Cucumber taste sweet, sweet, cool, bitter, non-toxic, into the spleen, stomach, large intestine; with the removal of heat, diuretic, diuretic, clearing heat and detoxification effect; the main treatment of thirst, sore throat, fire eyes, fire burns. There is also a weight loss effect.

Cucumber skin is rich in nutrients, should be kept raw. But in order to prevent pesticide residues on the human body, cucumbers should be soaked in salt water for 15 to 20 minutes before washing raw food. Soak cucumbers in salt water, do not pinch the head to the root, to maintain the integrity of the cucumber, so as not to lose nutrients in the process of soaking from the cut surface. In addition, coleslaw should be done now eat, do not do a good job after a long period of time, which will also promote the loss of vitamins.

Cucumber name origin

Cucumber is native to the southern foothills of the Himalayas around Nepal, is the Western Han Dynasty Zhang Qian mission to the Western Regions to bring back to the Central Plains, at first called the Hu melon. After he ascended the throne as emperor in Xiangguo, to his own country about the reason for the name change, the Tang Dynasty historian Wu Jing in the "Zhenguan political summary" is recorded: Sui Emperor Yang sex is good at guessing the defense, specializing in the evil way, the great taboo on the Hu, and even said the Hu beds for the cross beds, Hu Gua for the cucumber.

In fact, the real mature cucumber chlorophyll content is low, the skin is yellowish or golden yellow, but its taste is poor. People in the cultivation process found that young cucumbers are more crisp and tasty when eaten raw, so they pick them off and eat them when they are not ripe. In fact, the real mature cucumber chlorophyll content is low, the skin is yellowish or golden yellow, but its taste is poor. People in the cultivation process found that tender cucumbers are more crisp and delicious when eaten raw.

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