Chinese medicine has always believed that heart fire is most likely to flourish in summer, and bitter gourd tastes bitter and cold, so it is advisable to eat more bitter gourd in hot season. Bitter gourd has a certain effect on preventing and treating sores and swelling, fever and polydipsia, heatstroke and fever, excessive prickly heat, conjunctivitis, short urine and other diseases. It can clear the heart, improve eyesight, cool and quench thirst and relieve fatigue. But although it has many advantages, it is not suitable for everyone. People with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold should not eat more and raw food; Usually, people with loose stools, long urine, pale complexion and often cold hands and feet are mostly yang deficiency or spleen and stomach deficiency, and should not eat bitter gourd often; Preschool children should not overeat bitter gourd, otherwise it will easily hurt the spleen and stomach; Pregnant women should be careful to eat bitter gourd. Bitter gourd contains a small amount of quinine, and moderate consumption will not cause any problems, but excessive consumption can stimulate uterine contraction and may cause miscarriage.

In addition, it should be noted that many girls like to eat cold melon or drink bitter gourd juice to lose weight in summer, which is not appropriate. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, bitter gourd is a cold food, and excessive consumption can easily lead to dysmenorrhea. At the same time, there is a lot of oxalic acid in bitter gourd. If bitter gourd is often eaten raw, excessive intake of oxalic acid will combine with calcium in the body to form insoluble calcium salt, which is not conducive to calcium absorption.

Bitter gourd is rich in vitamin C, which ranks in the forefront of melons. However, no matter how effective a single ingredient is, we should pay attention to diversification in daily diet. We should not eat bitter gourd every day just to reduce fire, and ensure the diversification of nutrients every day to enhance our immunity. Bitter gourd is best eaten with spicy food (such as pepper, pepper, onion and garlic), which can avoid bitter taste and help to replenish lung qi.