The efficacy, function and consumption method of winter melon seeds

In life, people often eat winter melon, but when eating winter melon, they often dig out its seeds together with the pulp and throw it away as waste. They don’t know that the winter melon seeds they throw away can also be eaten and used as medicine. Winter melon seeds can moisten the lungs and reduce phlegm, clear away heat and detoxify, and can also be used as health food for human consumption. There are many other effects of winter melon seeds, which I will take you to understand together, and I will also let you know in detail how to eat winter melon seeds.

Efficacy and function

1. Prevent coronary heart disease

Winter melon seeds are rich in protein and fat. They also contain a large amount of unsaturated fatty acids, especially linoleic acid. After being absorbed by the human body, this substance can reduce the cholesterol content in the human blood and remove triglycerides in the blood, so that people's high blood lipids can be reduced, thereby reducing the occurrence of coronary heart disease.

The vegetable oils, linoleic acid and other substances contained in wax gourd seeds can directly act on human skin, moisturize and nourish the skin. The unsaturated fatty acids it contains can also make people's faces rosy and shiny. Regular consumption can delay aging and retain youth. In addition, eating more wax gourd seeds is also very beneficial to human hair. It can prevent hair loss and dry hair, and can make people's hair become black and shiny.

3. Anti-inflammatory and cough relieving

Wax melon seeds can also reduce inflammation and relieve cough. When people usually have bronchitis and lung heat cough, they can use wax melon seeds for treatment. During treatment, 15 grams of wax melon seeds can be added with an appropriate amount of white sugar, boiled in water and then taken. In addition, it can also treat human pneumonia and tuberculosis. When treating carbuncle, wax melon seeds need to be used together with a variety of Chinese medicinal materials such as isatis indigotica and trichosanthes peel.

How to eat

There are many ways to eat winter melon seeds. When eating them as food, you can remove the outer seed coat and eat the kernel directly. You can also soak them in salt water and fry them before eating. When winter melon seeds are used as medicine, they are mainly boiled in soup, and sometimes they are ground and taken orally.