What are the health benefits of watermelon?

Watermelon not only has certain nutritional value, but also has medicinal effects. So what are the health benefits of watermelon?

Watermelon rind

The citrulline contained in watermelon peel can promote the formation of urea in rat liver, thus having a diuretic effect, and can be used to treat nephritic edema, liver disease jaundice and diabetes. In addition, it also has the effects of relieving fever, promoting wound healing and promoting human skin metabolism.

Function: Clears away heat and relieves fever, quenches thirst, and promotes urination. It is used for summer heat, thirst, scanty urination, edema, and mouth sores.

Traditional Chinese medicine calls watermelon rind "watermelon green coat", which is a good medicine for clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, promoting body fluid and quenching thirst. Roast the watermelon rind, grind it into powder and apply it externally to treat mouth sores. Watermelon rind can relieve summer heat, clear away heat, stimulate appetite and promote body fluid. It does not contain much sugar and is suitable for all kinds of people.

1. Shredded watermelon rind - aphrodisiac

Cut the watermelon rind into shreds, blanch it in boiling water, remove it from the rind, and eat it with cooked shredded chicken and lean pork with seasonings.

2. Watermelon rind decoction: Strengthen the spleen and relieve heat

100 grams of fresh watermelon rind and 10 jujubes, boil them together and drink it as tea every day.

3. Watermelon rind and jellyfish soup: summer heat damages the lungs, fever and thirst, dry cough without phlegm or constipation

50g each of fresh lentils and fresh snake tongue grass, 60g of fresh lotus leaves, 200g of jellyfish, 500g of watermelon rind, 250g of loofah, wash and cut into pieces, put into a casserole, boil over high heat, simmer for 1 hour, season and drink the soup and eat the jellyfish. 1 dose per day.

4. Watermelon rind and mung bean soup - summer acne

Add 100g of mung beans to 1500ml of water and boil. Remove the mung beans after 10 minutes of boiling. Add 500g of cleaned watermelon rind (no need to peel the rind) and boil again. Cool after boiling. Drink the soup several times a day. The mung beans in the recipe are sweet and cool, which can reduce swelling, relieve gas, clear away heat and detoxify; the watermelon rind is sweet and cold, which can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, relieve restlessness and quench thirst.

5. Watermelon rind and tomato soup – cooling and diuretic

Cut the watermelon rind into small pieces or strips after removing the outer hard skin, boil it in water, add tomatoes, eggs and seasonings, drink the soup and eat the rind.

Dietary effects

Watermelon rind tastes sweet and light, and is cool in nature; it enters the heart, stomach, and bladder meridians; it is cooling and detoxifying;

It has the effects of clearing away heat and relieving restlessness, quenching thirst and promoting urination;

It is mainly used to treat summer heat, thirst, oliguria, edema, and mouth and tongue ulcers.