The efficacy and function of cucumber cream

As people's living standards continue to improve, health and longevity are gradually valued by us, so nowadays health-preserving diet therapy methods are very popular, the trend of traditional Chinese medicine is becoming more and more popular, and Chinese medicine has once again occupied people's vision. Today we will talk about Chinese medicine cucumber frost.

[Source] Medicinal material source: It is a white crystalline powder made from the peel of the cucumber plant of the Cucurbitaceae family mixed with cinnabar and Glauber's salt.

[Original form] Annual climbing herb. The stems and branches are elongated, with longitudinal grooves and ridges, and covered with white, hard, rough hairs. Tendrils thin, unbranched, with white pubescence. Simple leaves are alternate; petioles are slightly rough; leaf blades are triangular-broadly ovate, membranous, 12-18cm long and wide, very rough on both sides, palmately 3-5-lobed, lobes are triangular and serrated, and sometimes have ciliate edges. The calyx is simply narrowly bell-shaped and cylindrical, densely covered with white long soft hairs. The calyx fissure is awl-shaped and spreads out to be nearly as long as the calyx. The pedicel is white, about 2 cm long, and the corolla lobes are oblong-lanceolate and acute. There are 3 stamens and almost no filaments. The female flowers are solitary or sparsely clustered, with a sturdy pedicel covered with soft hairs. Ovary fusiform, stigmas 3. The fruit is oblong or cylindrical, 10-30 (-50) cm long, yellow-green when ripe, with a rough surface, with thorny tubercles, and rarely almost smooth. Seeds small, narrowly ovate, white, without margin. The flowering and fruiting season is summer and autumn.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet; salty; cool

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and improves eyesight; reduces swelling and relieves pain. It is used to treat red and painful eyes due to fire; sore throat; sore mouth and tongue; sore gums; swelling due to trauma

【Usage and Dosage】 For external use: apply appropriate amount to eyes, blow into throat or sprinkle.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

I believe that through the detailed introduction of cucumber cream in this article, everyone can understand the efficacy and medicinal properties of cucumber cream. I hope this helps you all.