The efficacy and function of watermelon

Eating watermelons in summer is a pleasure, so what are the benefits of eating watermelons? In fact, watermelons have many effects. Let's take a look at the benefits of eating watermelons.

The benefits of eating watermelon

1. Watermelon can clear heat and relieve summer heat, except annoyance and quench thirst: watermelon contains a lot of water. When you have a fever, thirst, sweat and irritability, eat a piece of sweet, sandy and hydrated watermelon, the symptoms will be improved immediately.

2. The sugar and salt contained in watermelon can diuresis and eliminate kidney inflammation. Protease can convert insoluble protein into soluble protein and increase the nutrition of patients with glomerulonephritis.

Watermelons also contain substances that can lower blood pressure.

4. The urine volume will increase obviously after eating watermelon, which can reduce the content of bile pigment and make the stool unobstructed, which plays a certain role in the treatment of jaundice.

5. Fresh watermelon juice and fresh melon peel increase skin elasticity, make people younger, reduce wrinkles and add luster.

Efficacy and function of watermelon

Watermelon cold, taste sweet, return to the heart, stomach, bladder meridian, with the effect of clearing heat and relieving heat, relieving thirst, diuresis and eliminating annoyance, the main treatment of chest and diaphragm gas congestion, full of discomfort, adverse urination, mouth and nose sores, heat, heatstroke, antidote and other diseases.

Watermelon has the functions of promoting fluid, eliminating annoyance, relieving thirst, relieving heat, clearing lungs and stomach, urinating, helping digestion and promoting metabolism. It is a kind of food and drink that can nourish the body and complement the body. It is suitable for people with hypertension, hepatitis, nephritis, pyelonephritis, anthrax, cholecystitis, edema and fever, sweat and thirst. Pregnant women can eat some to alleviate the phenomenon of edema during pregnancy.

Watermelon contains sugar, salt, acid and other substances, have the effect of treating nephritis and lowering blood pressure.

Watermelon is also a natural beauty fruit. Watermelon juice contains citrulline and other amino acids with skin physiological activity, which is easily absorbed by the skin, moisturizes the facial skin, protects against the sun and brightens the skin. Whether pregnant or breastfeeding, female friends can wipe their faces with melon juice when eating watermelons, or cut off the outside green skin of watermelons and apply them with thin slices inside for 15 minutes, which can increase skin elasticity, reduce wrinkles and add luster.

Watermelon seeds are rich in oil and have the effect of invigorating the stomach and laxative.

How to choose watermelons

Look at the shape. First identify the skin color, pedicel and navel of watermelon. The melon shape is correct, the melon skin is hard and full, the pattern is clear, and the epidermis has a slightly uneven wavy pattern; the melon pedicel and navel are tightly collected and slightly retracted, and the color of the melon skin on the ground turns yellow, which is a sign of maturity.

Listen to the sound. If the sound is firm and crisp, the "knock" or "get" sound like tapping on the board is an immature watermelon; if the sound is tired and muddy, similar to the "poof" sound of drums and vibrating sound, it is a ripe melon.

End weight. Raw melons contain more water and are heavier; mature melons are lighter than raw melons because of their flabby crisp tissue.

If the peel is soft and black, the knock is too heavy, the body is too light, or even shake the melon stuffy, it may be rotten melon, which is not suitable for consumption. Some black-hearted traders will overuse ripening agents, hormones or red pigments, or even inject saccharin to increase sweetness. generally speaking, the stripes on the skin of this kind of watermelon are not very uniform, and the color of the flesh is particularly bright after cutting, but the melon seeds are white, and there is a strange smell in the mouth.

Preservation methods of watermelon

For 3-15 days, it can be completely wrapped in plastic wrap and stored in the refrigerator for about three days. Intact watermelons can be sealed and stored in a cool and ventilated room for about 15 days.