Watermelon (scientific name: Citrullus lanatus, English: Watermelon) belongs to the cucurbitaceae and is native to Africa. Watermelon is a dicotyledonous flowering plant that resembles vines and leaves feathers. The fruit that it bears is the pod, a meat fruit that is unique to cucurbits and cucurbits. It is a fake fruit developed from the lower ovary with three carpels with a parietal placenta. The main edible part of watermelon is the well-developed placenta. The skin is smooth, with a green or yellow pattern, and the juicy fruit is red or yellow (rare white).
1. Watermelon can be cleared of heat and heat, in addition to irritability and thirst: watermelon contains a lot of water, in acute fever, fever, thirst, sweat, irritability, eat a piece of sweet and sandy, full of water, the symptoms will improve immediately .
2. The sugar and salt contained in watermelon can diurete and eliminate inflammation of the kidney. Protease can convert insoluble protein into soluble protein and increase the nutrition of patients with nephritis.
3. Watermelon also contains substances that lower blood pressure.
4. After eating watermelon, the amount of urine will increase significantly, which can reduce the content of bile pigment and make the stool smooth, which has a certain effect on the treatment of jaundice.
5. Fresh watermelon juice and fresh melon skin increase skin elasticity, make people become younger, reduce wrinkles, and add luster.