Efficacy and function of melon
Eliminate summer heat. Quenching thirst wax gourd contains a lot of carbohydrates, citric acid, carotene and vitamin B; , c, etc. And rich in water, it can relieve summer heat, promote fluid production to quench thirst and relieve boredom.
Help kidney patients absorb nutrition. Invertase contained in wax gourd can convert insoluble protein into soluble protein, which can help patients with kidney disease absorb nutrients and is beneficial to patients with kidney disease.
Cucurbitacin B contained in the pedicel of melon can obviously increase the accumulation of experimental hepatic glycogen and alleviate chronic liver injury, thus preventing fatty degeneration of liver cells and inhibiting fiber proliferation.
The stem of emetic melon contains bitter substances such as bitter toxin, cucurbitacin B and E, which can stimulate the gastric mucosa. Proper oral administration can cause vomiting, but it is not absorbed by the human body, and there are no drawbacks such as collapse and poisoning.
Nutritious cooked meat of melon contains protein, fat, carbohydrate, inorganic salt and so on. It can supplement the energy and nutrition needed by the human body and help the body recover. Functional taste of dietotherapy: melon is sweet, cold and non-toxic; Melon is bitter, cold and poisonous. Meridian tropism: entering the stomach, lungs and large intestine. Efficacy: wax gourd can clear away heat, relieve summer heat and quench thirst; Melon seeds can clear away heat and toxic substances, induce diuresis, and the pedicel of melon seeds can induce sputum and toxic food in the chest and diaphragm, or be used as external medicine. Indications: winter melon cures summer heat and polydipsia; Melon seeds treat intestinal carbuncle and lung carbuncle; Melon pedicels are externally used to treat acute icteric infectious hepatitis, rhinitis and sarcoidosis in the nose.