Do you know the five major functions and functions of balsam pear? Can I eat it raw? Can you lose weight?

As the saying goes, "it is better to bear hardships in summer than to tonify", that is, eating more bitter food in summer helps to dissolve the damp evil in the human body. At this time, heat-clearing and detoxifying balsam pear has become the first choice for many people on the dinner table. What are the effects and effects of balsam pear besides reducing fire? Can I eat it raw? Can you lose weight?

1. Brief introduction of balsam pear

1. Introduction of balsam pear

Balsam pear, also known as cold gourd, half-raw melon and mangy melon, is a common vegetable of the family Cucurbitaceae. Its origin is generally in the tropics and is cultivated all over China.

2.Morphology of balsam pear

Balsam pear annual climbing herbs, stems, branches, petioles and pedicels covered with pilose, axillary tendrils, leaves up to 3-12cm in diameter, 5 to 7 palmately parted, lobes oval, serrated on the outer edge, yellow flowers blooming between spring and summer, long oval fruit, concave and convex surface, seeds hidden in fleshy fruit, red sacs when ripe. In general, balsam pear with a more obvious sense of concavity and convexity will be more bitter, while smooth balsam pear will not be so bitter.

Nutritional value of balsam pear per 100g

Heat quantity

79 kJ (19 kcal)

Sugars

4.32 g

Sugar

1.95 g

Dietary fiber

2.0 g

Fat

0.18 g

saturated fat

0.014 g

Monounsaturated fat

0.033 g

Polyunsaturated fat

0.078 g

Protein

0.84 g

Vitamins

vitamin A

6 μ g

Thiamine (vitamin B1)

0.051 mg

Riboflavin (vitamin B2)

0.053 mg

Nicotinic acid (vitamin B3)

0.280 mg

Pyridoxine (vitamin B6)

0.041 mg

Folic acid (vitamin B9)

51 μ g

vitamin C

33.0 mg

vitamin E

0.14 mg

vitamin K

4.8 μ g

Dietary minerals

Calcium

9 mg

Iron

0.38 mg

Magnesium

16 mg

Phosphorus

36 mg

Potassium

319 mg

Sodium

6 mg

Zinc

0.77 mg

Other ingredients

water

93.95 g

Second, the efficacy and function of balsam pear

According to traditional Chinese medicine, balsam pear is bitter in taste and cold in nature; the heart, lung, spleen and stomach meridians are eaten in a variety of ways, so balsam pear has five major effects and effects.

1. Balsam pear has the function of relieving heat and clearing heat, clearing heart and eyesight: balsam pear has a cold taste and is rich in vitamins, so it has the effect of clearing heat and removing fire, clearing heart and eyesight. It is best to eat balsam pear raw. It has a certain effect on dysentery, sores, heatstroke, excessive prickly heat, and so on.

2. Balsam pear has the function of invigorating spleen and kidney: balsam pear is rich in dietary fiber and vitamin C, and the fried balsam pear taste is warm, returning to the heart, lung, spleen and stomach meridians, nourishing yin and nourishing blood, invigorating spleen and kidney, and invigorating stomach.

3, balsam pear has the role of beauty and skin care: balsam pear is rich in vitamin B1, vitamin C and minerals, long-term consumption is of great benefit to acne.

4. Balsam pear has the effect of relieving toothache: mashing balsam pear on painful gums or boiling balsam pear into water, adding a small amount of rock sugar to drink has a certain effect on relieving toothache.

5. Balsam pear has the function of treating prickly heat, mosquito bites and dysentery: mash balsam pear into juice and apply it to prickly heat, or wipe balsam pear slices.

Balsam pear as a vegetable has a certain nutritional value, but do not completely rely on a vegetable tonic, secondly, we have to tell you that balsam pear has no hypoglycemic effect, eating balsam pear can not eat diabetes well. Patients with diabetes still need to be treated according to the doctor's advice.

Third, edible taboos of balsam pear

1, balsam pear sex warm cold, do not eat on an empty stomach, spleen and stomach deficiency cold, chronic gastroenteritis people should eat less.

2, younger children should not often eat balsam pear, because children's gastrointestinal function is weak, eating may affect appetite.

3. Pregnant women should not eat balsam pear.

4. When eating balsam pear, the seeds must be removed cleanly. Some balsam pear seeds contain some ingredients that may cause discomfort and poisoning.

Can balsam pear be eaten raw?

Balsam pear can be eaten raw, directly to cold on the line, and eat raw taste cold, with the role of clearing away heat and fire, clear heart and clear eyes.

Can balsam pear lose weight?

At present, there is no research to prove that eating balsam pear can lose weight, the method of eating balsam pear raw to lose weight is not only unscientific, general research uses balsam pear extract, which is obviously different from the balsam pear we eat every day. Those saying that "eat balsam pear to lose weight" and "drink Bitter Melon Juice to lose weight" is unreliable, and sometimes there are certain health risks.

Conclusion: balsam pear as a vegetable still has a certain effect, we should pay attention to eat raw as much as possible, not too much, so as not to cause gastrointestinal discomfort, cooked, then try not to match with cold, greasy food, can be eaten with green pepper or eggs.