As we all know, dried bitter gourd has the effect of relieving summer heat, but fresh bitter gourd is not easy to be preserved for a long time, so dried bitter gourd, a useful and convenient food, came into being.

Dry bitter gourd comes from the dried mature fruit of Cucurbitaceae bitter gourd, which is oval or oblong. It can be used as medicine, and has the effects of clearing away heat, relieving summer-heat, detoxicating and invigorating the stomach, and can be used for treating heatstroke, dysentery and red eyes and pain.

Dried bitter gourd can be used to soak in water. Bitter gourd has the function of clearing away heat and fire. Lemon has the function of clearing away heat. Dried lemon slices and dried bitter gourd slices make tea together, which has the effect of losing weight. Drinking in the morning is not recommended. Bitter gourd can be watered before drying. Adding honey is better. Bitter gourd has the functions of lowering blood sugar and preventing and treating cancer.

If possible, you can make burdock bitter gourd dried pig bone soup at home, and 800g of dried bitter gourd, burdock, medlar, soybean, candied dates, coix seed and pig bone can relieve summer heat; Clear eyes and detoxify; Reduce blood sugar and blood lipid; Immune regulation, etc. Very suitable for drinking in summer. Taste elegant, fragrant, moist but not greasy. Young girls who are angry, have pimples on their faces, drink too much alcohol and tobacco, stay up all night, suffer from insomnia, and have a rising virtual fire and tarnished skin can all drink it. The soup can improve human immunity, and has certain adjuvant therapeutic effect on diabetes, hyperlipidemia and hypercholesterolemia. It can also prevent hypertension and gallstones, which is beneficial to lose weight.

2. Malt effect

Sweet and flat in nature. Can digest rice and pasta, and can restore milk. It is used for dyspepsia caused by rice and flour food, weaning of women, or breast milk obstruction and breast pain. The former is often combined with hawthorn, medicated leaven, decoction or pill. Later, this product can be used alone, decoction. Milk recycling should use 30~ 120g.

Malt contains amylase, invertase, protein, proteolytic enzyme, vitamin B, lecithin, maltose, glucose and other components. If this product is made into extract, it has the effect of nourishing and strengthening. When other drugs for invigorating spleen and moistening lung are used as decoction (paste), this product can be used as moistening agent and excipient.

The dietotherapy function of malt;

1. If the spleen and stomach are weak and food retention cannot be eliminated, it can be used with Dangshen, Atractylodes macrocephala and Chenpi to strengthen the spleen and promote digestion.

2. It is used for symptoms such as liver depression and qi stagnation, fullness in chest and hypochondrium, disharmony between liver and spleen, belching and anorexia. It is often combined with citron and bergamot to enhance the effect of soothing the liver and regulating the stomach.