Pumpkin belongs to the genus Cucurbitaceae, and the main part with edible and medicinal value is its fruit. It has both medicinal value in Chinese medicine and nutritional value in Western medicine, so pumpkin is a vegetable of medicinal and food origin. From the perspective of Chinese medicine, pumpkin has a sweet taste and is flat in nature, and belongs to the lung, spleen and stomach meridians, with the effect of detoxification and decongestion. In western medicine, pumpkin is rich in carbohydrates, water, dietary fiber, carotene, vitamin C, B vitamins and potassium, which has many benefits to the human body.1, medicinal value: Chinese medicine believes that pumpkin belongs to the lung, spleen and stomach meridian, and can treat pulmonary carbuncle, croup, carbuncle, burns and poisonous bee stings, and in reasonable combination can benefit the heart and lung, appetite and qi, and can also be applied externally to the affected area to relieve It can also be applied externally to relieve pain in the chest and ribs. But pumpkin as a drug needs to be applied under the guidance of a Chinese medicine doctor, to avoid self-use, so as not to achieve the therapeutic effect; 2, food value: pumpkin contains a variety of amino acids, carotene, vitamin C, B vitamins, as well as potassium ions, to a certain extent, can be supplemented for the human body nutrition. At the same time, pumpkin is rich in carbohydrates, and low glycemic index, suitable for fat loss people and diabetic patients to eat, can replace part of the staple food. However, because pumpkin contains more water, it is not suitable as the only source of staple food, and can be eaten together with other carbohydrates. There are many types of pumpkin, but the effects are basically the same, so you can choose according to your taste and freshness, but the diet should pay more attention to variety, as well as balanced nutrition. Some people think that pumpkin can lower blood sugar, but the content of glucose-lowering factors in pumpkin is small, so daily consumption cannot achieve the purpose of lowering blood sugar, and pumpkin itself also contains certain carbohydrates, so it is not realistic to reduce blood sugar by eating pumpkin alone. When eating pumpkin daily, you can cook it in a healthy way such as steaming, and avoid cooking in an unhealthy way such as deep-frying, so as not to consume too much fat and sodium ions, but to cause adverse effects on the body.