It has the effects of moistening lung and resolving phlegm, promoting fluid production and smoothing intestines, quenching thirst and relieving fever, reducing swelling and removing toxin, nourishing skin, etc., but it is easy to get angry if you eat too much, which should be noted.

How to fry melon seeds

First, put one-tenth of the weight of the melon seeds in the bottom of the pot to preheat, then pour the melon seeds in when the temperature of the salt reaches 40 to 50 degrees, and use a small fire when frying.

Stir-fry evenly for about fifteen minutes, and feel that the melon seeds are a little hot with the back of your hand, so that the color of the fried melon seeds will not change, and the melon seeds taste a little hard and crisp.

The difference between hanging melon seeds and Du melon seeds

Dugua, the scientific name of Trichosanthes kirilowii, the Chinese medicine name of Trichosanthes kirilowii, commonly known as bitter gourd, is a traditional high-quality Chinese medicine in Pinghu.

Peel, kernel and root block of melon can be used as medicine. It is often used to treat cough due to lung heat, constipation due to intestinal dryness, and has anticancer effect. Pinghu Dugua has large skin, thick seeds and high fat content, and is rich in triterpenoid soaps, organic acids, sugars and pigments.

Trichosanthes kirilowii, commonly known as: wild bitter gourd, wild gourd, wild Dugua, medicinal name is "Trichosanthes kirilowii", seed is called Trichosanthes kirilowii, skin is called Trichosanthes kirilowii, and root is called Trichosanthes, all of which are commonly used Chinese herbal medicines. According to Compendium of Materia Medica, Trichosanthes kirilowii seed has the functions of clearing away lung-heat, resolving phlegm, relieving cough, moistening intestine and relaxing bowels.

Both Trichosanthes kirilowii and Trichosanthes kirilowii are perennial herbs. In appearance, Trichosanthes kirilowii is smaller than Trichosanthes kirilowii, and its seeds are small and long. Trichosanthes kirilowii is called "pseudo Trichosanthes kirilowii" in Compendium of Materia Medica and cannot be used as medicine. Because of its high yield, people now change its original wild Trichosanthes kirilowii into artificial cultivation and eat its seeds.

Dugua is mainly wild, with large seeds, thin skin, long shelf life and easy to open, and has certain medicinal value.

Guagua, originally a kind of melon planted by farmers in Baixian Township, Changxing, is often used as a gift for relatives and friends after its seeds are fried. In recent years, with the strong support of the government, melon seeds, as an industry, have flourished in Baixian.