The nutritional value and efficacy of bitter gourd

Bitter melon is a good medicine. Bitter gourd takes root, stem, leaves, flowers, fruits and seeds for medicinal use, cold, bitter taste, into the heart, spleen, stomach, Qingreoqingre, eyesight detoxification. According to "Records on Living with the Diet," the bitter gourd "Qin is a bitter cold, hot and clean, clear eyes, cooked, nourishing liver, spleen and kidney." "Shengsheng Bian" records that bitter gourd can "remove evil heat, solve labor shortage, pure heart and eyesight, Qi and impotence." "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that bitter gourd "clearing the heart and eyes, Qi antipyretic".

The nutritional value of bitter gourd

The content of ascorbic acid is prominent in melons, 14 times that of cucumber, 5 times that of wax gourd, and 7 times that of tomato. According to nutritional analysis data, per 100g edible parts of bitter gourd, water content 84g, protein 0.9g, fat 0.2g, carbohydrate 3.2g, inorganic salt 0.6g, crude fiber 1.1g, heat 75.3kJ, vitamin A 0.08 Mg, vitamin B10.07 mg, vitamin B20.04 mg, calcium 18 mg, phosphorus 29 mg, iron 0.6 mg. The fruit of bitter gourd contains bitter gourd, as well as glutamic acid, alanine, phenylalanine, proline, citrulline, galacturonic acid, and the like. The seeds and leaves of bitter gourd contain a large amount of momordicin.

The effect and function of bitter gourd

Bitter gourd has a role in lowering blood sugar and preventing cancer. Bitter melon is a product of bitter cold, containing bitter melon, bitter gourd and so on. According to modern pharmacological tests, bitter gourd has the effect of lowering blood sugar. It is believed that this is due to the fact that bitter gourd contains an insulin-like substance, and its effect is stronger than that of the currently used hypoglycemic agent “methanesulfonamide”, so bitter gourd is a diabetic patient. Ideal health food. The prospect of bitter gourd against cancer is also very broad. In foreign countries, scientists injected the lipoproteins of bitter gourd into rats with lymphoma, and the survival time of the mice was longer. This shows that lipoproteins of bitter gourd can improve cellular immunity. Therefore, scientists predict that bitter gourd may become a new drug for cancer treatment.

What are the benefits of eating bitter gourd? Use bitter gourd plus glutinous rice, sugar, boiled bitter gourd porridge, there Qingreoqingre, Qingxin Ming purpose of detoxification, can cure hot pain polydipsia, heat stroke fever, flu dysentery, eye pain embolism; Use bitter gourd and lean meat boiled bitter gourd soup, there is the role of heat Jieshu, Mingmu detoxification, suitable for hot summer, polydipsia, excessive phlegm, conjunctivitis embolism; with bitter melon chicken wings, add rice wine, ginger, soy sauce , sugar, salt seasoning, Liver eyesight, kidney spleen, antipyretic Chufan and other effects. Bitter gourd can also be made into health drinks. Bitter brewed or fried soup with green balsam pear can be used as a herbal tea to refresh the body with a refreshing taste. It is annoying and thirst-quenching. It can be made with green bitter gourd juice, and it can be detoxified after drinking.

Bitter gourd gets its name because of its special bitterness. There are many different names in various places, such as squid, brocade, glutinous grape, hip hop, red girl, cool melon and gentleman dishes. The name “癞” in these names roughly means that there are many irregular knob-like protrusions on the surface of the bitter gourd, and the shape of the fruit is mostly in the form of a braided shape, a long conical shape, or a short conical shape. Tender fruit is dark green or light green. Calling bitter gourd a “red girl” may mean that as the maturity of the organism increases, the epidermis turns green and white and gradually changes to yellowish red. To reach the red ripe fruit, the top is easy to crack, exposed red hemorrhoids, seeds are wrapped inside the lotus root, generally 20-50 seeds per melon. From the main role of bitter gourd in detoxification this point, called "cool melon" seems more appropriate.

Balsam pear is native to eastern India and was introduced to southern China in the Ming Dynasty. Bitter gourd belongs to the annual creeping plant of the genus Cucurbita. Its stems, leaves, flowers and fruits are all unique and can be cultivated as ornamental plants. In recent years, bitter gourd has become a three-dimensional cultivated variety of beautifying gardens, reflecting its value of combining viewing and eating.

Bitter gourd is commonly cultivated in China. The provinces and cities in the south of the Yangtze River and in the suburbs of the northern cities have been cultivated, and local varieties have been formed. Such as Guangdong's slippery bitter gourd, long bitter gourd, big top bitter gourd, Xia Feng bitter gourd, Xia Lei bitter gourd, ear new one, Hunan's big white bitter gourd, blue mountain big white bitter gourd, Sichuan's Yaan big white bitter gourd, Beijing white bitter gourd, Guizhou's Dushan white bitter gourd, Shaanxi's Hanzhong white bitter gourd and Shanxi's small bitter gourd and so on.

Bitter gourd recommendations

For friends who want to go to the fire and want to lose weight, eating some bitter goji can definitely achieve satisfactory results. However, although bitter gourd is good, not all people can eat it. It is said that summer and autumn are most suitable for eating bitter gourd, but no matter what you do, you must pay attention to the degree. Although bitter gourd is good, it cannot be eaten every day. Experts advise that not everyone is suitable for eating bitter gourd, if the meal is eaten bitter gourd, resulting in a single diet, cold and excessive, but injury.

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