Benefits of Winter Melon and Bamboo Shoot Chicken

What are the effects of winter melon and bamboo shoot chicken? Let me tell you about it in detail today:

Therapeutic effects of winter melon, bamboo shoots and chicken

Winter melon:

Winter melon tastes sweet, light, and cool in nature. It enters the lungs, large intestine, small intestine, and bladder meridians. It has the effects of moistening the lungs and promoting fluid production, resolving phlegm and quenching thirst, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling, clearing away heat and removing summer heat, detoxifying and discharging pus. It can be used for summer heat thirst, phlegm heat cough and asthma, edema, beriberi, fullness, and elimination.

It can relieve thirst, acne, facial spots, rectal prolapse, hemorrhoids, etc., and can also detoxify fish and wine. Winter melon peel is good at diuresis; winter melon seeds are good at strengthening the spleen and nourishing the skin, relieving cough and reducing phlegm. Winter melon is a melon vegetable that can be used as both medicine and food. According to the "Shennong's Herbal Classic", winter melon is slightly cold in nature, sweet and light in taste, non-toxic, and enters the lungs, large and small intestines, and bladder meridians. It can clear lung heat and resolve phlegm, clear stomach heat and relieve restlessness and thirst, sweet and light infiltrate dysentery, remove dampness and relieve heat, promote urination, and eliminate edema. Other Chinese medicine classics such as "Bielu", "Kaibao Materia Medica", and "Compendium of Materia Medica" all have records about the medicinal use of winter melon. It is usually used by the people to treat lung heat cough, edema, summer heat and depression, diarrhea, hemorrhoids, asthma, diabetes, nephritis edema, and fish and crab poisoning.

Bamboo shoots: Bamboo shoots contain a white nitrogen-containing substance, which constitutes the unique fragrance of bamboo shoots. It has the effects of stimulating appetite, promoting digestion, and enhancing appetite. It can be used to treat indigestion, abdominal distension and poor appetite. Bamboo shoots are sweet, cold and have a laxative effect. The plant fiber they contain can increase the storage capacity of intestinal water, promote gastrointestinal motility, reduce intestinal pressure, reduce stool viscosity, and make stool soft and easy to excrete. It can be used to treat constipation and prevent colon cancer. Bamboo shoots are low in sugar and fat, rich in plant fiber, can reduce excess fat in the body, eliminate phlegm and blood stasis, treat hypertension, hyperlipidemia, hyperglycemia, and have a certain preventive effect on digestive tract cancer and breast cancer. The content of plant protein, vitamins and trace elements in bamboo shoots is very high, which helps to enhance the body's immune function and improve the ability to prevent and resist diseases.

Suitable for

It is edible for general population.

(1) It is suitable for people with kidney disease, edema, ascites due to liver cirrhosis, cancer, beriberi, hypertension, diabetes, arteriosclerosis, coronary heart disease, obesity, and vitamin C deficiency.

(2) Winter melon is cold in nature. People with weak spleen and stomach, cold kidneys, chronic diarrhea, and yang deficiency and cold limbs should avoid eating it.