Bitter gourd is a good medicine Bitter gourd to the root, stem, leaves, flowers, fruits and seeds for medicinal purposes, cold, bitter flavor, into the heart, spleen, stomach, clearing heat, eyesight detoxification. According to the "with the rest of the house diet" records, the bitter melon "green is bitter and cold to remove heat, bright eyes and clear the heart, cooked to nourish the blood and nourish the liver, moisten the spleen and tonify the kidneys". Sheng Sheng Zhi" records, bitter melon can "remove the evil heat, relief of fatigue, clear the mind and eyes, benefit qi and yang". The Compendium of Materia Medica records that bitter melon "clears the heart and eyes, benefits qi and relieves heat". Bitter melon has lower blood sugar and cancer prevention and treatment. Bitter melon is bitter cold products, containing bitter melon glycosides, bitter melon, etc.. According to recent pharmacological tests, bitter melon has the effect of lowering blood sugar, which is thought to be due to the bitter melon contains a similar insulin substance, its effect is stronger than the existing hypoglycemic drug "methylsulfonylurea", so bitter melon is the ideal health food for diabetic patients. The prospect of bitter melon for cancer prevention and treatment is also very broad. In foreign countries, scientists injected the lipoprotein components of bitter melon into the body of rats suffering from lymphoma, and the survival time of the rats was prolonged, which indicates that the lipoprotein components of bitter melon can improve cellular immune function. Therefore, scientists predict that bitter melon may become a new drug for cancer treatment. Bitter melon is rich in nutrients, ascorbic acid content is prominent in melons, 14 times for the cucumber, 5 times for the winter melon, 7 times for the tomato. According to nutritional analysis data, each l00 grams of edible part of bitter melon, containing 84 grams of water, protein 0.9 grams, 0.2 grams of fat, 3.2 grams of carbohydrates, inorganic salts 0.6 grams of crude fiber 1.1 grams of calories 75.3 kilojoules, Vitamin A 0.08 mg, Vitamin B10.07 mg, Vitamin B20.04 mg, 18 mg of calcium, phosphorus 29 mg, 0.6 mg of iron. . The fruit of bitter melon contains bittersweet glycosides, as well as glutamic acid, alanine, phenylalanine, proline, citrulline, and galacturonic acid. The seeds and leaves of bitter melon contain a large amount of bittersweet. Bitter melon is named for its special bitter flavor. There are many different names for it in different places, such as Laigua, Jin (Golden) Lychee, Laigua Grape, Laigua Toad, Red Girl, Liang Gua, Junzi Vegetable and so on. The "Lai" in these names refers to the surface of the bitter melon has many irregular tumor-like protrusions, most of the fruit shape for the spindle humor and oblong conical or short conical. The young fruits are rich green or light green. The term "red girl" may refer to the fact that as physiological maturity increases, the skin turns greenish-white and bright, gradually turning to yellowish-red. When the fruit reaches red ripeness, the top cracks easily, revealing the blood-red flesh, which is wrapped with seeds, usually 20-50 seeds per melon. From the bitter melon's main role in clearing heat and detoxification this point, called the "cool melon" seems more appropriate