The skin of winter melon is cool and has the function of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat. In the hot summer, boiling the skin of winter melon with water can play a good role in removing summer heat. Especially if there are symptoms of heatstroke such as dizziness, nausea, diarrhea, etc., it will be better to take a proper amount of winter melon peel and boiled water such as chrysanthemum, honeysuckle and ebony.

2. Eliminate edema

In Hunan Pharmacology, the specific methods of using winter melon skin to remove edema are introduced: taking winter melon skin with acanthopanax bark and ginger bark, decocting in water; If the body is weak and swollen, you can use winter melon skin, red beans, brown sugar and appropriate amount of water to boil and then eat beans to take soup.

3. Detoxification

The skin of winter melon is slightly cold and has a good detoxification effect. In clinic, it is often used to treat various skin diseases caused by damp heat or diseases such as furuncle swelling and skin eczema.

In fact, wax gourd is a treasure all over the body. Not only the meat of wax gourd is edible, but also the skin and seeds of wax gourd are some common medicinal materials in clinic. In this case, when we eat wax gourd, we might as well make the best use of it. After burning wax gourd, we can wash and dry the remaining wax gourd skin and wax gourd seeds, and take them out for use when necessary in our future life. This is not only convenient and fast, but also does not have to worry about any adverse reactions to the human body.

However, it should be noted that for those who are physically deficient in cold, it is best to eat less wax gourd.