Chinese ordinary people, when several people get together to chat and drink tea, they always have to eat some melon seeds. Sunflower seeds, watermelon seeds, and pumpkin seeds are commonly consumed. Many friends are willing to go to the market to buy pumpkin seeds to eat, but when eating pumpkins at home, they casually throw away the pumpkin seeds inside.
Actually, it wouldn't be any trouble to leave these pumpkin seeds behind. All you need to do is put a small straw basket (or plate) on the kitchen windowsill, put the pumpkin seeds you pull out each time, and let them dry naturally. Pumpkin seeds are very clean in pumpkins. After you take them out, you don't need to wash them. They can easily break if stained with water, so just let them dry. After the pumpkin seeds are dried in the sun, you can eat them raw directly, and their health benefits are better than those of fried pumpkin seeds.
As old people know, pumpkin seeds are insect repellent. In the past, children were prone to parasitic diseases such as roundworms, and adults gave them pumpkin seeds to ward off worms. Pumpkin seeds are different from other insecticides. They are gentle, do not kill insects by stimulation, and do not harm the body. They are suitable for children.
In fact, the role of pumpkin seeds goes far beyond that. What does sub represent? Seeds are the next generation of plants, representing new life. Therefore, the efficacy of any plant seed can generally go up to the kidneys. Pumpkin seeds have a particularly prominent health care effect on the kidneys. Their effects, similar to natural hormones, can improve the function of the human reproductive system. For men, eating raw pumpkin seeds regularly can prevent prostate problems. For women, eating raw pumpkin seeds can help promote lactation if postpartum weakness leads to low milk production.
Pumpkin seed tonic has a strong effect. Many friends are willing to eat more as soon as they listen to something to make up, but this is actually a misconception. No matter how good the food is, there will be problems after eating it. Pumpkin seeds are also good for your kidneys, so don't eat them in large quantities. Pumpkin seeds can replenish qi. If you eat too much, it will accumulate in your stomach, making you uncomfortable. Too much qi can also turn into heat, causing stomach heat to catch fire.
Eating only the kernels of pumpkin seeds is biased towards filling, and if used together with the outer layer of shell, there will be filling and leakage. The shell of pumpkin seeds is not delicious or chewable, and it is generally better to boil water and drink it, which can help with chronic throat problems. Method: Grab a handful of pumpkin seeds with shells, chop them up, boil them in cold water, add rock sugar, and cook for another 20 minutes. Remove the residue from the pan, and drink directly.
School teachers and TV presenters share a common affliction: Due to work reasons, they have to speak a lot, resulting in long-term discomfort in their throat, and using many drugs does not work. In fact, their situation is not only a matter of throat, but also a matter of speaking too much for a long time, which has injured the kidney qi.
Therefore, just using heat clearing and anti-inflammatory drugs to treat your throat cannot solve the fundamental problem. "If you want to cure the root cause, you need to clear your throat and replenish your kidney qi, using a two-pronged approach.". At home, you can drink rock sugar pumpkin seed tea to recuperate.