Alternative names of cucumber: huckleberry, prickly gourd, king gourd, industrious gourd, green gourd, tang gourd, hanging gourd.
Cucumber is an annual trailing or climbing herb of the Cucurbitaceae family. The stem and branches are elongated, furrowed, and covered with white hispid hairs. The tendrils are 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.
Universally cultivated throughout China, and in many areas cultivated in greenhouses or plastic greenhouses; now widely grown in temperate and tropical regions. Cucumber is one of the main summer vegetables throughout China. The stems and vines are used medicinally, as anti-inflammatory, expectorant and antispasmodic.
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Nutritional value of cucumber
1, anti-tumor.
Cucurbitacin C contained in cucumber has the effect of improving the body's immune function, to achieve the purpose of anti-tumor.
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.
3, weight loss and strong body.
Cucumber contains malonic acid , can inhibit sugar substances into fat.
4, brain and mind.
Cucumber contains vitamin B1, to improve the brain and nervous system function is favorable, can calm the mind.
5, to prevent alcohol poisoning.
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.
6, reduce blood sugar.
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.
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