What is the nutritional value of melon seeds? What is the medicinal value of melon seeds?

Many people are not very familiar with melon seeds. The original name of melon seeds is actually trichosanthes seeds, which is a perennial herbaceous vine plant of the Cucurbitaceae family. The nutritional value of melon seeds is very rich, and they have significant medicinal effects, so they have been recorded in many famous medical books. The melon seeds are large and meaty, rich in unsaturated fatty acids, proteins, various amino acids and trace elements, and are the best edible melons. Its roots, fruits, melon peels, and melon seeds are also important Chinese medicinal materials. So what is the medicinal value of melon seeds? Let's take a look at it below.

What is the nutritional value of melon seeds

Modern medical research has proven that melon seeds contain 16.8% unsaturated fatty acids, 5.46% protein, 17 kinds of amino acids, tripesunopsin, multiple vitamins, and 16 trace elements such as calcium, iron, zinc, and selenium. In particular, they are rich in vitamin E (100 grams of melon seeds contain 249 mg of vitamin E), which can nourish the skin, eliminate wrinkles, regulate the body, and delay aging. Eating melon seeds can also dilate the coronary arteries of the heart and increase coronary flow; it has a significant protective effect on acute myocardial ischemia; it has a strong resistance to the proliferation of choriocarcinoma cells in vitro and HIV; it has a certain therapeutic effect on diabetes; it has an auxiliary effect on hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and high blood viscosity; it can improve the body's immune function; and it has the effect of slimming and beauty.

Medicinal value of melon seeds:

The seeds of the Chinese melon are one of the most commonly used Chinese herbal medicines. The whole body of the seeds of the Chinese melon is a treasure. The fruit and root of the Chinese melon can be used as medicine. The fruit is called the whole Chinese melon, the shell is called the Chinese melon peel, the seed is called the Chinese melon kernel, and the root is called the Chinese melon powder. Chinese melon has the effects of clearing away heat and resolving phlegm, widening the chest and dispersing knots, moistening the intestines, and reducing swelling and discharging pus.

The peel of melon seeds is mainly used to treat lung heat cough, chest and flank pain, sore throat, breast abscess and breast carbuncle; the seed of trichosanthes is mainly used to treat phlegm heat cough, lung deficiency and dry cough, intestinal dryness and constipation, carbuncle and swelling; the root of trichosanthes is mainly used to treat fever thirst, polydipsia, lung heat and dry cough, sore and swelling. With the continuous improvement of modern medicine, the application of trichosanthes in medicine is no longer limited to Chinese herbal medicine.

The fruit of the seeds of the Chinese melon contains volatile oils such as triterpenoids, organic acids, resins, sugars, pigments, serine, saturated fatty alcohol mixtures, and saturated fatty acid mixtures. The seeds of the Chinese melon contain oils, sterols, triterpenes and their glycosides. The roots contain trichosanthin, various amino acids, peptides, and polysaccharides. The Chinese melon has the effects of dilating coronary arteries, resisting myocardial ischemia, improving microcirculation, inhibiting platelet aggregation, resisting hypoxia, and resisting arrhythmia on the cardiovascular system.

It has anti-ulcer and laxative effects on the digestive system. In addition, Trichosanthes kirilowii has antibacterial, anti-aging, anti-cancer, and anti-AIDS effects. The edible value of Trichosanthes kirilowii: the seeds of Trichosanthes kirilowii account for more than one-third of the net weight of the fruit, and one Trichosanthes kirilowii fruit contains 70 to 220 seeds. The modern development of the edible properties of Trichosanthes kirilowii is mainly reflected in the seeds of Trichosanthes kirilowii. Modern medical research has shown that Trichosanthes kirilowii seeds contain 16.8% unsaturated fatty acids, 5.46% protein, 17 kinds of amino acids, tripterygium saponins, multiple vitamins, and 16 trace elements such as calcium, iron, zinc, and selenium.

Eating Trichosanthes seeds can dilate the coronary arteries and increase coronary flow; it has a significant protective effect on acute myocardial ischemia; it has a strong effect on the proliferation of choriocarcinoma cells in vitro and HIV; it has a certain therapeutic effect on diabetes; it has an auxiliary effect on hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and high blood viscosity; it can improve the body's immune function; and it has the effect of slimming and beauty. In recent years, with the increase in people's awareness of green food and the increase in the aging of the population in my country, most elderly people suffer from diseases such as "three highs" and constipation. Eating Trichosanthes seeds will surely become the first choice of leisure green health food for the middle-aged and elderly people.

Kind tips:

Hanging melon seeds are the best among melon seeds. Many people eat them as a nourishing food. Indeed, hanging melon seeds are very helpful to human health. It is recommended that more people take them as health food.