In the hot summer, watermelon is the most indispensable fruit! However, do you usually make good use of melon peels?
One melon skin several medicinal herbs
As the saying goes, "10 jin of watermelon 3 jin of skin" , it's a pity to throw it away. In fact, the watermelon peel has better heat-clearing effect than watermelon pulp.
and watermelon peel has low sugar content and low calories. It is suitable for people with high blood sugar , high blood lipids and obesity.
Reasonable use of watermelon peel can also solve small health problems in life -
1. Remove prickly heat
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that prickly heat is caused by midsummer, heat heat is filled with dampness, and congestion of the skin, causing stagnation of the pores. watermelon peel has the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, and removing dampness . Therefore, whether it is external or internal, it has a certain effect on preventing and treating prickly heat.
2, relieve toothache
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that watermelon peel can mainly treat heat, thirst and other symptoms. After the watermelon peel is dried, add a little borneol , to rub it on the toothache. can relieve the pain.
3, auxiliary pressure reduction
Take fresh watermelon peel (slice off the inner red flesh and outer green peel, cut it into one centimeter-wide long strips) 250 grams, and eat 500 grams of vinegar. Soak the watermelon peel in vinegar for 4 hours, eat watermelon strips, once a day. 15 days is a course of treatment.
This prescription is effective for those who use in summer, yang and high blood pressure, dizziness and upset due to the stuffy weather, and blood pressure increase.
Note: This prescription cannot replace the drug.
4, relieve heat and restlessness
Take 20 grams of mung beans, 420 grams of watermelon green clothes html, and 45 grams of white lentils html, and cook the soup with the white lentils and mung beans. After the beans are ripe, break the watermelon green clothes with the cooking machine, pour it into the soup and simmer for a while and eat together.
Watermelon green clothes have the effects of removing heat and increasing appetite and preventing excessive moisture. White lentils strengthen the spleen and remove dampness without dryness and heat, mung beans clear heat and detoxify, and is suitable for people with heat and dampness and heat (symptoms such as thirst, upset, unformed stool, fatigue and laziness).
5, treat oral aches
can roast watermelon peel and grind it into powder, and contain it in the mouth. It can cure mouth and tongue sores , and this is how watermelon cream comes from. You can also boil watermelon peels with mung beans and then drink soup as a good drink to prevent heat.
6. Relieve constipation
Watermelon has the effect of laxative. When constipation, can beat the hard crust on the watermelon into juice and drink it, which has a good laxative effect.
People who have been constipated for too long can also consider adding some honey to . However, , , and people with qi and blood deficiency are cautious. , may cause diarrhea because the laxative effect is too good.
7, repair
Watermelon peel can be used to assist in treating sunburn. Cut the watermelon peel into small thin slices and apply it to the sun-damaged skin.
If the sunburn is serious, can first put the watermelon peel into the refrigerator and freeze for a while before applying ice. persists for about a week, and the effect of treating sunburn is obvious.
8, relieve cough and sore throat
Take 250g of watermelon peel, add 2 bowls of water and boil until 1 bowl, add a little rock sugar, and take cold. watermelon peel has the effect of clearing heat and relieving heat, and can greatly relieve mouth and tongue pain; rock sugar is mild in nature and can nourish qi and eliminate phlegm.
Generally speaking, taking this soup for about 3 days will relieve the pain in the throat.
There are two things to pay attention to when eating watermelon
1. Don’t put it for too long
Put the unfinished watermelon into the refrigerator. It seems hygienic, but it actually hides hidden dangers.
Because, there are pathogenic bacteria such as Salmonella , Escherichia coli , Listeria hidden in the refrigerator, and watermelon itself is rich in sugar, is easily contaminated by bacteria.
Therefore, even if the cut watermelon is put into the refrigerator, , it should not exceed 1 day. It is best to eat it within 8 hours. has the best flavor and the bacterial growth is relatively small. When eating watermelons from the refrigerator, try to cut off the 0.5 to 1 cm thick part of the surface as much as possible. is healthier and safer.
2. Don’t eat too much
Watermelon contains a lot of water, which has the effects of that promotes diuresis, clears heat and relieves heat.
However, watermelons are cold in nature. middle-aged and elderly people, children, people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold should not eat too much, especially iced watermelons. It is recommended that the above-mentioned people wait until the watermelon is cool and the temperature is appropriate before eating. Eating too cold can easily damage the spleen and stomach, causing indigestion or diarrhea.
Friends who have blood sugar problems do not recommend eating more. Ordinary people usually eat watermelon 250 grams per day (with tare weight) is enough.
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