Trait seeds are oblate, ovoid, with long ends, yellow-white outer surface and slightly angular edges. They are about 1.2 ~ 2.0 cm long and 0.6 ~ 1.2 cm wide, and their surfaces are slightly hairy. The seed coat is thick and the hilum is located at the tip. Remove the seed coat, you can see the thin green endosperm with two thick yellow cotyledons. It smells fragrant and tastes slightly sweet.

Chemical components include cucurbitacin, fatty oil, protein, vitamin B 1, C, etc.

Sex and taste are plain and sweet.

The main function is to expel worms and reduce swelling. Can be used for treating tapeworm, ascaris lumbricoides, postpartum edema of hands and feet, whooping cough, and hemorrhoid.

The flowers, leaves, seeds and fruits of pumpkin have special medicinal effects. In addition to clearing away heat, relieving diarrhea, diminishing inflammation and promoting breast milk secretion, it can also eliminate excess water in the body and has a special diuretic effect.

The seed part is usually used as a panacea for whooping cough. When you feel a sore throat, adding rock sugar to dried pumpkin seeds and decocting them together can relieve the pain.

Method for frying pumpkin seeds

1, take out all the seeds of a pumpkin and dry them.

2. Dried pumpkin seeds and sugar (about the amount of one hand) are boiled with appropriate amount of water before drinking.

Benefits: cancer prevention: pumpkin can eliminate the mutation of ammonium nitrite and prevent cancer cells from appearing.

Du Chong: Pumpkin seeds have a good killing effect on Schistosoma japonicum larvae, and have a remarkable effect on pinworm and pinworm patients (the method is to swallow pumpkin seeds after chewing on an empty stomach).

Treatment of hypertension: Eating more pumpkins (especially raw or steamed to half-cooked) can lower blood pressure.

Treatment of asthma: steamed pumpkin mixed with honey, once in the morning and evening, for a long time.

Treatment of chronic cough: fry the head of pumpkin vine, put it in a bottle, let its juice flow in, and take the juice with boiling water after 24 hours.

Treatment of edema, ascites and dysuria: grind pumpkin pedicle into powder and take it with warm water three times a day, 2 grams each time.

Treatment of inertial abortion: 3 pumpkin pedicels, Coix seed 120g, decocted in water for several days.

Treatment of burns and scalds: Mash pumpkin to get juice and apply it to the wound. You can also apply pumpkin vine juice to the wound three times a day.

Treatment of bronchial asthma and chronic bronchitis in the elderly: 500 grams of fresh pumpkin, 20 red dates and appropriate amount of yellow sugar, and boiled soup twice a day.

Treatment of dysentery: pumpkin leaves decoction.

Pain relief: cooked melon meat can be applied to the affected area, diminishing inflammation and relieving pain.

First, improve the symptoms of autumn dryness

The climate in autumn is dry, and many children will have symptoms such as chapped lips, nosebleeds and dry skin. Now is the high season of "flu", and mothers can't help worrying about their babies' health. Experts suggest that adding foods rich in vitamin A and vitamin E to children can enhance children's immunity and help improve autumn dryness symptoms. The β -carotene contained in pumpkin can be absorbed by human body and converted into vitamin A. In addition, pumpkin is rich in vitamin E, which can help a variety of pituitary hormones to secrete normally and keep children's growth and development in a normal and healthy state.

Second, cure diseases.

Eating more pumpkins can also be used to treat roundworms, tapeworms and diabetes in children, and can reduce the risk and mortality of measles.

Third, blood.

Pumpkin is a good product for enriching blood. Eating pumpkin often can make the stool smooth and the skin rich, especially for women, which has a cosmetic effect. Therefore, young mothers can eat pumpkins with their children.

Fourth, help weaning.

Pumpkin is mostly used to make weaning food, and it is rich in sugar and easy to digest and absorb. Pumpkin is the main source of vitamin A and has high nutritional value. Besides making soup and paste, you can also cook porridge, steam, cook and cook rice.

Eating pumpkin has many benefits, but you can't overdo it. Don't exceed the amount of one staple food every day.