Night-blooming nutritional value:

Gourd contains carbohydrates, protein, crude fiber, fat, vitamins such as vitamin C and carotene, and various minerals.

Efficacy:

Hugua is neutral in nature and sweet in taste; enters the lung, spleen, and kidney meridians; has the effects of diuresis and swelling, quenching thirst and irritability, and relieving stranguria and dissipating stagnation; it is mainly used for treatment Edema, ascites, dysphoria, thirst, sores, jaundice, gonorrhea, carbuncle and other symptoms.

Eating taboos:

Gourd is smooth and sharp in nature. People with spleen and stomach deficiency and diarrhea should not eat more.

The scientific name of "night-blooming" is Hugua, which belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family and is named after it blooms at night. If you eat "night bloom" that has a bitter taste, you are very likely to be poisoned. Because the bitter-tasting "night flower" contains a biological toxin - picroside. This toxin causes people to experience symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, dry throat, dizziness, abdominal pain and diarrhea about 10 minutes to 2 hours after consumption.

The gourd can grow to about 30-50 cm, with a diameter of about 5-8 cm. It is straight and slender, with light pink-green skin.