Winter melon (white gourd, ash gourd, fuzzy melon) is a popular summer food in East Asia and South Asia. Winter melon is beneficial to relieve summer heat, thirst, hot cough, lung phlegm, edema, beriberi, nephritis, ascites and diabetes.
Winter melon is a cooling food. It reduces heat, cools down the body, therefore it can be used to help relieve heat related disorders, such as heat-stroke, hot cough, thirst and diabetes.
Winter melon is also a diuretic food. It helps relieve accumulation of fluids in the body by increasing urine output and dispelling phlegm. Thus it can be used to help treat lung phlegm, edema, beriberi, nephritis and ascites.
Winter melon can be found in Asian food markets. It has green rind and white flesh.
How to eat winter melon? Winter melon is not sweet. You can not eat it as watermelon. Winter melon is used to make soup. You can cut it into pieces, and boil it with pork, pork bones or seaweed.
For more information about natural remedies for thirst, go to Natural Remedies Center: http://www.naturalremediescenter.com/treat/thirst/
