Eat bitter melon can not play the role of removing prickly heat, but often eat bitter melon can reduce the occurrence of prickly heat, in addition to the external use of bitter melon has a certain treatment of prickly heat efficacy, but the effect is limited.
Bitter melon is a cucurbitaceae bitter melon plants, bitter melon bitter, cold, with heat detoxification, the role of the purpose, can be used for the treatment of heatstroke fever, toothache, diarrhea, dysentery, blood and other diseases. Because the bitter melon has a heat detoxification effect, so you can eat bitter melon to reduce the occurrence of prickly heat.
Bitter melon bitter cold, function of heat relief, can be used for summer heat caused by sweating and thirst, usually with fresh bitter melon slices soak tea, treatment of heat stroke heat.
Bitter melon bitter cold, with heat detoxification, swelling and pain, can be used for heat sores and carbuncles (because of excessive heat and toxicity in the body and appeared on the surface of the skin of the sores and carbuncles), redness, swelling and hot pain.
Generally for the use of fresh bitter melon mashed on the affected area, carbuncle; bitter melon can also be used for eye redness and pain, internal and external use can be. Bitter melon can also be used externally to treat prickly heat.
To prevent and remove prickly heat, we should keep the room ventilated and cool, in order to reduce sweating and facilitate sweat evaporation; clothing should be wide, to facilitate the evaporation of sweat, and timely replacement of damp clothes; often keep the skin clean and dry, often use a dry towel to wipe the sweat or bathe with warm water; prickly heat occurs, to avoid scratching, to prevent secondary infections.
Bitter melon should be cold, fried or boiled in soup. It should be noted that it is forbidden to eat for people with deficiency of yang qi, and it is not recommended for people with weak spleen and stomach to consume it regularly. If you are not feeling well, it is recommended that you seek medical advice and treatment under the guidance of a doctor, and do not take medication on your own.