Why do vegetables, such as bitter gourd, which do not meet the conventional taste preferences become conventional ingredients?

What conventional ingredients will vegetables that do not meet the conventional taste preferences such as bitter gourd become?

Bitter gourd has high nutritional value;

Bitter gourd fruit is rich in protein, sugar, minerals and multivitamins. In particular, the content of vitamin C is particularly prominent, which is 14 times that of cucumber, 5 times that of wax gourd and 7 times that of tomato. According to the analysis, every 100g of fresh fruit contains 3g of carbohydrate, 0.9g of protein, 0.2g of fat, 29mg of calcium 18mg of phosphorus, 84mg of vitamin, in addition to iron, vitamins A and B and inorganic salts.

Bitter gourd is known as the "fat killer", which can reduce the intake of fat and polysaccharide. Clearing away heat and heart fire, detoxifying and improving eyesight, invigorating qi and essence, quenching thirst and relieving summer heat, and treating carbuncle.

Momordica charantia contains momordica charantia saponin (also known as saponin), which has medicinal and health-care functions such as lowering blood sugar, lowering blood lipid, resisting tumor, preventing osteoporosis, regulating endocrine, resisting oxidation, resisting bacteria and improving human immunity.

Bitter gourd contains special glycoside, which tastes bitter and cold, can stimulate the secretion of saliva and gastric juice, promote appetite and help digestion. In addition, it also has the effect of detoxification and is deeply loved by the masses.

Momordica charantia L. has high vitamin C content, and has the functions of preventing scurvy, protecting cell membrane, preventing atherosclerosis, improving stress ability and protecting heart.

Efficacy of bitter gourd

Bitter gourd has the functions of clearing away heat, improving eyesight and detoxifying. Treat fever, heatstroke, dysentery, red eye pain, swelling and pain, erysipelas and malignant sores. It is mainly used for treating liver disease, nephropathy, diabetes, carbuncle, erysipelas, constipation, internal hemorrhoid, external hemorrhoid, prostatic hypertrophy, wind-heat conjunctival congestion, wind-fire toothache, dysentery, heatstroke and fever. Bitter gourd fruit can strengthen liver, clear heart, improve eyesight, anneal, relieve fever, detoxify, relieve fatigue and treat dysentery and heatstroke. Flowers treat stomach gas pain and mildew carbuncle; Leaves are dried in the sun and made into powder, which can cure all kinds of erysipelas, furuncle, swelling and pain, stomachache and dysentery, and the effect of roots is better.

Momordica charantia can cool the heart, lungs and stomach to quench thirst, and has the effects of eliminating pathogenic heat, treating Dan fire, toxic gas, purging six meridians to excess fire, benefiting qi to quench thirst, relieving fatigue, clearing away heart fire, improving eyesight, stimulating appetite, nourishing blood, softening liver, strengthening spleen and tonifying kidney.

Momordica charantia has the effects of clearing away heat and relieving summer-heat, nourishing blood and benefiting qi, invigorating kidney and spleen, nourishing liver and improving eyesight, and has a certain curative effect on dysentery, sores, heatstroke, fever, excessive miliaria, conjunctivitis and other diseases.