Winter melon is of slightly cold nature and has the effects of clearing heat, diuretic, resolving phlegm, generating fluids and detoxifying.
Winter melon is the fruit of winter melon of Cucurbitaceae. As a traditional Chinese medicine, winter melon is sweet, light, slightly cold in nature, and belongs to the lung, large intestine, small intestine and bladder meridians, with the effects of clearing heat, diuretic, resolving phlegm, generating fluids and detoxifying.
Winter melon oozing water and dampness, can help reduce swelling, commonly used in the treatment of edema, gonorrhea (increased frequency of urination, dripping astringent pain) or foot fungus and other conditions. Winter melon can produce fluids to quench thirst, detoxify phlegm, and can be used to treat edema, thirst, and urination. In addition, winter melon can clear away heat and toxins, and can also be used for sores and carbuncles and scrofula (mainly refers to the neck lymph nodes tuberculosis) and so on.
Winter melon is slightly cold, spleen and stomach qi deficiency, diarrhea and loose stools (feces thin not shaped) and stomach cold pain avoid eating cold winter melon, menstrual period and cold menstrual cramps avoid eating raw winter melon.
Daily consumption of winter melon efficacy is limited, can not be used directly for the treatment of disease, it is recommended that daily consumption of winter melon in moderation, as a medicinal herb used under the guidance of a doctor.