a vegetable with high potassium and low sodium. Every gram of 100 contains 0/35 mg of potassium and 9.5 mg of sodium. This is the most ideal food for patients with kidney disease, diabetes, hypertension and edema who need low sodium food.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that wax gourd is sweet and flat, and has the effects of clearing away heat, nourishing the stomach and cleaning up filth in the intestine.
Wax gourd kernel can clear lung-heat, eliminate phlegm, detoxify and expel pus. The skin of winter melon is sweet and slightly cold, which can induce diuresis and reduce swelling.
application example
1.edema during pregnancy: 500 grams of wax gourd, 20 pieces of jujube, * * * boiled soup. Can be used frequently.
2. bronchitis: 30 grams of wax gourd seeds and 30 grams of Ophiopogon japonicus, decocted in water twice a day.
3. nettle rash: winter melon skin is fried and washed and taken orally.
4. Take it down: 50 grams of melon seeds are smashed into powder, and 50 grams of rock sugar is added to stew in boiling water. Twice a day. Take it for several days.
5. prickly heat: 60 grams of wax gourd, 30 grams of coix seed, and boiled soup to drink. Every day 1 dose for 7 ~ 8 days.
6. Pulmonary abscess: winter melon seeds15g, decocted in water.
7. The stool is white and turbid: winter melon seeds are fried and ground, each time15g, and the rice soup is mixed.
8. Wine residue nose: fresh wax gourd 1 piece, cut to remove the seeds and take the pulp, wring the juice with gauze, and coat the nose. Several times a day.
9. Athlete's foot: 50 grams of winter melon skin (preferably dried), boiled in soup, smoked before washing in the heat, once a day 1 time.
1 0. Chronic nephritis: wax gourd1000g, carp1strip, boiled in water.
11.Furuncle swelling: 200 grams of wax gourd, 30 grams of coix seed, and appropriate amount of sugar. Decoct soup instead of tea. Every day 1 time. Take it for 4 ~ 5 days.
12. Queban: peach blossom and winter melon seeds are equally divided, ground into fine powder, mixed with honey and rubbed immediately.