Pumpkin cures dyslipidemia

Green squash, also known as winter melon, is a very popular vegetable. It is used as a very good medicine to treat some common diseases below.

According to Oriental medicine, squash has a sweet and cool taste, has the effect of cooling the body, cooling the intestines, reducing thirst, detoxifying and reducing fat. In the summer, eating squash regularly is both thirst-quenching and very good for preventing some diseases, as squash has a low heat-generating ability, so it should be used for people who want to lose weight, such as those who are obese.cardiovascular disease,diabetes…Here are some effects of squash:

-Treats acne, mouth ulcers, obesity, and dyslipidemia: 200 grams of green squash, 1 lotus leaf, 1 liter of water. Wash the green squash, cut into pieces, chop the lotus leaves, put both in a pot and cook for 1 hour, add a little sugar and drink.

-Treats edema, lack of milk in postpartum women, jaundice, hemorrhoids, enteritis and diarrhea: 500 grams of green squash, 100 grams of red beans, 1 liter of water. Wash the green squash, cut into pieces, cook with red beans for 1 hour, add a little sugar, drink daily.

-Cure phlegm, heat in the body, poor digestion: 100g green squash, 800g apple, 200g carrot, 100g rock sugar, 20g tangerine peel. Peel and remove seeds from green squash, slice; wash apple, remove seeds, slice; peel and slice carrots; soak tangerine peel in water until soft, then slice. Put all ingredients in a pot, add enough water, cook for 30 minutes, add rock sugar, use as a soft drink.

-Cure thirst, heat in the body: 500 grams of squash, 500 grams of watermelon, enough white sugar. Peel the squash, remove the seeds, wash thoroughly; remove the seeds from the watermelon; slice both, use a juicer to extract the juice, add a little white sugar, divide into several servings to drink during the day.

-Cure poor stomach, indigestion, vomiting blood: 100 grams of green squash peel, 100 grams of green beans, 2 liters of water. Put all in a pot and cook for 2 hours, then discard the residue and drink the water during the day.

-Treats sunstroke, heatstroke, diuretic, antipyretic, acne, itching, prickly heat:Peel and remove seeds from 500 grams of squash, wash thoroughly, slice, put in a juicer to extract the juice, add a little salt, divide into several servings to drink during the day.

Green squash is a cooling vegetable, so when the body is hot, regularly using green squash to cook soup or process into many different dishes in the summer is very good. Specifically, green squash soup cooked with raw shrimp and ham is cooked as follows: Pick and wash the green onions, peel the green squash, remove the seeds, cut into bite-sized pieces. Prepare a pot of water, put the shrimp in to soak until soft, turn on the stove to boil, then use a spoon to scoop the small ham balls into the soup, reduce the heat. Add the green squash to the soup and boil until the water boils again, season and turn off the stove, the heat from the soup will make the green squash continue to cook. Sprinkle with chopped green onions and the pot of soup is complete. A delicious bowl of green squash soup is very cool to eat in the summer.

According to Agriculture - NT