🌿 Winter Melon
[Name] Winter Melon
[Flavor and Nature] Sweet and bland, cold in nature.
[Meridian Attribution] Enters the lung, large and small intestines, and bladder meridians.
[Functions] Moistens the lungs and generates body fluids, promotes urination and reduces edema, clears heat and relieves summer-heat, detoxifies and expels pus. Used for summer-heat thirst, phlegm-heat cough and wheezing, edema, diabetes, acne, carbuncles, facial spots, rectal prolapse, hemorrhoids, fish and alcohol poisoning. Winter melon peel is especially effective for promoting urination; winter melon seed is particularly beneficial for strengthening the spleen, beautifying complexion, and relieving cough and phlegm.
[Components] Rich in vitamin C, B vitamins, adenine, histamine, proteins, urease, trigonelline, malonic acid, etc. Winter melon contains no fat and is low in sodium, making it beneficial for preventing and treating hypertension, coronary heart disease, and obesity.