Modern medicine shows that watermelon in the house has a large amount of fructose, glucose, sucrase, rich in fruit acids, amino acids, carotene, vitamin C, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, as well as calcium, phosphorus, iron and other minerals, which are indispensable to the human body nutrients.
On the medicinal value of watermelon, in our country's medical books have discussed, for example, watermelon flesh, seeds, skin, vine, leaves are China's traditional medicine is an important medicinal herbs, can be made into soup, cream, cream, bulk and other medicines, the treatment of different diseases.
The Chinese medicine called watermelon as "natural white tiger soup", applicable to external heat and fever, sweating, drink a few cups of watermelon soup, can make the heart refreshing, restlessness is lost, emotional calm.
The green part of the watermelon rind is called "watermelon Cuiyi", which can treat edema, burns, gastritis and other conditions. Suffer from wind and fire toothache, can be taken after the sun and night dew dry watermelon rind appropriate amount, research into crushed with a small amount of ice chips, coated in the toothache, can receive pain relief and anti-inflammatory effect. Watermelon seed kernel has the role of lowering blood pressure, clearing the lungs and moistening the intestines, and in the thirst and so on.
Watermelon cream is a commonly used Chinese medicine, salty and cold, can clear heat and fire, swelling and pain, sore throat, mouth and tongue sores, toothache, moth and throat paralysis, etc. have obvious effect.
Modern research believes that the sugar and enzymes in watermelon can convert insoluble protein into soluble protein, which is favorable to the body's absorption.
Watermelon is delicious, but do not eat too much. Because watermelon is cold, if you eat too much easy to hurt the spleen and stomach, causing abdominal pain or diarrhea. Especially in the cold and damp people and stomach patients should eat less or avoid eating watermelon, cold patients should also avoid eating watermelon.
≮Pharmacological efficacy≯
Clearing heat, quenching thirst, diuretic. It is suitable for hypertension, nephritis, hepatitis, cholecystitis and jaundice.
Acute and chronic nephritis:
Watermelon juice or watermelon rind in large quantities is taken by decoction. Or watermelon with skin chopped, boiled and concentrated into watermelon paste, boiling water to take 1-2 spoons each time, 2 times a day.
Diabetes, thirst, cloudy urine:
Watermelon rind, winter melon rind 15 grams each, 12 grams of smallpox pollen, decoction.
High blood pressure:
Watermelon Cuiyi (available in Chinese herbal pharmacies) 3~12 grams, grass cassia seeds 9 grams, decoction tea.
Vomiting blood, intestinal red:
Watermelon seed shell 30 grams, water decoction to remove the dregs, add rock sugar appropriate amount, z times a day divided service.
Laryngitis:
Watermelon white cream blowing throat, have great effect (method: a large watermelon, cut a small hole in the tip, digging out the flesh, full of Park Nitrogen, still to the tip of the cover, with a rope tied, hanging in the ventilation, to be analyzed from the cream, to goose feather sweep down, research fine stored in a bottle spare).
Chronic nephritis, edema, cirrhosis and ascites:
Watermelon black cream, 3 grams each time, z times a day to swallow (watermelon black cream method: 1 large watermelon, cut the tip, digging out the flesh, the child, full of garlic cloves, still to the tip of the cover, sealed with a paper tape mud solid, buried in the chaff fire quenched through, take out of the study of the finely chopped for spare).