Watermelon is a must-eat fruit in the summer. Watermelon has the effects of clearing heat, relieving summer heat, and quenching thirst. It also has good therapeutic effects for urinary difficulties. However, there is a type of watermelon that can cause poisoning. Before using it, you must be careful. Let's take a look with the editor!
Benefits of Eating Watermelon
1. Watermelon can clear heat, relieve summer heat, and quench thirst: Watermelon contains a large amount of water. When suffering from acute fever, thirst, and restlessness, eating a sweet and juicy watermelon will immediately improve the symptoms.
2. The sugar and salt in watermelon can diuretic and eliminate kidney inflammation. The protease can convert insoluble proteins into soluble proteins, increasing the nutrition of patients with nephritis.
3. Watermelon also contains substances that can lower blood pressure.
4. After eating watermelon, urine volume will significantly increase, which can reduce the content of bilirubin and promote bowel movements, and has a certain effect on treating jaundice.
5. Fresh watermelon juice and tender watermelon rind can increase skin elasticity, make people look younger, reduce wrinkles, and add luster to the skin.
6. Watermelon has excellent beauty effects. Watermelon contains the three elements of yellow, green, and red, making it a perfect nutritional supplement.
Washing the face with watermelon juice can whiten dark skin; cutting the leftover watermelon rind into thin slices and applying them to the spots on the face can remove the spots;
Finally, gently massage the face with the watermelon rind to soothe, calm, and hydrate the skin.
This Type of Watermelon Can Cause Poisoning
When people eat watermelon, if they find that the taste is not good, especially if there is a numb sensation on the tongue, they should immediately stop eating it and not take any chances.
Usually, watermelon with hormones and pesticides (residues) is prone to poisoning. Experts say that the poisoning caused by eating watermelon is due to the presence of organophosphorus inside. Organophosphorus pesticides are widely used and have the largest amount of insecticides in China.
Mainly including dichlorvos, methidathion, and trichlorfon. Organophosphorus pesticides can cause a series of injuries mainly to the nervous system when a large amount enters the human body in a short period of time.
What to Do If Poisoning Occurs
First, give the poisoned person 200-400 milliliters of water, and then stimulate the throat with clean fingers or chopsticks to induce vomiting.
Administer 1% copper sulfate solution every 5 minutes, three times in a row. Mix 3 grams of gallstone and 3 grams of watermelon stem into a fine powder and take it as a drink.
