Surprising little-known uses of squash

Bottle gourd is a delicious food for cooking such as stir-frying, making soup, boiling... In fact, all parts of the bottle gourd plant such as leaves, tendrils, flowers... have miraculous healing effects.

According to physician Hoang Duy Tan, the whole squash plant has the following effects:

- Gourd has sweet taste, cool properties, has the effect of cooling, detoxifying, diuretic, treating frequent urination, diabetes...

- Bottle gourd leaves are considered a food to fight hunger.

- The squash vine is effective in treating prickly heat and acne.

- Bottle gourd flowers used to make drinking water will prevent dehydration. In addition, bottle gourd flowers combined with seafood such as shrimp, crab,... prevent diarrhea.

- Pumpkin seeds: Effective for people with gingivitis and receding gums. Using boiling water to steep about 10 ripe pumpkin seeds will be very good for teeth and gums.

Especially for people with diabetes, eating squash will help absorb sugar in the body.

In addition to its nutritional value, squash is also a good folk medicine that has the effect of cooling, quenching thirst, laxative, and preventing constipation. Even boiled squash with sesame salt, although simple, is a cool, nutritious and healthy dish. The combination of squash and sesame (especially black sesame) makes the dish delicious and nutritious. Both have laxative and preventing constipation effects.

Medicine from gourd:

Laxative: Boiled squash with sesame salt, a simple, delicious dish that has laxative effects and prevents constipation.

Diabetes: People with diabetes, frequent urination should eat squash soup every day for very good results.

Teeth and gums: Swollen gums or receding gums can be treated by boiling squash seeds in water and rinsing the mouth 3-4 times a day.

Skin diseases: Boil the flowers and tendrils of the gourd in water for children to bathe in. This helps prevent chickenpox, measles, and itching on hot summer days.

Treatment of jaundice: take bottle gourd root, boil in water to drink (can add a little sugar).

Hepatitis, urinary stones, high blood pressure: 500g fresh bottle gourd, wash, squeeze to get the juice and mix well with 250ml honey and drink twice a day, 30-50ml each time.

Treatment of urinary retention: People with urinary retention take half a gourd and 5 onions, boil the water and drink 2-3 times/day.

According to VnMedia