What are the benefits of eating pumpkin leaves?

Pumpkin is a dish that everyone has eaten, but when I went home some time ago, my mother made a dish with pumpkin leaves as the main ingredient for me. I asked if the pumpkin leaves were edible and what benefits they would bring to the body. My mother said that I couldn’t tell if there were any benefits. This was a dish I often ate when I was a child. It tasted good and there was no harm in eating it. After tasting it, I thought it tasted okay, but I didn’t know what benefits pumpkin leaves would bring. Later, when I communicated with a Chinese medicine practitioner, I finally got the answer to this question. Now I write down the answer so that more people can know what benefits pumpkin leaves bring.

What are the benefits of eating pumpkin leaves?

1. Pumpkin leaves are the tender leaves of pumpkin, which are green leaves. This kind of leaves contain a large amount of vitamins and amino acids, as well as some dietary fiber. After eating them, people can absorb a variety of nutrients that are beneficial to the body, which is especially beneficial to promoting physical health.

2. Pumpkin leaves are also a therapeutic ingredient and have obvious therapeutic effects on human dysentery. This is because the leaves contain natural anti-inflammatory and bactericidal ingredients. After people eat them, they can kill Shigella dysenteriae and a variety of bacteria that harm intestinal health in the intestines. After these bacteria disappear, people’s dysentery symptoms will also disappear.

3. Pumpkin leaves can also treat children's malnutrition. When giving pumpkin leaves to children, it is best to eat them with some pork liver, which will have a better effect on the treatment of children's malnutrition. In addition to being edible, pumpkin leaves are also a substance that can be used externally. After the fresh pumpkin leaves are dried and processed into powder, they can be used directly as trauma medicine. Sprinkling them on the wound can reduce swelling and relieve pain, prevent infection, and promote wound healing.