1. Cucumber is sweet and cold, and can clear away heat, promote diuresis, remove dampness, smooth intestines, reduce blood fat and lose weight. Fresh cucumber contains propanedioic acid, which can inhibit the transformation of sugar into fat, so eating more cucumbers often can reduce weight. Cucumber can also be used as a beauty agent. Some people abroad remove the pulp and seeds of cucumber and mash it to get juice, which is used to clean and protect the skin and stretch the wrinkles on the face. Cucumber vine also has a good antihypertensive effect. Experiments show that cucumber vine has obvious effects of directly dilating blood vessels and slowing down heart rate. Cucumbers are eaten raw and cold, so we should pay attention to hygiene, otherwise it will easily cause acute vomiting and diarrhea, so there is a saying that "cucumbers are on the market, and doctors can do it."

2. Garlic has always been famous for its strong bactericidal power. Now it has been found that garlic has many functions of lowering blood fat, blood pressure and blood sugar. The antihypertensive effect of garlic is mainly due to the "glycoconjugates" contained in it. Foreign scholars have observed that garlic has a better effect on lowering blood lipid than the western medicine Antonymine, and can also dissolve arterial thrombosis and atherosclerotic plaque, so eating garlic often is extremely beneficial to the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. Garlic juice can also lower the blood sugar of diabetics. It is found in China that garlic can promote gastric acid secretion, so ulcer disease is prohibited, but atrophic gastritis with gastric acid deficiency can be eaten often. Recent research in China shows that garlic has a good anticancer effect.

3. Cucumber is crisp, tender and fragrant, with strong garlic flavor, which is a cold dish in summer.