Cucumber contains a variety of sugars and glycosides, including glucose, mannose, xylose, fructose, as well as rutoside, arginine and glucoside, etc., and caffeic acid, free amino acids, vitamin B2, C and calcium, iron, phosphorus and other minerals. Cucumber head more bitter taste, the composition of cucurbitacin C, has the effect of preventing tumors. Cucumber contains propylene glycol can inhibit the conversion of sugar substances into fat and have a weight loss effect. The fine fiber contained in cucumber can promote the elimination of corrupt food in the intestinal tract and reduce cholesterol, and contains more potassium salts have the effect of lowering blood pressure. Cucumber contains cucurbitacin C in animal experiments have anti-tumor effects, and low toxicity.

Cucumber is not only a popular melon vegetables, has a relatively rich nutritional value, but also a family health care products, has a certain therapeutic effect. As early as the Ming Dynasty, Li Shizhen in the "Materia Medica Compendium" pointed out that: cucumber taste sweet and cold, there is a small toxicity, has a clear heat and thirst, diuretic effect of swelling. Cucumber can not only be eaten as a fruit, can also be used as a vegetable, can also be used to treat pediatric hyperhidrosis, sore throat, burns and other diseases.