The efficacy and function of winter melon seeds

Winter melon is a vegetable that many people are familiar with. This kind of vegetable is relatively simple to prepare, and winter melon made into winter melon soup has a high nutritional value. It is also very helpful to supplement various nutritional elements of the body, so such food is a good choice. Winter melon seeds are also commonly seen in winter melon, but few people eat winter melon seeds. What are the effects and functions of winter melon seeds?

There are many functions and effects of winter melon seeds, so when choosing it, you should understand it. At the same time, when throwing it away, you should also know whether it is helpful to the human body.

Effects and functions of winter melon seeds :

Wax gourd seeds contain 0.68% saponin, fat, urea, citrulline, etc. The fatty oil from the seeds of the same genus Benincasa ccrifera contains 62.3% linoleic acid, 21.9% oleic acid, and 15.6% saturated fatty acids. A small amount of adenine, fenugreek, etc. were also isolated from the seeds.

Winter melon seeds are cool in nature and sweet in taste. It has the effects of clearing the lungs and resolving phlegm, relieving pain and discharging pus, and promoting dampness. It is used clinically in traditional Chinese medicine to treat phlegm-heat cough, lung abscess, intestinal abscess, leucorrhea, leucorrhea, edema, athlete's foot and other symptoms.

Wax gourd seeds have good health care and anti-aging effects.

Winter melon seeds are rich in protein, fat, urease, saponins, B vitamins and so on. The fat contained in wax gourd seeds is mainly unsaturated fatty acids, the main component of which is linoleic acid, which can lower cholesterol and glycerol in human blood and help prevent and treat coronary heart disease.

The unsaturated fatty acids in wax gourd seeds can make your face rosy and shiny, your skin tender and smooth, and your hair black and shiny; in addition, wax gourd seeds can also promote the body's immune function.

The dry seeds are flat, oblong or elliptical, about 1 cm long and 6 mm wide. The outer skin is yellow-white, sometimes with cracks, one end is completely round, the other end is pointed, with two small protrusions at the tip, one of which is smaller and is the hilum; the other protrusion is larger and has an obvious micropyle on it. The edges are smooth (single-sided winter melon seeds) or both sides have a circular edge (double-sided winter melon seeds). After peeling off the seed coat, you can see the milky white seed kernel, which is oily. Slight odor, slightly sweet taste. The best ones are white, full-grained and free of impurities.

It is produced in most parts of the country. The output is relatively large in Sichuan, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Henan, Hebei, Anhui and other places.

Through the above introduction, we have some understanding of the effects and functions of winter melon seeds, so choosing it is also of great help to human health, but how to use it specifically? You can dry it and then fry it into dried fruit. Eating it directly has a good effect on supplementing various nutrients of the human body.