Many people are aware of the benefits and uses of pumpkin, and many people use pumpkin to treat certain diseases. So what are some therapeutic methods using pumpkin? What are the recipes for pumpkin? Today, we will provide you with a detailed introduction to the benefits of pumpkin.
Pumpkin is used in various foods, but its therapeutic effects are best showcased in food therapy. Here are some therapeutic recipes using pumpkin.
Pumpkin Therapeutic Recipes
Spleen-tonifying and Qi-enhancing Recipe
Stew 500g of pork ribs until they are 80% cooked, cut 500g of pumpkin into pieces, and peel and add 200g of chestnuts. Stew until cooked over low heat. This recipe is used for deficiency of the spleen and stomach, lack of qi leading to weakness, and general weakness caused by chemotherapy.
Spleen-tonifying and Dampness-eliminating Recipe
Soak 100g of raw Coix seed and 100g of mung beans for half a day, then cook them into porridge until fully cooked. Cut 200g of pumpkin into pieces, and add a few red dates. Stew until cooked. This recipe is used for water and dampness retention caused by spleen deficiency, phlegm and dampness not digesting, poor appetite and bloating, and edema with reduced urine output.
Qi-nourishing and Stomach-nourishing Recipe
Take a ripe pumpkin weighing about 500g, wash it, and cut off the top to make a lid. Use a spoon to scoop out the pulp from the top. Mix minced duck meat with a small amount of rice, salt, monosodium glutamate, and other seasonings, and fill the pumpkin about two-thirds full. Then fill with water, steam until cooked, and cover the pumpkin lid. The whole pumpkin and rice can be eaten. This recipe is used for poor appetite, fatigue, weakness, and pale complexion caused by chronic illness or tumors.
Pumpkin Porridge
Take 100g of mature pumpkin, 50g of rice, and an appropriate amount of salt. Peel and wash the pumpkin, then cut it into small pieces. Rinse the rice, put it in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, and cook the porridge. When it boils, add the pumpkin. When the porridge is cooked, add salt to taste and eat. Take once a day. It can tonify the middle, nourish qi, detoxify, and kill parasites. It is suitable for weak spleen and stomach, malnutrition, lung abscess, scalds, and lower limb ulcers.
Mung Bean and Pumpkin Soup
Take 50g of mung beans, 500g of mature pumpkin, and an appropriate amount of salt. Peel and remove the pulp from the pumpkin, wash it, and cut it into pieces. Cook the mung beans until they bloom, then add the pumpkin and cook until soft. Season with salt and eat. It can clear heat, relieve summer heat, diuretic, and relieve urinary problems. It is suitable for summer heat, thirst, hot urine, palpitations, chest tightness, and is an ideal drink for diabetic patients in summer.
Pumpkin and Cactus Soup
Take 250g each of pumpkin and cactus, and an appropriate amount of salt and monosodium glutamate. Wash the pumpkin and cut it into small cubes. Peel the cactus and cut it into small cubes. Boil an appropriate amount of water over high heat, add the cactus and pumpkin, and cook the soup. When cooked, season with salt and monosodium glutamate, and drink the soup and eat the pumpkin and cactus. Take once in the morning and evening for one month. It can lower blood sugar and blood lipid, and is suitable for the diet therapy of diabetes and hyperlipidemia.
Pumpkin Rice
Take an appropriate amount of mature pumpkin and rice. Peel and wash the pumpkin, cut it into pieces, and steam it until cooked. Then mash it into a paste, make small cakes, and fry them in hot oil until both sides are golden brown. Take once a day. It can lower blood lipid and blood sugar, and is suitable for the diet therapy of abnormal blood lipid and diabetes.
Foods that should not be eaten with pumpkin
Pumpkin + Lamb: Causes gastrointestinal discomfort
The "Compendium of Materia Medica" states: "Pumpkin should not be eaten with lamb, as it causes gastrointestinal discomfort." This is because pumpkin tonifies the middle and nourishes qi, while lamb is hot and nourishes deficiency. When both are used together, it can cause gastrointestinal discomfort. Pumpkin and lamb should not be eaten together by those with yang excess and yin deficiency.
Pumpkin + Chinese Yam: Destroys Vitamin C
