The original name of cucumber is Hu melon, which was brought back by Zhang Qian when he traveled to the West during the Han Dynasty. The renaming of the hu melon to cucumber began in Later Zhao.
Shih Le, the founder of the Later Zhao Dynasty, was originally a Capricorn who entered the Western region. After he ascended the throne as emperor in Xiangguo (present-day Xingtai, Hebei Province), he was greatly annoyed that people in his own country called the Capricorns Hu. Shi Le made a decree: no matter what he said or wrote, the word "Hu" was strictly forbidden, and violators would be punished by death.
One day, Shi Le summoned local officials to a meeting in Shan Yu's court, and was displeased when he saw that Fan Tan, the county magistrate of Xiangguo, had come to see him in patched and tattered clothes. He asked, "Fan Tan, why did you come to the court without being properly dressed?" Panicked and not knowing how to answer, Fan Tan casually replied, "It's all the fault of the Hu people who have no morality and justice, and looted all the clothes, so I had to come to the court in rags." Just after he finished, he realized that he had violated the prohibition, hastily kowtowed and asked for forgiveness; Shi Le saw him know the sin, and no longer accuse. Waiting for the summoning of the routine after the "imperial lunch", Shi Le and pointed to a plate of Hu Gua asked Fan Tan: "Qing know the name of this thing?" Fan Tan saw that this is Shi Le intentionally in the test to ask him, then respectfully answered: "purple case delicacies, silver cup green tea, golden bottle of manna, jade plate cucumber." After hearing this, Shi Le smiled with satisfaction.
Since then, hu melon was called cucumber and spread among the court. By the time of the Tang Dynasty, cucumber had become a common vegetable in the north and south. Nowadays, there are many kinds of cucumbers, roughly divided into spring cucumbers, rack cucumbers and dry cucumbers. The nationally recognized varieties are the beautiful, thin-skinned, thick-skinned, small-fleshed Beijing cucumber and the Ningyang cucumber.
Use of cucumber:
1, put the fresh cucumber in the food cupboard, cockroaches will not dare to approach the food cupboard.
2, cucumber calm and dehumidification, can astringent and eliminate skin wrinkles, the effect is particularly good for people with darker skin. Cucumber juice, with a cotton ball dipped in juice applied to the face (wrinkles can be repeated several times with), can prevent the face of dry skin.
3, eyes tired, eyes closed, cucumber slices covered in eyes, lying down to relax for 15 minutes, taut eyelids will be relaxed and restored.
The wonderful use of cucumber:
The wonderful use of cucumber!
According to analysis, cucumber contains 98% water, and contains traces of vitamin C, carotene and a small amount of sugar, protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other essential nutrients.
Cucumber as "weight loss and beauty of the good", has long been favored by people.
Modern pharmacological research, fresh cucumber contains a substance called malonic acid, which has the role of inhibiting the conversion of sugar into fat, therefore, eating more cucumbers have a weight loss effect. Cucumber also has a special beauty function, with cucumber juice to clean and protect the skin, or with mashed cucumber to stretch wrinkles are quite effective. The most simple and easy to use method, is the cucumber slices wipe the affected area, 2 to 3 times a day, this method is suitable for the prevention and treatment of sun-induced skin blackening, roughness, etc., because the cucumber contained in the cucumber oil on the absorption of ultraviolet rays have a good effect.
Cucumber in addition to special weight loss and beauty effects, but also has the role of disease prevention. Animal experiments have proved that the cucumber head contains a cucurbitacin C, this substance has obvious anti-tumor effects. Fresh cucumber contains very delicate fiber, can accelerate the excretion of intestinal corruption substances, but also has the function of lowering blood cholesterol, therefore, suffering from obesity, high cholesterol and arteriosclerosis patients, often eat cucumber is very beneficial. Clinical practice in recent years has also proved that: cucumber vine has a good dilation of blood vessels, slowing down the heart rate, lowering blood pressure and lowering cholesterol; cucumber cream has the role of the treatment of sore throat; cucumber leaves and vines with heat, diuresis, dehumidification, intestinal slippery, analgesic and other effects. The use of cucumber to prevent diseases are: 50 grams of old cucumber skin, add 2 bowls of water, decoction to 1 bowl, 2 to 3 times a day, continuous intake, can cure swelling of the limbs; with cucumber leaves dried for the end of the 6-10 grams of each service, can cure diarrhea; with cucumber skin decoction to take, can treat jaundice.
Cucumber can be fruit, vegetables, but because of the vitamin and other nutrients content is less, should not be eaten alone, it is best to eat with other vegetables, fruits, to ensure that the body needs nutrients. In addition, raw food must be washed, so as not to cause intestinal diseases.