Protect cardiovascular winter melon seeds are rich in oil components, most of which belong to unsaturated fatty acids, which can reduce the viscosity of human blood, protect cardiovascular, and prevent cardiovascular diseases such as cerebral thrombosis and atherosclerosis.
Clearing lung and resolving phlegm From the point of view of traditional Chinese medicine, winter melon seeds are sweet in taste and cold in nature, which has the effect of clearing lung and resolving phlegm, and has therapeutic effect on cough due to lung heat, lung carbuncle and other symptoms, but it is not suitable for lung cough caused by wind cold.
Improve your immunity Winter melon seeds contain nutrients such as protein, vitamin E, vitamin C, fat, citrulline, etc. Proper consumption can supplement human nutrition, improve your immunity, and have certain resistance to foreign pathogens.
2 is it dry or fresh to boil water with winter melon seeds? It is generally recommended to boil water with dry winter melon seeds.
Although the nutrients in fresh winter melon seeds are more than those in dry winter melon seeds, it is generally recommended to use dry winter melon seeds to boil water for drinking, because winter melon seeds are cold, and if they are directly used for boiling water, they will bring greater coldness to the body and easily affect their own health, while dry winter melon seeds reduce the coldness of winter melon seeds to a certain extent and reduce the harm to the body.
3 is it okay to soak winter melon seeds in water without cooking? It is generally recommended to cook them.
The shell of winter melon seeds is wrapped in a hard skin. If it is directly used for soaking in water, it cannot completely separate out the nutrients inside the winter melon seeds, which not only reduces the efficacy, but also makes the taste a little astringent. However, the boiled winter melon seeds are somewhat softened, and more nutrients are separated out, which improves the efficacy. Therefore, it is recommended to use boiling method for treating symptoms such as lung heat cough.
4 How long does it take to boil winter melon seeds? It is generally recommended to cook for 8- 12 minutes.
If winter melon seeds are used for boiling water, the boiling time should not be too long or too short. If the time is too long, the softening of winter melon seeds will be serious, the internal structure will be destroyed, and many nutrients will be lost. If the time is too short, the efficacy of winter melon seeds will not be fully exerted. Generally speaking, it is better to control the boiling time with winter melon seeds within 8- 12 minutes.