When I was a child, the old man always told us “you can’t eat watermelon in the autumn, you will definitely eat diarrhea”. A friend laughed when he heard about it and said, “We have the custom of eating watermelon on the day of autumn in the south of the Yangtze River. So, in the end, “the autumn watermelon” can eat? Watermelon is sweet and cold, and can relieve thirst, diuretic. Modern medicine proves that watermelon contains a lot of water and glucose, amino acids, vitamins, inorganic salts and other substances, which can be used to supplement nutrition and improve dehydration. It can also lower blood pressure, soften blood vessels and relieve edema. However, watermelon is cold, and excessive cold stimulation can weaken normal gastric motility and affect gastric function. People with cold spleen and stomach, indigestion and gastrointestinal disorders should not eat too much at a time, otherwise a lot of water will enter the stomach, diluting gastric juices and causing indigestion. The second hospital of Sanming City Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine Chen Shanshan Thus, it seems that whether or not you can eat watermelon in autumn, the determining factor is not in the season, but in the physical condition of the person eating watermelon. Before the summer solstice and after the autumn, the weather is cold, weak people are prone to gastrointestinal disorders due to the external environment, food stimulation, abdominal pain, diarrhea and other gastrointestinal symptoms. If people with strong spleen and stomach can still continue to enjoy the sweet and delicious taste of watermelon. Fresh watermelon juice and fresh melon rind can increase skin elasticity, reduce wrinkles and add luster. Therefore, watermelon not only has a good food value, but also is an efficient and economical beauty product for women, so don’t let go of watermelon if you want to become radiant. However, it should still be noted that watermelon is delicious but not greedy mouth, should not eat more than 1 kg of watermelon per day in general. In addition, you can not eat frozen watermelon for too long, so as not to hurt the spleen and stomach, causing various diseases. Watermelon contains high sugar content, diabetic patients should be careful. Patients with heart failure or nephritis should not eat more watermelon, so as not to increase the burden on the heart and kidneys, making the condition worse.