7 medicinal recipes from pumpkin, who should limit eating?

1. Uses of pumpkin

According to Oriental medicine, pumpkin is sweet, warm, non-toxic; enters the stomach and large intestine meridians; has the effect of replenishing the middle and benefiting qi, moistening the lungs, reducing inflammation, and relieving pain. Pumpkin seeds have the effect of eliminating worms...

In terms of chemical composition, pumpkin contains a lot of carbohydrates, so it tastes sweet when eaten. In 100g of fruit, there is 0.5g of protein, 0.1g of fat, 6.9g of carbohydrates, 39mg of calcium, 22mg of phosphorus, 0.2mg of iron, 1.06mg of carotene, 0.05mg of vitamin B1, 0.06mg of vitamin B2, 0.3mg of vitamin PP, 5mg of vitamin C and many other biological active substances. Pumpkin is an ideal food for people with diabetes.

Modern research has found that pumpkin has the ability to promote insulin secretion of the pancreas, so it is very effective in preventing and treating diabetes. In addition, pumpkin also has the ability to prevent cerebrovascular accidents (stroke).

In particular, pumpkin also contains compounds that can reduce the toxicity of some harmful substances mixed in food, such as pesticides, growth hormones, compounds containing nitrite, etc.

2. Remedies with pumpkin

- Curediabetes: Can roast pumpkin until dry, grind into powder. Drink with boiled water. 6-8g each time, 2 times a day.

Or use:Cook 250g pumpkin into soup and eat it all, twice a day, morning and evening, continuously for 1 month.

- Curedyslipidemia:100-150g pumpkin, raw, put in blender with 250ml boiled water to cool, make pumpkin smoothie (no sugar), drink before breakfast, continuously for 1 month.

- Cureintercostal neuralgiaPumpkin (enough), steamed, crushed, applied to painful area.

- Treatment of chronic bronchitis,asthma: 1 pumpkin (about 500g), 60g honey, 30g rock sugar. Make a hole at the top of the pumpkin. Take out a part of the pumpkin's core. Put sugar and honey into the pumpkin, cover with the cut pumpkin. Boil for an hour then take it out. Eat it all in the morning and evening. Use continuously for 7-10 days.

- Treatment supporthigh blood pressure, chronic nephritis, cirrhosis:Wash and cut 250g pumpkin into pieces. Add white sugar and mix well. Cook until done. Combine with medicine for treatment.

- Fluke disease:Pumpkin 60g -120g, dried areca nut 60 -100g, hydrated sodium sulfate 15g. Early in the morning before eating anything, take out the pumpkin and chew, swallow the skin and seeds, or crush it and drink with cooled boiled water. 2 hours later, drink concentrated areca nut decoction. Half an hour later, mix sodium sulfate with cooled boiled water and drink again. Generally, you only need to drink it once to get rid of the tapeworm.

- Treat painful ulcers and minor burns:Pumpkin pulp, sodium sulfate, crushed and applied to the wound. Or squeeze pumpkin juice and apply to the painful area.

3. Who should limit eating pumpkin?

- Pumpkin is a good food, but be careful if you eat too much it can cause bloating and fatigue.

- Eating pumpkin for a long time will cause jaundice, because the amount of carotene has not been excreted or metabolized well, so people with poor digestion, liver disease, and jaundice should not use it.

- People with rheumatism, joint pain, and malaria should not eat pumpkin...