Cucumber Cucurbitaceae annual trailing or climbing herb. Stem and branches elongated, furrowed, covered with white hispid hairs. Tendrils fine. Petiole slightly rough, hispid; leaf blade broadly ovate-cordate, membranous, lobes triangular, dentate.
Monoecious. Male flowers: constant clusters in leaf axils; pedicels slender, puberulent; corolla yellow-white, corolla lobes oblong-lanceolate. Female flowers: solitary or sparsely clustered; pedicels stout, puberulent; ovary scabrous. Fruit oblong or cylindrical, yellowish green when ripe, surface rough. Seeds small, narrowly ovate, white, without margin, subacute at both ends.
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Healthy parts
Cucumber is a "regular" on the family table. But when you eat cucumber, be sure not to throw away the cucumber handle to avoid throwing away the good stuff. This is because, the cucumber handle contains more bittersweet, bitter components of cucurbitacin C, is a rare detoxification and skin care food. Animal experiments have confirmed that this substance has a significant anti-tumor effect.
Cucumber edible efficacy:
1, anti-tumor: cucumber contains cucurbitacin C has to improve the role of the body's immune function, to achieve the purpose of anti-tumor. In addition, the substance can also treat chronic hepatitis and prolonged hepatitis, and prolong the survival of patients with primary liver cancer.
2, anti-aging: cucumber is rich in vitamin E, can play a prolonged life, anti-aging effect; cucumber in the cucumber enzyme, has a strong biological activity, can effectively promote the body's metabolism. With cucumber mashed juice coated skin, have moisturizing, stretching wrinkles effect.
3, anti-alcoholism: cucumber contains alanine, arginine and glutamine on the liver patients, especially for alcoholic cirrhosis patients have some auxiliary therapeutic effect, can prevent and control alcoholism.
4, hypoglycemia: cucumber contains glucoside, fructose, etc. is not involved in the usual sugar metabolism, so diabetics to cucumber instead of starchy food to fill the hunger, blood glucose will not rise, and even lower.
5, weight loss and strong body: cucumber contains malonic acid, can inhibit sugar substances into fat. In addition, the fiber in the cucumber to promote human intestinal corruption in the exclusion of substances and reduce cholesterol has a certain role, can be strong body.
6, brain and mind: cucumber contains vitamin B1, to improve the brain and nervous system function is favorable, can calm the mind, assist in the treatment of insomnia.
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