Nutritional components and therapeutic effects of gourd

Gourd is not only edible but also has certain pharmacological effects. Let me tell you about it today:

Gourd Food

Every 100g contains 0.7g protein, 0.1g fat, 2.7g carbohydrate, 0.8g dietary fiber, 40μg carotene, 0.02mg thiamine, 0.01mg riboflavin, 0.4mg niacin, 11mg ascorbic acid, 87mg potassium, 0.6mg sodium, 16mg calcium, 7mg magnesium, 0.4mg iron, 0.14mg zinc, 0.49μg selenium, etc. Modern scientific research shows that gourd has the effects of clearing heat and promoting diuresis, quenching thirst, and detoxifying. It is suitable for treating edema, abdominal distension, irritability, thirst, sores, pneumonia, enteritis, diabetes, etc. Its treatment agent, such as: for the treatment of damp-heat type acute enteritis, use gourd 150g, purslane 70g, coix seed 50g, and 100g polished rice to cook porridge. For the treatment of pneumonia: use 80g of gourd, 12g of Scrophularia, 30g of Houttuynia cordata, 20g of Imperata root, and 8g of Licorice, decocted in water and taken twice a day.

Effect of Gourd

Production Guidance

1. Like melon, gourd can only be eaten cooked and not raw, and is mostly eaten in summer.

2. The eating methods of gourd are similar to those of bottle gourd, which can be stir-fried, stewed, made into soup, and stuffed, such as gourd cakes, gourd stuffed with meat, gourd stewed with feet, gourd stewed with fat duck, gourd and mussel soup, and deep-fried tender gourd cubes.

Dietary effects

Gourd is neutral in nature, sweet and mild in taste; it enters the lung, spleen, and kidney meridians;

It has the effects of promoting diuresis and reducing swelling, quenching thirst and relieving restlessness, and relieving stranguria and dispersing stagnation;

It is mainly used to treat edema, ascites, restlessness, thirst, sores, jaundice, gonorrhea, carbuncle and other diseases.

Main functions

1. Enhance the body's immune function. Gourd contains protein and a variety of trace elements, which help to enhance the body's immune function. At the same time, gourd is rich in vitamin C, which can promote the synthesis of antibodies and improve the body's antiviral ability.

2. Lowering blood sugar. Two trypsin inhibitors were isolated from gourd, which have an inhibitory effect on trypsin, thus achieving a blood sugar lowering effect.

3. Anti-cancer and anti-cancer. Gourd contains a lot of carotene, which can prevent the synthesis of carcinogens in the human body after eating, thereby reducing the formation of cancer cells and reducing the incidence of cancer in the human body.

Gourd - Cultivation Technology Gourd Gourd, also known as flat gourd, gourd, night-blooming gourd, gourd, gourd, etc., is an annual vine herb of the Cucurbitaceae family and one of the summer vegetables. The edible part is the tender fruit. Gourd is tender and soft, slightly sweet, and can be eaten completely after peeling. It can be fried or stewed in soup. Gourd is cultivated in all parts of China, both north and south, but it is more common in the south. In recent years, it has also been introduced and cultivated in the north, and has been successful.