The role and efficacy of wax gourd peel and the medicinal value of wax gourd peel

Winter melon is the most common and ordinary food, but its whole body is a treasure. Not only the flesh and seeds are edible, but even its peel has a high utilization value. It can be directly used as medicine after being collected and dried. It is a traditional Chinese medicinal material that can treat many human diseases. So what is the role of winter melon peel? What are its effects? The editor will tell you in detail later.

The role and efficacy of winter melon peel

1. Diuresis and swelling

After being used as medicine, winter melon peel tastes sweet, has a mild medicinal property, and can promote diuresis and reduce swelling. It can be used to treat edema in the human body. When people usually have edema due to heart disease or high blood pressure, they can cook winter melon peel with red beans, brown sugar and other ingredients, and eat it directly after cooking.

2. Clear away heat and relieve summer heat

Winter melon peel is cold in nature. It can clear away heat and relieve summer heat after being used as medicine. In summer, when people have adverse symptoms such as summer heat cold, summer heat thirst, and short and red urine, they can directly use winter melon peel for treatment. During treatment, winter melon peel and watermelon peel can be boiled together with water and then drunk as tea. In addition, when people have symptoms of summer heat and dampness, they can also use winter melon peel for treatment. During treatment, winter melon peel needs to be used together with Chinese medicinal materials such as coix seed and talcum powder.

3. Diuresis and pus removal

The main effect of wax gourd peel as medicine is to remove dampness and discharge pus. Especially when lung abscess occurs in humans, wax gourd peel can be used directly for treatment. During treatment, wax gourd peel can be boiled with reed root and coix seed and drunk. In addition, wax gourd peel can also be used to treat intestinal abscess. During treatment, wax gourd peel can be used together with Chinese medicinal materials such as moutan bark, rhubarb and peach kernel.

4. Moisturize the lungs and relieve cough

Winter melon peel can moisten the lungs and relieve cough after being used as medicine. When people have lung heat and cough, they can directly use winter melon peel for treatment. During treatment, you can take five cents of winter melon peel, add water to boil it, then season it with honey, and then drink it directly. You can drink it several times a day, which can quickly relieve the symptoms of lung heat and cough.