source: Xinhuanet
how should we eat the watermelon? What's the best use of watermelon skin? Let's teach Liang Jianning, the chief physician of Department of traditional Chinese medicine, the Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University.
melon pulp:
heat clearing fluid, relieving thirst, eliminating diuresis, diuresis and detumescence
"watermelon efficacy has been recorded in ancient times." Liang Jianning introduced, "Ben Jing Fengyuan", said that watermelon can lead to the heat of the pericardium, diarrhea from the small intestine, bladder, can clear the heart of the fire, can solve the fever and thirst, so there is a natural "white tiger soup". While the white tiger soup is a prescription for Han typhoid fever, and its functions are clearing away heat, promoting fluid and relieving thirst.
Liang Jianning said, according to TCM records, "spring and summer wind fever", find the watermelon that is collected every other year, "eat it like soup and snow". Therefore, summer heat stroke or other acute febrile diseases such as fever, thirst, less urine, sweating, irritability and other symptoms can be treated by eating watermelon.
"from the angle of modern nutrition, the water content of watermelon pulp accounts for 94%, and it also has many benefits to the body." Liang Jianning analysis, first of all, can help eliminate excess water in the body, make the function of the kidney to maintain normal operation, eliminate swelling phenomenon; secondly, the sugar, vitamins, various amino acids and a small amount of inorganic salt, most effectively replenish the water and nutrition of the body at high temperature. "It is worth mentioning that the amino acid in watermelon, although there is a diuretic effect, but will not appear frequency of urine, but will help reduce the number of times, increase urine volume, so that the body's toxin can be smooth out, take away excess heat, to achieve the role of clearing heat."
watermelon skin:
clean heat, diuresis than melon pulp
Liang Jianning introduction, watermelon medicine, and Chinese medicine called "watermelon Cui coat" watermelon skin.
"watermelon skin has a much better effect on clearing away heat, promoting diuresis and promoting saliva than the melon pulp, and it can also treat oral ulcers." Liang Jianning said that watermelon skin can become a summer dish in summer if it is processed slightly. Cut off the hard green skin and the remaining melon seeds, cut them into strips, and mix them with sesame oil, salt and sugar and vinegar, and they can also make people have a big appetite.
weapon: use watermelon skin to dispel prickly heat to treat constipation
1. to eliminate prickly heat. The summer is hot and the sweat is more likely to have prickly heat. You can wash the watermelon skin clean, wipe the affected part with the white part of the watermelon, and feel cool and comfortable. After bathing, the effect is good. Usually 3 times a day, two or three days after the effect.
2. alleviated toothache. Watermelon skin after drying, add a little borneol, rub on toothache, can relieve pain.
3. for constipation. Watermelon has the function of catharsis. When it is constipated, it can be beaten into juice by the hard outer skin of the watermelon. The time of constipation is too long, and some honey can be added. But Yang deficiency, Qi and blood deficiency are used cautiously, because the effect of catharsis is too good, which may lead to diarrhea.
4. to reduce blood pressure. Peel the appropriate watermelon peel, wash and cut into pieces and steam in a pot for 10 minutes. Dipped in white sugar early and late, has the effect of relieving heat, quench thirst, diuresis and lowering blood pressure.
eating melon taboo: oral ulcer people should use watermelon skin but do not eat pulp
but Liang Jianning also reminded that eating watermelons should also pay attention to the following taboos.
1. the spleen and stomach deficiency, dyspepsia, stool slippery diarrhea should be eaten less. From the drug, watermelon belongs to the cold food, eating more easily to damage the spleen and stomach, thus causing abdominal distention, diarrhea, appetite decline and other symptoms, may also have the effect of cold and dampness. Moreover, when eating too many watermelons at once, a large amount of water in the watermelon may dilute the gastric juice, causing indigestion and gastrointestinal resistance. Therefore, mothers and elderly people with relatively weak physique, eat watermelon should be appropriate. At the same time, do not eat too cold watermelon, so as not to damage the function of the spleen and stomach.
2. patients with cold, fever, severe cold, and no symptoms of fever are unsuitable for use. Liang Jianning analyzed that when it was hot enough, it was suitable for eating watermelons. Because eating watermelon is the equivalent of the use of the medicine of the inner heat, when the cold obviously appeared high fever, thirst, pharyngeal pain, urine yellow red fever, in the normal medication, can eat some watermelons, help to cure the cold. "If you don't know if it's cold or hot, go to the hospital to see a doctor."
3. oral ulcers are advised to use skin but not to eat pulp. Liang Jianning analysis showed that the main causes of oral ulcers were Yin deficiency, internal heat and disturbance of fire. If oral ulcers eat too much watermelon pulp, they will damage the body fluid due to the diuretic function of the pulp, which will aggravate Yin deficiency. While Yin deficiency, the internal heat is beneficial and the oral ulcer is aggravated.
however, watermelon skin can also cure oral ulcers. "Therefore, the watermelon peel can be scorched and ground, and it can be contained in the mouth." Liang Jianning said, in addition, it can also boil the watermelon peel with mung beans, and then drink soup, which can be used as a good drink to prevent excessive internal heat at ordinary times.