According to "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica", pumpkin is warm, sweet and non-toxic. Into the spleen and stomach, it can moisten the lungs and replenish qi, eliminate phlegm and concentrate, expel worms and detoxify, treat cough and asthma, treat lung abscess and constipation, and has diuretic and beauty effects. "Compendium of Materia Medica" states "reinforcing middle energizer". Can be used for treating chronic qi deficiency, spleen and stomach weakness, shortness of breath, burnout, loose stool, diabetes, ascaris and other diseases. In recent years, the research experiments of medical experts and scholars at home and abroad show that eating pumpkin can prevent and treat arteriosclerosis, hypertension, gastric ulcer, bronchial asthma and chronic bronchitis, chronic cough, edema, ascites and dysuria in the elderly. Habitual modern nutrition believes that pumpkin contains citrulline, arginine, aspartic acid, carotene, B vitamins, vitamin C, vitamin E and calcium, potassium, zinc, chromium and selenium. Among the three thermogenic nutrients, pumpkin is a good low-fat food, which is mainly carbohydrate and low in fat. Pumpkin polysaccharide can improve the immune function of the body; The rich carotene in pumpkin can be converted into vitamin A with important physiological functions in the body, which has important physiological functions for maintaining normal vision and promoting bone development. Pumpkin is high in calcium, potassium and sodium, especially suitable for middle-aged and elderly people and hypertensive patients. Conducive to the prevention of osteoporosis and hypertension. Pectin contained in pumpkin can also protect gastric mucosa from the stimulation of coarse grains and promote ulcer healing. Pumpkin can eliminate the mutation of nitrosamine, which is a carcinogen, prevent cancer, help the recovery of liver and kidney function and enhance the regeneration ability of liver and kidney cells.
Pumpkin contains more sugar and should not be eaten to avoid bloating. Seeds (pumpkin seeds) and melon stems are also often used as medicine, which can repel insects, strengthen the spleen and breastfeed.
How to eat pumpkin?
1, pumpkin porridge pumpkin100g, 50g of rice, salt. Peel the pumpkin, wash it and cut it into pieces for later use. Wash the rice, put it in a pot, add water to cook porridge, add pumpkin when boiling, and season the porridge with salt when cooked. Daily 1 time, can tonify the middle energizer, replenish qi, detoxify and kill insects, and is suitable for spleen and stomach weakness, malnutrition, lung abscess, fire and water scald, lower limb ulcer, etc.
2. 500 grams of pumpkin rice, washed, boiled in water until 70% to 80% mature, filtered; Peel half a pumpkin, dig out the pulp, cut into pieces, stir-fry with oil and salt, pour the filtered rice on the pumpkin and steam it slowly. Add a small amount of boiling water before steaming to avoid pumpkin burning; If the right amount of brown sugar is added at the same time, the taste will be more delicious. It can strengthen spleen and benefit qi, and is suitable for people with spleen and stomach weakness and malnutrition.
3, pumpkin pig liver soup pumpkin, pig liver each 250 grams, refined salt, monosodium glutamate, sesame oil each right amount. Peel the pumpkin, remove the pulp, wash and cut into pieces; Wash and slice pig liver; Add 1000 ml of water to the same pot, cook until the rotten meat of the melon is cooked, add seasoning and mix well. This soup has the effect of invigorating spleen, nourishing liver and improving eyesight, and has a certain therapeutic effect on night blindness after long-term consumption.
4. Pumpkin soup pumpkin 350g, onion 1, butter 50g, stock 4 cups, milk 2 cups, flour 200g, fresh cheese half a cup, coriander, cardamom, salt and pepper a little. Methods: 1. Peel the pumpkin, remove the pulp, cut it into thin slices, cut the onion into pieces, and fry it with butter. 2, wok fire, add onion powder, pumpkin slices, broth, until boiling. 3. Then filter the soup in one pot into another pot, put the pot on tempering, add milk to boil, stir the butter and flour evenly, add appropriate amount of nutmeg, salt and pepper, put it in a bowl, put the foam of coriander powder and fresh cheese on it, and float on the soup. Make the stool smooth and the skin rich, especially for women, and have a beauty effect.
5, mung bean pumpkin soup 50 grams of mung bean, 500 grams of old pumpkin, the right amount of salt. Peel the pumpkin, remove the pulp, wash and cut into pieces for later use; Boil mung beans until they bloom, then add pumpkin, cook until they are cooked thoroughly, and then add salt to taste. It can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, and induce diuresis and stranguria. It is suitable for heatstroke, polydipsia, hematuria, palpitation and chest tightness in summer. It is an ideal drink for diabetic patients in summer.
6, pumpkin cactus soup pumpkin, cactus each 250 grams, salt, monosodium glutamate right amount. Wash pumpkin and cut into pieces, peel cactus and cut into pieces. After the fire boils water, add cactus and pumpkin to make soup. After cooking, season with salt and monosodium glutamate, and eat pumpkin and cactus in soup. 1 time in the morning and evening 1 month, which can reduce blood sugar and blood fat, and is suitable for dietotherapy of diabetes and hyperlipidemia.