The efficacy and function of pickled cucumber

Pickled cucumbers are a very common medicinal material in our daily life. They are used in a wide range of ways, so you can choose them with confidence. Let’s take a look at them together.

[Source] Medicinal material source: It is the pickled fruit of the Cucurbitaceae plant Cucurbitaceae.

[Original form] Annual creeping or climbing herb. The stems and branches have yellow-brown or white rough, stiff hairs and dragon-like protrusions. Tendrils slender, simple, puberulent. Leaves are alternate; petioles are 8-12cm long, with grooves and short bristles; leaf blades are thick papery, nearly round or kidney-shaped, 8-15cm long and wide, rough on the upper side, covered with white rough bristles, densely covered with rough bristles along the veins on the back, margins are undivided or 3-7 shallowly lobed, serrated, base truncated or with semicircular notches; with palmate veins. The flowers are unisexual and monoecious; several male flowers are clustered in the leaf axils, the pedicels are slender and covered with soft hairs; the calyx is narrowly bell-shaped, densely covered with long white hairs, and the lobes are nearly awl-shaped; the pedicels are thick and covered with soft hairs; the ovary is oblong, and the stigmas are close together. The fruit is oblong-cylindrical or nearly rod-shaped, 20-50cm long and 6-15cm in diameter. The fruit is oblong-cylindrical or rod-shaped, 20-50cm long and 6-15cm in diameter. The upper part is slightly thicker than the lower part, with both ends rounded or slightly truncated, smooth and hairless, light green with vertical stripes, and the inside of the fruit is white or light green, with no sweet taste. Flowering and fruiting period is summer.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet; slightly cold

【Meridian】 Spleen meridian; Stomach meridian

【Functions and indications】 Strengthens the stomach and harmonizes the stomach; promotes the production of body fluids and quenches thirst. Loss of appetite; thirst

【Usage and Dosage】 Oral administration: appropriate amount, as food.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Through the introduction of the effects and functions of pickled cucumbers, everyone knows its magic. In fact, there are many seemingly ordinary people or things in life that contain power that we cannot imagine. Now that everyone knows the magical therapeutic effects and functions of pickled cucumbers, you can try it and test whether it works.