Wax gourd contains a variety of vitamins and essential trace elements, which can regulate the metabolic balance of human body. Wax gourd is cold, which can nourish the stomach, promote fluid production, clear stomach fire, reduce people's food intake, and promote sugar and sugar to be converted into heat energy instead of fat. So wax gourd is an ideal vegetable for obese people. At the same time, wax gourd has anti-aging effect. Long-term consumption can keep the skin as white as jade, moist and smooth, and keep the body fit. In addition, wax gourd also has a good effect of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat. Eating more winter melon in summer can not only quench thirst and relieve summer heat, but also induce diuresis and prevent people from getting boils. Because it has diuretic effect and contains little sodium, it is a good product to reduce swelling of chronic renal salt edema, malnutrition edema and pregnant women edema.

1, lowering blood pressure: because wax gourd contains more Vc, high in potassium and low in sodium, it is most suitable for patients with hypertension, nephropathy and edema who need low-sodium food.

2. Protect kidney: Wax gourd juice and Wax gourd extract can increase the urine volume of animals, reduce the degree of nephropathy caused by mercury chloride, and significantly reduce the serum creatinine content. Pathohistology showed that the total amino acids (high dose) of wax gourd and cucurbitacin had obvious protective and blocking effects on mercury-induced renal injury.

3. Lose weight and fat: It is found that wax gourd is rich in malonic acid. It can effectively control the transformation of sugar into fat in the body, prevent the accumulation of fat in the body, consume excess fat produced by obesity, and has a good weight loss effect. Fenugreek mainly exists in the flesh of wax gourd, which can help human metabolism and inhibit the conversion of sugar into fat. It is also one of the functional factors of wax gourd to lose weight and reduce fat.

4. Beauty: The book "Records of the Holy Ji" in the Tang Dynasty introduced the ancient method of making facial fat with wax gourd, which was used for beauty. In addition, according to Compendium of Materia Medica, wax gourd is white and soft. When you wash your face and body with it, you can remove brown spots and make your skin soft, smooth and white. "Shennong Herbal Classic" records that winter melon seeds can make people "face bright". Winter melon seeds are commonly used in ancient flour fat.

Oleic acid in wax gourd seeds has the activity of inhibiting melanin deposition in vivo and is a good amino acid for moisturizing and beautifying. Wax gourd is rich in ornithine and γ -aminobutyric acid, and the contents of aspartic acid, glutamic acid and arginine are also high, and the contents in melon seeds and peel are higher than those in pulp. The contents of the above three amino acids in melon seeds are 15.09 and 18.32 times of the pulp, respectively, which are indispensable amino acids for human body to relieve the toxicity of free ammonia and become the material basis for its diuretic and detumescence effects. In addition, protein and citrulline contained in wax gourd seeds can moisturize the skin and inhibit the formation of melanin.

5. Hypoglycemic: The dietary fiber content in wax gourd is very high, about 0.9g per 100g. Modern medical research shows that foods with high dietary fiber content have a good effect on improving blood sugar level, and people's blood sugar index is negatively correlated with the dietary fiber content in foods. In addition, dietary fiber can also reduce cholesterol in the body.

6. Eliminate carcinogens: The crude fiber in lipid-lowering wax gourd can stimulate intestinal peristalsis and excrete carcinogens accumulated in the intestine as soon as possible. Shrimp skin is rich in protein and minerals, especially calcium, which is called "calcium bank" and is a better way to lack calcium. Shrimp skin is rich in magnesium, which can protect the cardiovascular system and prevent arteriosclerosis, hypertension and myocardial infarction. Shrimp skin also has sedative effect and is often used to treat neurasthenia, autonomic nervous dysfunction and other diseases. Old people often eat shrimp skin, which can prevent osteoporosis caused by calcium deficiency; Putting some shrimp skins in the meals of the elderly is conducive to stimulating appetite and enhancing physical fitness.