Winter melon is one of the common dishes on the dinner table, it not only hydrates, but also prevents the occurrence of heat stroke symptoms, known as the first summer melon, the whole body is treasure Oh! Winter melon seeds – the prevention of cardiovascular disease winter melon seeds contain linoleic acid and other unsaturated fatty acids, can effectively reduce the content of fat and cholesterol in the blood, on the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease has a certain effect. When cooking winter melon, you can pick out the seeds, dry them and fry them. In addition, you can also drink it with the skin and seeds into juice. Winter melon rind – water and swelling Winter melon rind not only contains a variety of vitamins and minerals, but also contains a variety of volatile components, with summer heat, spleen, the effect of dampness. Winter melon skin is thicker and harder, it is recommended to cook with skin when making winter melon soup. Winter melon flesh – weight loss and fat reduction Winter melon flesh contains fenugreek alkaloids, which can help the body’s metabolism and inhibit the conversion of sugar into fat, indicating that winter melon flesh has the function of weight loss and fat reduction. Winter melon vine – moisturizing, freckles with winter melon vine boiled water used to wipe the face, bath, can make the skin moisturizing, eliminate freckles. Eat winter melon, can prevent and control a variety of age-related diseases. 1, protect the heart winter melon water content is the most abundant, up to 96%; potassium content is also quite high, per 100g of potassium 130mg, is a typical high potassium and low sodium type vegetables. Potassium is a very important class of nutrients in the human body, supplemental potassium can be excess sodium discharged from the body, to protect the heart function, supplemental water, swelling and diuretic, to prevent heat stroke are very good. 2, lower cholesterol, blood fat winter melon is rich in all kinds of amino acids needed by the human body, and dietary fiber content is very high, can lower cholesterol, blood fat. 3, prevent atherosclerosis winter melon can effectively control the body’s sugar into fat, to prevent the accumulation of body fat, but also to consume the excess fat, on the prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis has a good effect. 4, diuretic drainage winter melon taste sweet, light, cool, into the lung, large intestine, bladder meridian. It has the effect of clearing heat and water, eliminating swelling and detoxification, and generating fluids in addition to annoyance. Winter melon water and dampness effect is strong, easy to edema people should eat often. 5, slimming beauty winter melon in addition to the water content and potassium rich, vitamin C content is not low, per 100g content of 18mg, this value is not as good as kiwi and citrus, but more than apples. Winter melon is also more satiating, very catering to the needs of women who need a low-calorie diet, which is very helpful for slimming and beauty. Winter melon dietary therapy more than thirst, urination (diabetes): winter melon skin, maitake each 30 to 60 grams, Huanglian 3 to 9 grams, water decoction, 1 day 2 to 3 times served. Edema and bloating, urinary dyspepsia (kidney disease, heart disease): 60 to 90 grams of winter melon skin (doubled fresh), boiled in thick soup, 2 to 3 times a day. Treatment of nephritis, urinary incontinence, generalized edema: 20 grams of winter melon skin, watermelon skin, white grass root, 15 grams of corn heart, 90 grams of adzuki beans. Decoction, 1 day 3 times divided service. Acute nephritis oedema, urinary incontinence: winter melon skin, watermelon skin, corn husk 25 grams, 50 grams of red beans, decocted in water and taken 3 times, served 10 to 15 doses. Cough: 15 grams of winter melon skin (to be frosted), a little honey. Water decoction. Note: Due to the cold nature of winter melon, weekdays have spleen and stomach qi deficiency, stomach cold pain in the person more to eat less, long illness and Yang deficiency limb cold people avoid eating. (The above recipes are recommended and should be used after consulting your doctor.) winter melon practice 1, braised winter melon Main ingredients: winter melon, mushrooms, green and red pepper production steps: 1, winter melon peeled, cut into 4-5 cm square; 2, and then on top of the cross knife, mushrooms and