How to make dried winter melon

Winter melon is a kind of vegetable that many people like to eat. It is rich in water and has a good diuretic effect. At the same time, the winter melon can be dried, which also has a good effect on regulating the body. It has a good effect on reducing fat and weight, and has a certain effect on beauty and skin care. It can also play a good diuretic and swelling-reducing role. There are many ways to eat it. It can be made into soup or used to cook.

How to make dried winter melon

Peel the skin of the fresh winter melon, dig out the pulp, cut it into 1 cm thick and 6-8 cm long slices, and place it on a drying mat in the sun for 8-10 hours. The dried winter melon dried on the same day is relatively dry and easy to break, so it should be moved indoors or under a pergola together with the drying curtain at night to allow it to naturally recover moisture for 8 to 12 hours.

When the melons are soft, put them into baskets and then tie the melon slices into bundles. To prevent mildew and deterioration, it must be dried in the sun for 2 to 3 hours and turned over 1 to 2 times.

Effects and functions of dried winter melon

1. Reduce fat and lose weight

The succinic acid in winter melon can effectively control the conversion of sugars into fat in the body, prevent fat accumulation in the body, and consume excess fat. It has a good effect on preventing and treating hypertension, atherosclerosis, and losing weight. Winter melon is high in dietary fiber, which can effectively improve the body's blood sugar level. In addition, dietary fiber can lower cholesterol, lower blood lipids and prevent atherosclerosis.

Winter melon flesh is rich in fenugreek, which can help the body's metabolism and inhibit the conversion of sugar into fat.

2. Beauty and skin care

Wax gourd seeds contain oleic acid, which has the function of inhibiting melanin deposition in the body and has a good moisturizing and beauty effect. In addition, the protein and citrulline contained in wax gourd seeds can moisturize the skin and inhibit the formation of melanin.

3. Diuresis and swelling

Winter melon is rich in various amino acids, and the content in seeds and peel is higher than that in the flesh. These substances can help the human body eliminate the toxicity of free ammonia and have diuretic and swelling-reducing effects. The crude fiber in winter melon can stimulate intestinal peristalsis and excrete carcinogens accumulated in the intestines as soon as possible.

4. Clear away heat and relieve summer heat

Winter melon is cold in nature and sweet in taste. It can clear away heat and promote the production of body fluid, and relieve summer heat and restlessness. It is especially suitable for consumption in summer and is often used to treat edema and swelling due to physical weakness.

5. Winter melon is a treasure from head to toe

The whole body of winter melon can be used as medicine: the winter melon peel is diuretic, reduces swelling, clears away heat and relieves summer heat, and can also be used to promote lactation; the winter melon seeds have the effects of clearing the lungs and resolving phlegm, promoting dampness and discharging pus, and are used for lung heat cough, leucorrhea, etc.; the winter melon flesh has the effects of diuretic, clearing heat, eliminating phlegm and detoxifying, and can treat edema, cough and asthma, summer heat, thirst, diarrhea, hemorrhoids, etc., and can also detoxify alcohol and fish poisoning, etc.