The efficacy and effects of pumpkin

Pumpkin is a very common food on the table of the people, a simple pumpkin can be steamed, boiled, fried, stir-fried, braised, fried into different dishes or snacks to eat. However, did you know? Pumpkin is not only delicious, food value is also very high, is a lot of doctors or nutritionists preferred health food it!

Beauty and anti-aging

Pumpkin contains many amino acids, vitamins and minerals. It has the effect of preventing rough skin, delaying skin aging, accelerating skin cell repair and enhancing skin elasticity. It can be used as a long food for women's beauty and beauty care.

Prevent cancer

Pumpkin contains carotene and lycopene (carotene and lycopene are super antioxidant substances), which are effective in preventing breast cancer, ovarian cancer and male prostate cancer. In addition, pumpkin is rich in zinc, which also eliminates the mutation of ammonium nitrite and inhibits the development of cell cancer.

Prevention of diabetes

Pumpkin taste sweet, sugar content between 3%-15% (sugar content and the maturity of the pumpkin, the riper the pumpkin sugar content is higher), diabetics should not eat sweet food, but the amount of eating pumpkin is very beneficial to diabetics. It turns out that pumpkin polysaccharide is a hypoglycemic active ingredient, with the role of lowering blood sugar values. Diabetes eating pumpkin to assist in controlling blood sugar should pay attention to. (1) choose low-sugar pumpkin (total sugar content <5%), there are animal experiments have proved that low-sugar pumpkin lowering blood glucose effect is stronger, the utility of a longer time. (2) When pumpkin is used as a staple food, the daily consumption should not exceed 500 grams, and one time consumption should not exceed 250 grams. (3) diabetics eat pumpkin mainly steamed, avoid deep-fried or fried, which will increase the heat of food, which is not conducive to the condition of diabetics.

Prevention and treatment of hypertension

Pumpkin eaten raw or steamed to half-cooked, for ordinary hypertensive patients or pregnant women with hypertension during pregnancy is more beneficial. Medical studies in recent years have shown that pumpkin can significantly reduce serum cholesterol and triglycerides, and has a preventive effect on the formation of blood clots and oxidation of the body.

Relieve heavy metal poisoning

Pumpkin contains pectin, which has strong adsorption properties and can help absorb heavy metals lead, mercury and radioactive elements from the body, which can achieve detoxification and detoxification effects.

Protect the stomach mucosa

The pectin in pumpkin not only helps excrete heavy metals from the body, but also protects the gastric mucosa from irritation by rough foods and promotes ulcer healing. Pumpkin can also promote bile secretion, accelerate intestinal peristalsis, promote digestion and absorption of the stomach and intestines, as well as prevent constipation and remove the accumulation of feces in the body, which is suitable for people with gastrointestinal problems.

Promote growth and development

Zinc is involved in the synthesis of nucleic acid proteins in the body and is an inherent component of adrenocorticotropic hormone. Zinc deficiency in children can lead to anorexia and paranoia, causing a lack of nutrition in the body and resulting in stunted growth in children.

Cure long cough and asthma

Pumpkin is a treasure all over, pumpkin vine minus the head, inserted into a bottle, the juice of the other vine flows into the bottle, collected to a certain amount, and taken with warm water, can treat long cough. Steamed pumpkin with honey, long-term use, can treat asthma.

Deworming

Pumpkin seeds have the effect of killing schistosome larvae and are effective in treating patients with ascariasis and bibliosis when consumed on an empty stomach. Deworming with pumpkin seeds will be more effective when consumed with other foods. For example. (1) To repel roundworms, pumpkin seeds + honey. Pumpkin seeds are fried and grinded into powder and taken with honey to treat roundworm disease. (2) To drive away hookworms, pumpkin seeds + betel nut. Pumpkin seeds and betel nut are ground together into powder and swallowed with warm water to treat hookworm and roundworm. (3) To treat blood-sucking worms, pumpkin seeds + white sugar. Pumpkin seeds ground into powder with white sugar can treat schistosomiasis.

To treat burns and scalds

Pumpkin mash to get juice, apply to the affected area, three times a day days, can reduce inflammation and pain, accelerate wound healing. You can also use the juice of pumpkin vine and apply it to the wound for better effect.

Stroke prevention

Flavonoids and lycopene in cucumber can capture oxygen free radicals, which have a positive effect on preventing blood vessel narrowing and blood clots from blocking cerebral blood vessels. The components of pumpkin, linseed oleic acid, soft fatty acid, stearic acid and other glyceric acids, are all good fats and oils that can prevent stroke.

Treatment of dysentery

Pumpkin leaves are used, washed and taken in decoction to treat dysentery.

Introduction of pumpkin

Pumpkin, also known as pumpkin, northern melon, and bonobo, is native to South America and was introduced to China, and is now grown all over the world. There are many varieties of pumpkin, so botanists around the world have categorized pumpkins in the world as follows: Western pumpkin, Chinese pumpkin, American pumpkin, black pumpkin, Mexican pumpkin, etc. Pumpkin is an annual sprawling herb, the fruit can be used as a vegetable, and the seeds and tips can often be used as medicine to cure diseases. So what are the medicinal properties of pumpkin? Follow me to learn more about it!