The efficacy and nutritional value of winter melon seeds

Winter melon seeds are the seeds of winter melon, but they are often ignored in life. Most people throw them away when eating winter melon. They don’t know that winter melon seeds are also a kind of food with high nutritional value and can treat some common diseases. Today I will give a comprehensive introduction to its efficacy and nutritional value, so that everyone can know more about winter melon seeds.

Effects

1. Clear away heat and relieve cough

Winter melon seeds can clear away heat and relieve cough. They have a significant therapeutic effect on lung heat and cough. For normal treatment, you can grind winter melon seeds together with peach kernels, melon slices, coix seeds and other Chinese medicinal materials into fine powder and mix them evenly. Take two to three grams each time and take it directly with rice soup. In addition, winter melon seeds can also be used to treat whooping cough in children. During treatment, 15 grams of winter melon seeds can be mashed together with brown sugar, and then taken with boiled water. Take it once or twice a day.

2. Treatment of abnormal leucorrhea

Winter melon seeds have a certain diuretic effect after being used as medicine. It has a good therapeutic effect on abnormal leucorrhea caused by excessive dampness and heat in women. During treatment, you can fry the winter melon seeds and then grind them into fine powder. Take five cents each time and take it directly with warm water. Take it once a day. It is best to take it on an empty stomach.

3. Treat diabetes

Winter melon seeds have been a commonly used medicine for the treatment of diabetes in ancient times. Now they also have a significant therapeutic effect on human diabetes. In particular, when people have polyuria due to diabetes, taking winter melon seeds in time together with other Chinese medicinal materials such as Ophiopogon japonicus and Coptis chinensis, boiled in water and taken as a decoction can stabilize blood sugar and alleviate the symptoms of polyuria.

Nutritional Value

Wax gourd seeds contain a large amount of natural oils, especially linoleic acid and linolenic acid. These substances can lower cholesterol, soften blood vessels, and have a certain preventive effect on coronary heart disease and arteriosclerosis. In addition, the linoleic acid contained in wax gourd seeds can nourish the skin. It is a natural beauty substance. Regular consumption can make people's skin become delicate, smooth and elastic.