Wax gourd should not be eaten raw. Although it can be eaten raw, it tastes bad. Moreover, the nutrition obtained by eating it raw is not much higher than that obtained by cooking it, so it is often not eaten directly. When the melon is juiced and drunk, it tastes good and is loved by many people. Wax gourd juice can help diuresis, reduce swelling and lose weight. A cup in the morning can help calm the nerves.

Extended information wax gourd is sweet in taste and cold in nature, and has the effects of eliminating heat, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling. Wax gourd has a low sodium content, which has a good auxiliary treatment effect on arteriosclerosis, ascites due to cirrhosis, coronary heart disease, hypertension, nephritis, edema and swelling. "Living with Interest Diet Spectrum": "If pregnant women eat regularly, it will poison the fetus and make the child disease-free." Wax gourd also has the functions of detoxifying fish poison.

Propanolic diacid contained in wax gourd can effectively inhibit the transformation of sugar into fat. In addition, wax gourd itself does not contain fat and has low calories, which is of great significance for preventing human body from getting fat and can help body build.

The seeds and skins of wax gourd can also be used as medicine. The meat and pulp of wax gourd have diuretic, heat-clearing, phlegm-resolving and thirst-quenching effects. It can also treat edema, phlegm and asthma, summer heat, hemorrhoids and other diseases. If the wax gourd is boiled with skin, it can reduce swelling and diuresis, and clear away heat and relieve summer heat.

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