The wax gourd kernel contains oleic acid, which has the activity of inhibiting melanin deposition in the body and is a good moisturizing and beauty component. Unsaturated fatty acids in wax gourd can make the face rosy and shiny, and make the skin tender and smooth, and the hair black and shiny.

2, clearing lung and detoxifying

The seeds and skins of wax gourd can also be used as medicine. The meat and pulp of wax gourd have diuretic, heat-clearing, phlegm-resolving and thirst-quenching effects. If the wax gourd is boiled with skin, it can reduce swelling and diuresis, and clear away heat and relieve summer heat.

3, moistening the intestines and relaxing the bowels

The content of dietary fiber in wax gourd is very high, with about 0.9 g of dietary fiber per 100 g. The crude fiber in wax gourd can stimulate intestinal peristalsis and excrete carcinogens accumulated in the intestine as soon as possible.

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Edible taboos of wax gourd:

1, winter melon is cold, people with spleen and stomach qi deficiency and stomach cold pain should not eat cold winter melon, and women should not eat winter melon during menstrual cramps.

2, melon and red crucian carp. Eating together will lead to an increase in urine volume. If it is not edema, it is best not to eat both together.

3. Eating melon and adzuki bean together will make normal people's urine output suddenly increase, which is easy to cause dehydration, so it is best not to eat both.

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