Medicinal value of gourd;
(1) Gourd juice: 1 fresh gourd, mashed and juiced. Use 1 small bowl every time, and add appropriate amount of honey to adjust the clothes.
Using fresh gourd juice alone can give full play to its effects of clearing heat, promoting diuresis or moistening lung. Used for edema, dysuria, damp-heat jaundice, or lung dryness and cough.
⑵ Pumpkin soup: 60g pumpkin, sliced, 30g insect bamboo shoots, cut into sections. Add water to make soup.
Both gourd and insect bamboo shoots have diuretic effect, and their combination can obviously enhance diuretic effect. It is more effective for edema and dysuria.
According to ancient medical books, gourd flowers are sweet, flat and non-toxic, which can be used as detoxification drugs, especially for various fistula sores. Tendrils and whiskers are as medicinal as flowers and can treat leprosy. Gourd tastes bitter, cold and toxic, and can be used to treat odontopathy, swollen or exposed gums, loose teeth, etc.
It can also treat facial features, edema of limbs, urinary tract obstruction, nasal congestion and all carbuncle and malignant sores. In particular, the gourd shell has the highest medicinal value, sweet taste, flat nature and no toxicity. Used for clearing away heat and toxic materials, moistening lung and relaxing bowels. The older the gourd shell, the higher the curative effect.
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The mature wooden shell is hollow and can be used as various containers, water scoops or children's toys. ?
It is cultivated all over China, and the fruit can be used as a container, such as a hip flask, after certain treatment. Household appliances, such as water scoops; Insect toys, such as gourds; And decorative products.
People like gourd because it likes to grow, spread and bear more fruits. This feature is precisely combined with the primitive maternal worship of human beings and the desire of future generations to reproduce. Lyricism by borrowing things has produced people's love and worship for gourds.
Therefore, many corresponding myths and auspicious Fu Rui stories have been derived. From generation to generation, gourd has become a trustworthy mascot in people's minds, which can prolong life, reduce happiness and eliminate disasters, ward off evil spirits and protect future generations.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia -Hulu