Trichosanthes kirilowii of Cucurbitaceae or Trichosanthes simplex is the seed of Cucurbitaceae. Sweet, bitter and cold. Enter lung, stomach and large intestine meridian. Function: clearing away heat and moistening lung, resolving phlegm and resolving stagnation, moistening intestine and relaxing bowels. Indications: phlegm-heat cough, chest obstruction, chest obstruction, pulmonary flaccidity and hemoptysis, thirst quenching, jaundice, constipation and carbuncle swelling.

Trichosanthes kirilowii seeds are rich in oils, sterols, triterpenoids and their glycosides. The content of fatty oil is 26%, in which saturated fatty acids account for 30% and unsaturated fatty acids account for 66.5%, mainly pilocarpic acid, so it will not aggravate gallstones and has inhibitory effect on gram-negative intestinal pathogens such as Escherichia coli. Cholelithiasis is often accompanied by cholecystitis, bile reflux gastritis and constipation. Trichosanthes kirilowii seed oil can soothe the liver, benefit the gallbladder, relieve stuffy heart, inhibit gallbladder inflammation, and inhibit gastric mucosal injury caused by bile reflux. It has a strong purgative effect and can relieve constipation very well.

To sum up, people with gallstones can eat melon seeds.

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