Watermelon has a heat, thirst, diuretic and other effects, and watermelon rind also has a wonderful not to be underestimated Oh! Watermelon rind can be washed face, do mask, in addition, sunburn can also be used to cool compress melon rind

Notice is that the spleen and stomach cold wet people should not eat melon rind.

Some of the practices of watermelon rind:

(1) Peel the skin, cut it into a small square fast or thin silk, plus salt, soy sauce, sugar and other condiments, and chili peppers with the frying, crisp, sweet, delicious.

(2) peeled and cut into small pieces or small strips of melon strips, into the water to boil, and then into the tomatoes, eggs, some soup is not only good taste and color, and can eliminate the Department of diuretic.

(3) after the peeling of the melon skin cut into long thin strips, salted for 2 to 3 hours, the brine drained, and then add soy sauce, vinegar, or sesame oil and other condiments to mix, can be eaten.

(4) peeled melon skin, cut into thin slices, into the bowl, laying ham slices, plus seasonings, steamed on the pot, its flavor is delicious, fragrant.

The following is from Baidu Encyclopedia: /view/40490.htm

Watermelon Peel, alias Watermelon Cuiyi

(Latin name) Exocarpium Citrulli (English) Watermelon Peel

Source Watermelon Citrullus lanatus (Thunb), Cucurbitaceae. (Thunb.) Mansfeld's outer rind.

Plant Form Annual trailing herb. Stem with long hairs, tendrils 2-lobed. Leaf blade broadly ovate to ovate-oblong elliptic, 8-20cm long, 5-15cm wide, 3-parted, middle lobe longer, lateral lobes shorter, margins of each lobe then irregularly pinnately parted; petiole with long hairs. Flowers unisexual; corolla yellow, lobes ovate-long elliptic, outside with long hairs. Fruit orbicular or long elliptic, outer skin smooth, pulp thick and juicy, leaf sweet. Flowering period is from April to July, and fruiting period is from July to August.

It is cultivated all over the country.

Harvesting July to August to collect watermelon rind, cut off the inner soft part, sun-dried; there will also be outside the green skin peeled off only to take the middle part of the person.

Traits The dry rind is thin and curly, cylindrical or irregular, varying in size, with yellow, yellow-green or black-brown color on the outer surface; the inner surface has reticulate vascular bundles with lines. Brittle, easy to break. Remove the outer layer of green skin, irregular strip, wrinkled and curled, gray-yellow surface, with obvious wrinkles and reticulate vascular bundles. It is faint in odor and taste.

Chemical composition The rind contains wax and sugar. Juice contains citrulline, betaine, malic acid, fructose, glucose, sucrose, lycopene, vitamin C and so on.

Taste and odor Cool, sweet taste.

Pharmacological effects of watermelon rind contains citrulline can enhance the formation of urea in the liver of rats, which has a diuretic effect, can be used to treat nephritis edema, jaundice and diabetes liver disease. In addition, there are antipyretic, promote wound healing and promote the efficacy of human skin metabolism.

Functions and Indications It is used to relieve summer heat, quench thirst, and relieve urination. It can be used to relieve thirst and heat, shortness of urine, edema, and mouth and tongue sores.

Cooking instructions

1. Cardiac and renal edema: 100 grams of fresh watermelon rind (must be used with the flesh of the thick skin) decoction soup (30-50 grams of dry products).

2. Wind and fire toothache: take the sun and night dew of the watermelon Cuiyi appropriate amount, grind and add a little ice chips, apply to the pain.

3. High blood pressure: fresh watermelon juice or melon skin boiled water to serve.

Therapeutic effects

Watermelon rind taste sweet, light, cool; to the heart, stomach, bladder meridian; cool relief;

has a summer heat to remove the annoyance, quench thirst and diuretic;

The main treatment of summer heat and thirst, urinary shortness, edema, mouth and tongue sores.