Beauty and Beauty: In the book of the “San Ji Ji†of the Tang Dynasty, the ancient people used the melon to make face cream for beauty treatment. In addition, according to the "Compendium of Materia Medica" contains: melon white, soft, use it to wash your face, wash your body, can remove skin spots, make the skin soft, smooth, white; "Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing" records: winter melon seeds can make people "face to face Hui." Winter melon seeds are commonly used in ancient facial fats.
Protecting the Kidney: The melon juice and wax gourd extract can increase the amount of urine output, reduce the degree of nephropathy caused by elevated mercury, and have a significant effect on reducing serum creatinine levels. Histopathology showed that both melon citrate (high dose) and melon cucurbitacin had significant protective and blocking effects on renal injury caused by mercury uptake.
Exclude cancer-causing substances: crude fiber in hypolipidemic melon can stimulate intestinal peristalsis and excrete carcinogens accumulated in the intestinal tract as soon as possible.
Hypoglycemic: The dietary fiber content of wax gourd is high, and about 100 g of dietary fiber is contained per 100 g. Modern medical studies have shown that foods with high dietary fiber content are effective in improving blood glucose levels, and that people's glycemic index is negatively correlated with the dietary fiber content in foods. In addition, dietary fiber can also lower cholesterol in the body.
Weight loss and lipid-lowering: The study found that melon is rich in propanol diacid. Can effectively control the body's sugar into fat, to prevent the accumulation of fat in the body, but also to consume excess fat fat, have a good weight loss. Fenugreekine is mainly found in wax gourd. It can help the body's metabolism, inhibiting the conversion of sugars to fat is one of the functional factors of weight loss and lipid lowering in wax gourd.
Oleic acid in wax gourd seed has the activity of inhibiting the deposition of melanin in the body and is a good emollient beauty ingredient amino acid. The wax gourd is rich in ornithine and Y-aminobutyric acid, and the aspartic acid, glutamic acid, and arginine content is also higher. The content of the melon seeds and peel is higher than that of the pulp. The above mentioned 3 in the melon seeds. The amino acid content was 15.09, 18.32 times that of pulp, which is an indispensable amino acid for the human body to release free ammonia poisoning, and became the material basis for its diuretic effect. In addition, the protein and citrulline contained in wax gourd seed can moisturize the skin and inhibit melanin formation.
Lower blood pressure: Since wax gourd contains more vitamin C, higher potassium content, and lower sodium salt content, it is most suitable for patients with low-sodium foods such as high blood pressure, kidney disease, and edema disease.
Exclude cancer-causing substances: crude fiber in hypolipidemic melon can stimulate intestinal peristalsis and excrete carcinogens accumulated in the intestinal tract as soon as possible.
The applicable population of wax gourd
Suitable for nephropathy, edema, cirrhosis, ascites, cancer, beriberi, hypertension, diabetes, arteriosclerosis, coronary heart disease, obesity, and lack of vitamin C are more food; winter cold melon, spleen and stomach weakness, kidney deficiency, chronic disease slip Leakage, Yang cold limbs do not eat.
Winter melon sweet, light, cool, into the lungs, large intestine, small intestine, bladder by; with lungs and fluid, phlegm and thirst, diuretic swelling, heat and heat, detoxification pus effect; can be used to heat thirsty, cramps Hot cough, edema, athlete's foot, fullness, diabetes, acne, facial spots, rectal prolapse, hemorrhoids, etc., can also dissolve fish and alcohol. Winter melon skin is known for its diuretic properties; winter melon seeds are known for their spleen and beauty, and cough and phlegm.