Gourd contains carbohydrates, protein, crude fiber, fat, vitamins such as vitamin C and carotene, and various minerals.

Efficacy:

Gourd is flat in nature and sweet in taste; Entering the lung, spleen and kidney meridians; It has the effects of promoting diuresis, relieving swelling, quenching thirst, relieving vexation, and relieving stranguria and resolving hard mass. Indications: edema, ascites, fever, thirst, sore poison, jaundice, gonorrhea, carbuncle and other diseases.

Taboos for eating:

Gourd is smooth and beneficial, and people who have diarrhea due to deficiency of spleen and stomach should avoid eating more.

The scientific name of "night flowering" is gourd, which belongs to cucurbitaceae and is named after night flowering. If you eat bitter "night flowering", it is very likely to be poisoned. Because the bitter "night flowering" contains biological toxin-picroside. This toxin causes people to have symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, dry throat, dizziness, abdominal pain and diarrhea after eating 10 minutes to 2 hours.

Gourd can grow to about 30-50 cm, with a diameter of about 5-8 cm, straight and slender, and the skin is light pink and green.