The first melon of summer! Winter melon peel and lotus leaf tea can help lose weight and remove dampness

In the summer, we are afraid of heatstroke, and eating melon is the best way to relieve the heat. The winter melon is known as the "best melon in summer". It is not only white and sweet, but also has the effects of clearing away heat, promoting diuresis, and reducing swelling. It even has the effects of nourishing the skin, losing weight, and lowering blood lipids. One winter melon is worth ten prescriptions of medicine and is even known as "earth zhi", which shows how precious it is. Especially the flesh, skin and seeds of winter melon, each of them is a treasure and a good ingredient that cannot be missed.

Don’t throw away the flesh, skin and seeds of winter melon. The whole body is a treasure.

From a nutritional perspective, winter melon is rich in vitamins, proteins, carbohydrates and mineral elements. Its potassium content is significantly higher than its sodium content, making it a high-potassium, low-sodium vegetable. Winter melon, including the flesh, pulp and seeds, is rich in nutrients such as protein, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals. Therefore, don’t just throw away the winter melon skin, pulp and seeds before cooking.

Boil winter melon seeds in water and drink it to help expel turbid water

Drinking water boiled with winter melon seeds can help the body excrete waste water and pus. There is pulp inside the winter melon. Don’t throw it away when cooking, because both the pulp and the winter melon seeds inside are useful. The benefits of plant seeds usually go to the kidneys. Chen Yunbin, a fourth-generation inheritor of traditional Chinese medicine and nutritionist, stated in his new book "How You Eat Determines How You Live 2 - Changing Illness and Bad Physical Conditions" that winter melon seeds also go to the kidneys, but they do not nourish the kidneys, but help the kidneys excrete turbid water. Turbid water is caused by inflammation and infection in the body. This water is turbid and has color, such as yellow sputum, yellow urine, and yellow leucorrhea in women. If it develops seriously, it will become pus. Winter melon seeds can help the body drain pus, especially pus from the lungs and intestines.

In the early stages of lung and intestinal infection, winter melon seeds can be used as an auxiliary dietary conditioning, which can promote the discharge of pus as soon as possible and prevent the progression of the disease.

Winter melon, including the flesh, pulp and seeds, is rich in nutrients such as protein, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals.

In the early stages of lung and intestinal infection, winter melon seeds can be used in the diet to assist in conditioning.

[Winter melon seeds recipe for draining pus and turbidity]:

1. Take a handful of winter melon seeds, mash them, and boil them in water for 20 minutes.

2. Drink directly after the water temperature is no longer hot. It is best not to eat winter melon seeds directly because they are cold in nature and can easily cause diarrhea.

3. This method is used to drain pus and is suitable for situations where there is heavy dampness and heat in the body. If you are draining turbid water, it is best to first remove the winter

Fry the melon seeds until they turn yellow, then boil them in water and drink it, so that it won’t be too cold.

Boil the fried winter melon seeds in water and drink it, it can relieve the turbid urine color caused by damp heat and the yellow leucorrhea in women. It’s not difficult to store winter melon seeds. When eating winter melon, take out the pulp and dry it, then remove the winter melon seeds and save them.

Wash your face with boiled winter melon pulp to get fair skin

When eating winter melon, the flesh should also be kept. The whole winter melon is cold, but the flesh is less cold and has a milder effect. Fresh winter melon pulp can be used to boil water for washing your face, which has the effect of whitening your skin. The winter melon flesh can be dried and kept for use in winter. Although winter melon is called "winter" melon, it is produced in summer. If you want to lose excess water in your body in winter, you can use dried winter melon pulp.

Drinking winter melon peel and lotus leaves together to make tea can help you lose weight and reduce fat

The winter melon peel is also useful after being dried, and its function is similar to that of winter melon seeds and winter melon pulp. However, winter melon peel is cold in nature and is suitable for use when the body has internal heat (for example, yellow urine). If you have a phlegm-damp constitution (heavy moisture, obesity, high blood lipids, fatty liver, etc.) and also have heat, you can make tea with winter melon peel and lotus leaves (about 10 grams each), which is good for losing weight and lowering blood lipids.

After eating a few slices of raw winter melon in the summer, you will feel cooler and more comfortable.

Eating raw winter melon slices in summer can relieve heat and cool you down

There is another way to eat winter melon, which is to eat it raw. The summer heat makes people feel irritable, thirsty, and want to drink cool water, because the summer heat causes heart fire. After eating a few slices of raw winter melon, you will feel cooler and more comfortable.

Zen Master Yuelin of the Song Dynasty once composed a verse: "There is not a blade of grass for thousands of miles, where can a monk go to beg? Eating winter melon with a dip in snow, who knows how good it tastes." "Eating winter melon with a dip in snow" can be said to be bland, or it can be said that only oneself knows how hot or cold it is. No matter how hot the weather is, this dish can make people feel cool. In winter, the monk eats winter melon dipped in cold snow. How cool must his heart be?