chili peppers are cut into grains; 3, sit in a pot of oil will be careful to fry the winter melon; 4, will be winter melon to move a little bit of space out of the next mushroom chili pepper grains fried taste, sprinkle salt; 5, add water over the watermelon, spray soy sauce, high heat boil to medium heat simmering, covered with the pot lid ; 6, when the juice is almost dry, add oyster sauce, chicken essence and then sprinkle green onions can be. 2, stir-fried winter melon shrimp Main ingredients: winter melon, shrimp, pepper, scallion production steps: 1, winter melon peeled and sliced; 2, supermarkets to buy 2 yuan shrimp, rinse with water, ready onion, ginger and garlic froth; 3, the bottom of the oil in the pot, the oil eight layers of hot, put two to three peppercorns, and then put onion, ginger and garlic Fried fragrance, the winter melon slices poured into the pot to braid fried for two minutes or so; 4, add a small half a bowl of water, plus a little salt, high heat burn winter melon Slightly rotten after pouring into the shrimp, mixed fried sprinkle some green onions can be on the table. 3, winter melon clam soup Main ingredients: winter melon, clams, peppercorns, scallions, ginger, white pepper production steps: 1, clams spit sand wash, winter melon cut into small pieces, ginger slices, scallions cut off; 2, clams, scallions, slices, add water to press the kettle boil button; 3, ten minutes after the clams will be boiled to the openings picked out to be used; 4, kettle soup poured into the large bowl of resting clarification of the kettle after the re-pouring of the container bottom with sediment in the bottom of the container do not pour into the soup; 5, add cubed winter melon; 6, press the health soup button, continue to cook; 7, health soup mode, the time is one hour; 8, cooked to 55 minutes, re-introduced the clam meat into the soup; 9, seasoned salt; 10, seasoned with white pepper to enhance the flavor; 11, boiled to be able to; 12, served in a soup bowl, sprinkled with some parsnip onion on the end of it. 4, fried egg crispy winter melon Main ingredients: winter melon, custard powder, starch, eggs Production steps: 1. clean up the fresh winter melon cut into strips ~ into the salt, etc. 10 minutes after the use of paper to the surface of the water suction clean; 2. winter melon evenly spread on the top of the (custard + starch) ps. no custard powder can be ignored ~ the winter melon on the plate above the pouring of the powder, and then shake the plate, so that the winter melon evenly hung on the powder; 3. beat a egg whisk ~ put good flour hanging winter melon into the egg mixture; 4. in the bread crumbs, roll (shake the plate can be evenly rolled on the bread crumbs ~); 5. pan heating into the oil, such as 5 into the heat into the winter melon deep-fried, pay attention to the fire is not too big, do not always use chopsticks to flip, such as the surface of the winter melon is fixed and then flip. Pay attention not to paste (I used the oil before frying something, so foam more than some do not learn from me ~ the best to put some more oil frying effect is better ~ ~ I’m more stingy, pain in the oil a); 6. After frying with absorbent paper to go to the oil, cucumber embellishments ~ plate on ok. 5, winter melon crab slippery chicken casserole Main ingredients: winter melon, crab, chicken, salt, wine, soy sauce, ginger, green onions, garlic production steps: 1, the crab will be split open to remove the internal organs and wash, divided into two chopped; 2, chicken washed and chopped, with salt, wine, soy sauce, cornstarch marinade; 3, winter melon peeled to remove the capsule washed and sliced; 4, the wok to put the oil to put ginger slices of incense, pour into the winter melon slightly stir-fried, sheng up to turn to the wok; 5, and then wok to put the oil, ginger slices, 5, then wok oil, ginger, garlic burst incense, pour into the chicken pieces, both sides fried, splash of wine, sheng up into the pot; 6, then wok oil, ginger, green onion, garlic burst incense, pour into the flower crab stir fry, splash of wine, sheng up into the wok; 7, to the wok to add water to the lid and braise for about seven or eight minutes, put salt to taste and then pour out the original juice; 8, will be the original sauce in the pot to boil, put the powder thickening thickening and then drizzled on the top of the braised chicken crab will be done.