The medicinal value of bitter melon, what diseases can bitter melon treat

Here are some medicinal benefits of bitter melon:

Bitter melon value:

There are many ways to cook bitter melon, and stir-frying is the main method. First, wash the fresh melon, cut it lengthwise to remove the pulp and seeds, and then cut it into thin slices or filaments. Then put it into a pan and stir-fry it. Add appropriate amount of meat slices, shredded meat, and mushrooms as side dishes, and add soy sauce, salt, wine, vinegar, sugar, monosodium glutamate, chili and other seasonings according to different taste requirements. Most beginners do not like too strong bitterness. You can first blanch the sliced ​​melon slices (shreds) in a pot of boiling water, or dry-fry them in a hot pan without oil for a while, or marinate them with salt to reduce the bitterness while retaining the flavor. In addition to stir-frying, bitter melon can also be boiled, stewed, and eaten cold. It can also be processed into pickles and pickled vegetables, and dehydrated into dried melons for long-term storage and supply in the winter and spring off-season.

Bitter melon is not only nutritious, but also has high medicinal value. According to relevant information, the roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits and seeds of bitter melon can be used for medicinal purposes. They are cold in nature and bitter in taste. They enter the heart, spleen and stomach to clear away heat and relieve fever, improve eyesight and detoxify. The fruit is rich in momordica glycosides and momordica charantia, and contains glutamic acid, alanine, phenylalanine, proline, citrulline, galacturonic acid and pectin. The seeds contain a large amount of momordica charantia.

Clinical Application of Bitter Melon

1. Used for restlessness, thirst, heatstroke, etc.: take 1 fresh bitter gourd, cut off the pulp, slice it, and decoct it in water; for heatstroke: take 1 fresh bitter gourd, cut off the pulp, add tea leaves, then connect them, hang it in a ventilated place to dry, take 6-9 grams each time, decoct it in water or soak it in boiling water instead of tea.

2. For carbuncle and dysentery: mash fresh bitter melon and apply it to the affected area; dysentery: mash fresh bitter melon and drink the juice with boiled water; or mash one fresh bitter melon and squeeze the juice, drink it with boiled water or dry the bitter melon vine and grind it into powder, take 3 grams each time, once every 6 hours, drink it with boiled water.

3. For red eyes or pain caused by liver heat: decoct in water or drink the juice; or take 15g of dried bitter melon and 10g of chrysanthemum, decocted in water.

4. For summer cold, fever, body aches and bitter taste in the mouth: 15g dried bitter gourd, 10g green onion with roots, 6g ginger, decocted in water.

5. For stomachache: burn bitter melon into charcoal and grind into powder, take 1 gram each time, with boiled water, 2-3 times a day. Dosage and usage: 6-15 grams. Decoction, juice or stir-fry; external use, mash and apply. Precautions: People with spleen and stomach deficiency should not eat it raw, as it will cause vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain; pregnant women should not eat it raw.