Efficacy of wax gourd: Ingredients: wax gourd is very nutritious. Every 500g contains 2g of protein, 9g of carbohydrate, 3g of crude fiber, 95mg of calcium, 2mg of iron, 0. 15mg of carotene and 75mg of ascorbic acid. Wax gourd contains more protein, sugar and a small amount of minerals such as calcium, phosphorus and iron, as well as vitamins B 1, B2, C and nicotinic acid.
Sexual taste: sweet and cold.
Meridian tropism: lung, large intestine and bladder meridian.
Efficacy: It has the effects of clearing away heat, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling. Wax gourd has low sodium content, which has a good auxiliary treatment effect on arteriosclerosis, ascites due to cirrhosis, coronary heart disease, hypertension, nephritis and edema.
The function of wax gourd: 1, bodybuilding: The propanol diacid contained in wax gourd can effectively inhibit the conversion of sugar into fat. Wax gourd itself contains no fat and has low calories, which is of great significance to prevent the human body from getting fat and can help the body to build up.
2, edible: wax gourd meat and pulp have diuretic, heat-clearing, expectorant, thirst-quenching and other effects. It can also treat edema, phlegm and asthma, summer heat, hemorrhoids and other diseases. Boiled melon with skin can reduce swelling and diuresis, and clear away heat and relieve summer heat.
3. Beauty: Oleic acid in wax gourd seeds has the activity of inhibiting melanin deposition in the body and is a good amino acid for moisturizing and beauty. Wax gourd is rich in ornithine and γ -aminobutyric acid, and the contents of aspartic acid, glutamic acid and arginine are also high, and the contents in melon seeds and peel are higher than those in pulp. The contents of the above three amino acids in melon seeds are 65,438 05.09 times and 65,438 08.32 times of the pulp, respectively. They are indispensable amino acids to relieve the toxicity of free ammonia and become the material basis of their diuretic and detumescence effects. In addition, protein and citrulline contained in wax gourd seeds can moisturize the skin and inhibit the formation of melanin.
4, diuretic swelling: winter melon is rich in a variety of amino acids, and the content of melon seeds and peel is higher than that of pulp. These substances can help the human body to eliminate the toxicity of free ammonia, and have the effect of diuresis and detumescence.
5. Reduce cholesterol and blood lipids: The dietary fiber content in wax gourd is high, which can effectively improve the blood sugar level of human body. In addition, dietary fiber can also reduce cholesterol and blood lipid and prevent atherosclerosis.
6, eliminate carcinogens: the crude fiber in wax gourd can stimulate intestinal peristalsis, so that feces and carcinogens accumulated in the intestine are excreted.
7, clearing away heat and relieving summer heat: winter melon is cold and sweet, clearing away heat and promoting fluid production, relieving summer heat and removing troubles, especially suitable for summer consumption.
8. Lowering blood pressure: Experts found that wax gourd contains more vitamin C, higher potassium content and lower sodium salt content, which is most suitable for patients who need low-sodium food such as hypertension, kidney disease and edema disease.
9, nursed back to health kidney: wax gourd juice and wax gourd extract can increase animal urine volume, reduce the degree of kidney disease caused by mercury chloride, and significantly reduce serum creatinine content. Histopathological study showed that the total amino acids (high dose) of wax gourd and cucurbitacin had obvious protective and blocking effects on mercury-induced renal injury.
Precautions for wax gourd: First, pay attention to the consumption of wax gourd.
1, cold melon, spleen and stomach qi deficiency, diarrhea loose stool, cold stomach pain should not eat cold melon; During menstrual cramps and cold dysmenorrhea, people should not eat winter melon raw.
2. Wax gourd and adzuki bean are grams. Eating melon and adzuki bean together will make normal people's urine suddenly increase, which is easy to cause dehydration.
3, melon vinegar. Vinegar will destroy the nutrients in wax gourd and reduce its nutritional value.
4. Winter melon and red carp. Eating together reduces the nutritional value.
5. Wax gourd and crucian carp are ingredients for detumescence and diuresis. Eating together will increase urine output. If it is not edema, it is best not to eat together.
Knowledge expansion of wax gourd: 1. How to eat wax gourd.
Shrimp and winter melon porridge
Ingredients: wax gourd150g, rice 60g, shrimp100g.
Accessories: salt, coriander, ginger, pepper.
Steps:
1. First, remove the whiskers from prawns, shred ginger, mince coriander and dice wax gourd.
2. Pour half a pot of water into the pot, heat it, pour the washed rice, bring it to a boil, and turn to low heat for 10 minutes.
3. Then add wax gourd and cook for 20 minutes, then add prawns, add a spoonful of salt, sprinkle with pepper to freshen up, add shredded ginger, mix well and cook for 5 minutes.
4. finally, add coriander, cook for a while, and you can enjoy it.
Dagu winter melon soup
Ingredients: pork leg bone, wax gourd, chives, ginger, salt, cooking wine.
Exercise:
1. Let the seller chop off the leg bones, wash them and dry them.
2. Peel and cut the wax gourd, tie the shallots and slice the ginger.
3. Put the leg bone into the pot and bring it to a boil. Take it out and wash it after spitting blood.
4. Put enough water into the casserole at one time, add the bone, ginger slices, shallots and cooking wine, and simmer after the fire is boiled 1 hour.
5. Add the wax gourd pieces and continue to stew for about 20 minutes until the wax gourd becomes soft and transparent.
6. Add some salt and cook for another two minutes. Sprinkle some chopped green onion when drinking. It is delicious.
Braised winter melon
Ingredients: 300 grams of wax gourd.
Seasoning: 3 grams of salt, 5 grams of light soy sauce, 5 grams of light soy sauce, chives 1 root, 3 grams of sugar, 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil.
working methods
1. Peel the wax gourd and cut it into thin slices (peel more wax gourd, preferably remove the green stems, otherwise the hardness will affect the taste).
2. After the vegetable oil pan is hot, add the wax gourd and stir fry until the corners of the wax gourd are slightly yellow.
3. Add soy sauce, soy sauce, salt and sugar, and appropriate amount of water, cover the pot and cook for about 10 minutes (don't add too much water, the wax gourd itself will come out).
4. After the melon is cooked to taste, collect the juice and get angry, sprinkle with chopped green onion and take out the pot.
Material secret: Add chicken essence from Le Jia when cooking, which greatly enhances the freshness and makes the taste smooth, delicious and mellow.
Second, the purchase skills of wax gourd
When buying wax gourd, you should choose yellow-brown wax gourd with green skin, hoarfrost, correct shape, no spots on the skin, no trauma, soft skin and no decay. When picking, you can pinch it with your nails. The skin is hard, the meat is tight, and the seeds are ripe. It tastes good.
Third, the storage method of wax gourd
Wax gourd likes temperature and heat resistance, and can be stored in a ventilated place.