How to make homemade dried bitter gourd

Many people often eat bitter melon in their daily lives, and they all know that bitter melon has high nutritional value. It can not only clear the liver and improve eyesight, but also clear away heat and detoxify. However, bitter melon is usually bought in large quantities, and if it cannot be eaten, it can be dried into bitter melon. You need to clean the bitter melon first, and dry it in the sun without any moisture. Avoid cloudy or rainy days during the drying process.

Functions and indications: Clears away summer heat, clears the liver and improves eyesight, clears heat and detoxifies. It is used for thirst caused by fever, heatstroke, diarrhea and dysentery due to damp heat, red and painful eyes due to liver heat, carbuncle, erysipelas, and malignant ulcers.

① "Compendium of Materia Medica in Southern Yunnan": It can treat toxic fire and malignant sores, or the unbearable pain of sesame boils all over the body. It can relieve the excess fire in the six meridians, clear away summer heat, invigorate Qi, and quench thirst.

② "Sheng Sheng Bian": eliminates evil heat, relieves fatigue, clears the heart and improves eyesight.

③ "Bencao Qiuzhen": eliminates heat and relieves restlessness.

④ "Sui Xi Ju Diet": Green can clear away heat, brighten eyes and clear mind. When cooked, it nourishes the blood and liver, moistens the spleen and tonifies the kidneys.

⑤ "Quanzhou Materia Medica": It is mainly used to treat restlessness, thirst, wind-heat red eyes, and heatstroke and diarrhea.

Pharmacological hypoglycemic effect: Oral administration of the juice of this product to rabbits can significantly reduce normal (or alloxan-induced diabetes) blood sugar, which is related to the active ingredients contained in it, such as P-insulin, polypeptide substances, and bitter cucurbitacin and momordica charantia glycosides with a basic skeleton similar to ginsenoside. Momordica charantia seed extract (equivalent to 1-3 grams of crude drug) has a hypoglycemic effect on rabbits with mild progressive diabetes induced by streptozotocin, with an efficacy equivalent to that of glyburide. This hypoglycemic effect is exerted by activating β-cells and restoring the normal function of their granules to secrete insulin. Lipid-lowering effect Bitter melon seed extract also has a lipid-lowering effect, which can reduce blood cholesterol, free fatty acids, triglycerides, etc. to normal levels.

Note: Dried bitter melon can be used to soak in water. Bitter melon has the effect of clearing away heat and reducing fire. Lemon has the effect of clearing heat. Drinking tea made from dried lemon slices and dried bitter melon slices together has the effect of reducing weight. It is not recommended to drink it early in the morning. The bitter melon can be rinsed with water before drying. It is recommended to add honey. Bitter melon can lower blood sugar and prevent and treat cancer.

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