Beautiful summer days inside and out thanks to squash

Cool, easy to eat and suitable for making nutritious summer heat-relieving dishes, squash is a great choice for women.

In Oriental medicine, squash is sweet and cool, has the effect of generating body fluids, quenching thirst, clearing heat and eliminating phlegm, cooling blood and detoxifying, promoting lactation, and is often used to treat conditions such as coughs and asthma with phlegm, urinary tract infections, boils, tumors, postpartum milk stagnation, constipation...

Luffa has a sweet taste, cool properties and can be used to make many cool dishes during the summer days.

Here are 5 great uses of squash that you should know.

Cooling

Making:

Wash 500g fresh squash, cut into small pieces, squeeze to get the juice (using a juicer is best) then mix with white sugar to use as a refreshing drink during the day.

Uses: clears heat, reduces phlegm, reduces inflammation, and quenches thirst.

Note: You should add sugar to suit your family's taste.

Support treatment of hypertension

Making:

300g fresh squash, 200g apple, 1 lemon, rock sugar to taste.

Peel the squash and apple, wash them, chop them, squeeze out the juice, mix with lemon juice and rock sugar, and use as a refreshing drink during the day.

Each course lasts 10 days.

Treat dark spots and melasma on the skin

Making:

Wash young squash, drain, blend to get the juice, apply on face and leave for 15 minutes.

Do this twice a week and you will be surprised to see your skin become soft, clear of blackheads and remove dark pigments on your skin.

Treat sweaty feet

Burn old squash into ashes, sprinkle them in shoes, and wear bare feet without socks for 15 consecutive days.

Cure athlete's foot

Fresh squash leaves can be crushed and the juice can be taken or the leaves can be roasted, then crushed and rubbed on the injured area to treat athlete's foot, boils, and itching.

According to Laodong