Nutritional value of wax gourd
1, wax gourd is rich in propanedioic acid, which can effectively control the transformation of sugar into fat in the body, prevent the accumulation of fat in the body, and consume excess fat from obesity, and has a good effect on preventing and treating hypertension, atherosclerosis and losing weight.
2. The pulp of winter melon is rich in cucurbitacine, which can help human metabolism and inhibit the conversion of sugar into fat, which is also one of the functional factors of weight loss and lipid reduction in winter melon.
3. The content of dietary fiber in wax gourd is very high, about 0.9 grams per 100 grams. Dietary fiber has a good effect on improving blood sugar level, and people's blood sugar index is negatively correlated with the content of dietary fiber in food.
4. Wax gourd is rich in ornithine and Y- aminobutyric acid, and the contents of aspartic acid, glutamic acid and arginine are also high. These amino acids are indispensable amino acids for human body to relieve the toxicity of free ammonia and become the material basis for its diuretic and detumescence effects.
Efficacy and function of wax gourd
1, prevention of diseases: wax gourd is rich in protein, fat, urease, glucoside B vitamins, etc. The fat contained is unsaturated fatty acid, and linoleic acid is the main component, which can reduce cholesterol and glycerate in human blood and help to prevent and treat coronary heart disease.
2, beauty and hair care: Cucurbita moschata contains trigonelline which can help metabolism and inhibit the conversion of sugar into fat. Oleic acid has the activity of inhibiting melanin deposition in the body. Unsaturated fatty acids can make the face rosy and shiny, make the skin tender and smooth, and make the hair black and shiny.
3, weight loss and defecation: wax gourd contains propanol diacid, which has a good effect on preventing human body from getting fat and improving body fitness. The B vitamins contained can accelerate the conversion of sugar and starch into heat energy, thus reducing body fat and helping to lose weight.
4, clearing away lung heat and detoxifying: wax gourd meat is beneficial to water, clearing heat, eliminating phlegm and detoxifying, wax gourd skin is beneficial to water swelling, clearing heat and relieving summer heat, and wax gourd seed has the effects of clearing lung heat and resolving phlegm, promoting diuresis and discharging pus.
5. Anti-cancer and anti-cancer: The dietary fiber content in wax gourd is very high, which can lower cholesterol, reduce blood fat and prevent atherosclerosis. The crude fiber contained in it can * * * the intestinal peristalsis, so that the carcinogens accumulated in the intestinal tract can be excreted as soon as possible.
Edible method of wax gourd
1, stewed wax gourd
Ingredients: 750g wax gourd, vegetable oil 1 tbsp, light soy sauce 1 tbsp, light soy sauce 1 tbsp, oyster sauce1tbsp, sugar, and a small bowl of water.
Practice 1 Wash the wax gourd, cut it into 2-3 cm pieces, remove the skin, and then cut it with a knife for 2 times without cutting it to the end. ② Heat a wok and add about 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil. ③ Pour in the wax gourd pieces and stir-fry until slightly softened. ④ Pour in soy sauce and soy sauce and continue to stir fry. ⑤ Pour 1 tablespoon oyster sauce into the bowl, add sugar and water, mix well, and pour into the pot. 6. Turn to medium heat and continue to stir fry until the juice is almost dry.
Efficacy: resolving phlegm, promoting diuresis and clearing away heat.
2, fresh mixed three skins
Materials: Watermelon skin, cucumber skin and winter melon skin each 200g.
Practice ① Scrape off the waxy skin of watermelon skin, remove the fluffy skin of winter melon skin, and blanch it with cucumber skin in a boiling pot. (2) after cooling, cut into strips, and then put a little salt into the plate to eat.
Efficacy of clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, and reducing weight.
3. Fried melon with shrimp skin
Ingredients: 500g wax gourd, 70g shrimp skin, appropriate amount of onion, appropriate amount of sesame oil, salt and pepper.
The practice is to fry the pepper with sesame oil, add onion, wax gourd and shrimp skin, fry until cooked, and finally season it with salt.
It has the effects of clearing away heat, relieving summer-heat, dispelling turbidity and stimulating appetite, and has adjuvant therapeutic effects on edema, fullness, phlegm and asthma, hemorrhoids, hypertension and arteriosclerosis.
Edible contraindications of wax gourd 1, wax gourd is cold, people with spleen and stomach deficiency, diarrhea, loose stool, and stomach cold pain should not eat raw wax gourd, and people with menstrual cramps and cold dysmenorrhea should not eat raw wax gourd.
2, melon and adzuki bean eat together, which will make normal people's urine volume suddenly increase, which is easy to cause dehydration.
3, wax gourd and vinegar, vinegar will destroy the nutrients in wax gourd and reduce the nutritional value.
4. Wax gourd and crucian carp are both ingredients for detumescence and diuresis. Eating together will increase urine output. If it is not edema, it is best not to eat them together.
Cultivation methods of wax gourd
The cultivation methods of wax gourd can be divided into three types: ground wax gourd, greenhouse wax gourd and frame wax gourd.
1, sweet potato
Plants grow on the ground, with sparse row spacing. Generally, about 300 plants are planted per mu, and the management is relatively extensive. Stems and vines are basically allowed to grow or lateral vines are removed before fruiting, and they grow at will after fruiting. Its advantages are less labor and lower cost. The disadvantage is that the melon shape is not good, and the melon is often helped; Otherwise, the abnormal fruit rate is high; The peel is easily damaged by the external environment, which affects the storage resistance; Low utilization of light energy, uneven fruit size and low yield per unit area. This method is only applicable to the varieties of wax gourd with gray skin sold on the island, but it is not applicable to the varieties that are transported to the north or exported with high commodity requirements, such as "Green Skin Winter", "Black Skin Winter" and "Qingza 1".
2, shed melon
After the vines are drawn, the vines are led by bamboo and wood shed, which can be divided into high shed and low shed. The high shed is generally 150-200 cm high, the low shed is generally 60-80 cm high and the shed width is 250-300 cm. In Hainan, melon farmers generally use low shed. The lateral vines were removed before the plants were put into shed, and the stems and vines grew randomly after they were put into shed. The fruit setting of greenhouse wax gourd is better than that of ground wax gourd, the fruit size is more uniform, and the yield per unit area is generally higher than that of ground wax gourd, but the plane area is still basically used, which is not conducive to close planting. Generally, it can only be interplanted in front of the melon vines, which can not make full use of the space, and there are many materials for scaffolding, and the cost is high. In recent years, in order to save materials, cost and labor, an improved net scaffolding has been popularized: first, a basic scaffolding is built with wooden stakes and iron wires, and then the teflon mesh is woven at the overlapping parts. At least three nylon nets can be used, which is very convenient and labor-saving.
3, frame wax gourd
There are many forms of brackets. There is a "one-stop": that is, one pile per plant, which is fixed with horizontal bamboo at the height of 130- 150 cm; There is a "herringbone frame"; There are "one-star drum frame longan" and "four-star drum frame longan": that is, three or four bamboo poles are used to build a drum frame, and each drum frame is fixed with horizontal bamboo, one for each plant. Although there are various forms of winter melon planting, they are all combined with plant regulation, which makes better use of space, improves fruit setting rate and makes fruit size uniform, which is beneficial to improve yield and quality. It is also beneficial to intercropping and increasing the number of multiple cropping; But also saves shelf materials and reduces the cost compared with greenhouse wax gourd. Under the current conditions, putting wax gourd on the frame is a more reasonable and scientific one among the three cultivation methods.