I often eat melons in summer, and there is no need to take traditional Chinese medicine. Many people know that eating melon in summer can clear away heat and promote dampness , but if you only know how to eat watermelon, the loss will be too great!
Must-eat winter melon in summer
Winter melon likes temperature and is heat-resistant, and matures in summer. Although it has the word "winter", it is the best in summer. It has a very high water content and is relatively cheap. It doesn’t cost much to buy a large one. Looking at its nutrition and efficacy, it’s really a big loss if you don’t eat it! Especially the following types of people -
People prone to edema
In summer, people drink more water, but some people cannot drain out the water after drinking, and it accumulates in the skin and becomes edema.
Winter melon can transport excess water from the surface of the skin downwards and guide it to be excreted into urine. Therefore, winter melon is often called the "swelling melon".
However, because winter melon itself is cold in nature, it is only suitable for thermal edema that occurs in summer, is accompanied by burning, yellow urine, difficulty in excretion, and thirst and preference for cold drinks.
On the contrary, it is not suitable if the edema is caused by qi deficiency, spleen deficiency or heart and kidney disease.
People who get angry easily
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that winter melon is sweet and cool in nature and has diuretic, phlegm-clearing, heat-clearing, detoxifying and other effects. It is suitable for edema of limbs, thirst due to heat, urinary tract infection , hemorrhoids and other diseases. .
People who are losing weight
Winter melon has high water content and very low energy. It is rich in dietary fiber and has a strong feeling of satiety.
In addition, it also contains compounds that can inhibit the conversion of sugar into fat, which can prevent the accumulation of fat in the human body and has the effects of weight loss, lipid reduction, and beauty.
People with poor resistance
Vitamin C can improve the body's immunity.
Winter melon is a food rich in vitamin C. Every 100 grams of winter melon contains 16 mg of vitamin C, which exceeds the content in tomatoes (14 mg/100 mg).
People with elevated blood pressure
Winter melon is high in potassium and low in sodium. Each 100 grams of winter melon contains 57 mg of potassium and 2.8 mg of sodium. It is a good food for patients with kidney disease and high blood pressure who need to eat low-salt foods.
People with dyslipidemia
Winter melon is rich in various amino acids needed by the human body, and has a high dietary fiber content, which is good for controlling cholesterol and blood lipids .
People with elevated blood sugar
Diabetic patients can use winter melon as daily food, because the carbohydrate content of winter melon is very low, 1/40 of that of ordinary rice, and has little impact on postprandial blood sugar of diabetic patients.
Don’t throw away melon seeds and melon rinds
Winter melon seeds and winter melon rinds have very good medicinal effects and can be used together to make Erdong Ergen Decoction, which is suitable for daily abdominal distension, less stool, difficulty in defecation, dry throat and nasal cavity, and oral cavity People with stomach heat who have symptoms such as peculiar smell.
consists of: winter melon rind, winter melon seeds, reed root , Imperata cogongrass root .
Method: Adults need to use 30 grams of each ingredient, heat it and boil it before taking it, which can be used to eliminate fire in the body.
Which type of winter melon is best to buy?
Black-skinned winter melon
Black-skinned winter melon has dark green skin and is larger in size. It is more common in the market because it is easy to transport.
Many merchants often slice them into pieces to facilitate sales.
Its meat is thick without hollowness and has a crisp texture. It is suitable for stir-fry, stew and hot pot.
However, since summer ingredients are prone to spoilage, everyone should pay attention to the quality of the ingredients when buying cut winter melon slices.
White-skinned winter melon
White-skinned winter melon is green in color and often has a thick layer of white wax powder on its surface.
This kind of winter melon is slightly smaller in size. It is characterized by thick skin and thin flesh. The flesh is suitable for stir-fry and hot pot, but it is not suitable for stewing soup. It will easily become rotten after a long time.
Both kinds of winter melon are very nutritious, and you can choose them according to the cooking method.
Delicious time - Winter melon and pork ribs soup
Ingredients: 500 grams of winter melon, 250 grams of barley, 400 grams of pork ribs, a little salt, and an appropriate amount of ginger.
Method: Soak the barley in water for 1 hour, cut the winter melon into small pieces (you don’t have to peel it); chop the ribs into pieces and wash them, blanch the ginger slices in water to remove the fishy smell, then add the barley, add water and boil Turn to low heat and cook for half an hour, then add winter melon and cook for 15 minutes. Add salt to taste.
is suitable for people who are prone to edema after drinking water in summer, or who feel abdominal fullness after drinking water, and who also have yellow urine and poor discharge.
People who are usually tired, have loose stools and do not like cold food should not consume it.
[This article is compiled from Life Times , Nuan Nuan Taste Official WeChat, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine , etc.]
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