1. In fact, pumpkin and pumpkin belong to the same category, although they do not belong to the same variety, so the nutritional components are very similar. Has the effects of moistening lung, benefiting qi, resolving phlegm, expelling toxin, relieving cough and asthma, treating lung abscess and constipation, and promoting diuresis and caring skin. In recent years, domestic and foreign medical experts and scholars have shown that eating pumpkin can also treat prostate hypertrophy, prevent prostate cancer, prevent arteriosclerosis and gastric ulcer, and dissolve stones.

2. Pumpkin has certain medicinal value. Compendium of Materia Medica has the effect of tonifying middle energizer (spleen and stomach) and benefiting qi. It is recorded that herbal medicine in southern Yunnan has the effect of benefiting qi and saving lung. Modern medical research shows that there are 7% ~ 17% pectin in pumpkin fruit, which has strong adsorption, can bind and remove bacteria and their toxic substances in human body, protect digestive tract mucosa, have certain curative effect on digestive tract ulcer, and can also bind cholesterol to prevent arteriosclerosis. There is a special substance in pumpkin pulp, which can promote insulin secretion and reduce blood sugar level, and has special effects on preventing and treating diabetes. The rich vitamins in fruits have the function of protecting mucous membranes, and have a certain effect on protecting eyesight, preventing eye diseases, beautifying and losing weight.