Hand melon that is Buddha's hand melon can be eaten raw as a fruit, like cucumber sweet and refreshing; can also be used as a vegetable, pouncing, choking, pickling, frying, boiled, soup, omnipotent, common home-cooked dishes such as Buddha's hand fried chicken, fried Buddha's hand meat rolls, Buddha's hand chicken soup soup and cold Buddha's hand in the ridges, etc.; can also be processed into sauces and candied products; due to the current has not yet been found to have a disease, and therefore less pesticide spraying, so eat raw harmless.

Hand melon is also called Buddha's hand melon (scientific name: Sechium edule), is a cucurbitaceae Buddha's hand melon plants, native to Mexico, Central America and the West Indies, introduced to China in 1915, in China, south of the Yangtze River are planted to Yunnan, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Taiwan, the most. Buddha's hand melon crisp, rich in nutrition. Each kilogram of fresh melon contains 5 grams of protein, 1 gram of fat, 30 grams of fiber, 77 grams of carbohydrates, but also contains vitamin C220 mg, riboflavin 0.1 mg, containing 500 mg of calcium, phosphorus 320 mg, 40 mg of iron. Buddha's hand melon can be both cooking, but also as a fruit to eat raw.