1, gourd contains protein and a variety of trace elements, helps to enhance the body's immune function, at the same time, gourd is rich in vitamin C, can promote the synthesis of antibodies, improve the body's antiviral ability. From the gourd can be isolated two trypsin inhibitors, trypsin inhibition, thus playing the effect of lowering sugar, carotene in the gourd in the content of more, after eating can prevent the synthesis of carcinogenic substances in the human body, thus reducing the formation of cancer cells, reduce the incidence of cancer in the human body, thus playing the role of cancer prevention and anticancer. In addition to the gourd can contain medicine, itself can also be medicine, gourd taste sweet, sex smooth and non-toxic, its vine, beard, leaves, flowers, seeds, shells can be used in medicine, treatment of a variety of diseases. According to ancient medical records, gourd flower taste sweet, sex flat, non-toxic, can do detoxification medicine, on a variety of fistulas is particularly effective. Trail, beard medicinal properties and flowers, can cure hemp sores, gourd gourd flesh and seeds, taste bitter, cold, poisonous, can cure dental disease, gums or swollen or dew, loose teeth, and can cure the face and eyes, swollen limbs, urinary incontinence, nasal congestion and all the carbuncle and malignant sores. Especially the highest medicinal value of gourd shells, its taste sweet, flat, non-toxic, anti-heat detoxification, moistening the lungs, the more aged gourd shells, the higher the efficacy.

2, gourd edible young fresh gourd fruit, is our country people more like melon vegetables, gourd, flesh pure white and soft, can be fried, braised, do soup, stuffing and so on.