🌿 Folk Prescriptions

Winter melon is one of the vegetables commonly enjoyed by urban households. Dishes such as winter melon dumplings made primarily from winter melon are greatly favored by diners. Besides being a delicious vegetable, winter melon also serves as an effective remedy for preventing and treating various ailments.
Drinking large quantities of freshly crushed winter melon juice, or consuming decoction made from 300 grams of fresh winter melon peel with a small amount of salt, helps prevent heatstroke. Daily intake of 250 grams of winter melon boiled in water, or concentrated decoction from 1000 grams of winter melon peel, taken three times a day, treats edema, abdominal distension, and urinary retention. Taking 3 taels of winter melon seeds, crushed with red sugar, and drinking with warm water twice daily, treats cough. Consuming large amounts of freshly squeezed winter melon juice can treat poisoning from fish or crab. Concentrated decoction of winter melon seeds applied several times daily washes hemorrhoids. Boiling 250 grams of winter melon peel and washing affected areas, or using decoction from winter melon peel and eggplant roots, treats frostbite. Applying juice extracted from fresh winter melon pulp directly to the skin treats rhinophyma. Taking 6 taels of crushed winter melon seeds mixed with 6 taels of rock sugar, steamed and consumed twice daily, or eating 1 liang of winter melon seeds with ten ginkgo nuts, treats excessive vaginal discharge.
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