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苦瓜在中草药书上的记载不多,直至明朝的《救荒本草》、《本草纲目》上才有较详细的记载。根据书上记载,明朝有一位航海家费信,苏州人,在永乐、宣德年间曾跟随郑和出使南洋。后来他撰写了一本《星槎胜览》,叙述说:“苏门答剌国一等瓜,皮若荔枝,未剖时甚臭如烂蒜,剖开如囊,味如酥,香甜可口。”这种一等瓜可能就是经由郑和下南洋而带回中国,即现在的苦瓜。
Bitter melon in the book of Chinese herbal medicine is not documented, until the Ming Dynasty “save the waste of Materia Medica”, “Compendium of Materia Medica” have more detailed records. According to the book records, the Ming Dynasty there is a navigator Feixin, Suzhou, Yongle, Xuande years have followed the envoys of Nanyang. Later, he wrote a book titled “The Starry Night,” stating: “Sumatra assassinated first-class melon, skinned lychee, unsanitary as rotten garlic, cut open as a capsule, taste like crisp, sweet Delicious. ”This first-class melon may have been brought back to China via Zheng He’s Nanyang, the present bitter melon.