苦瓜乃餐桌上的家常菜肴,苦而不涩,苦中含甜,清香爽口,食之令人回味隽永。 苦瓜虽外形丑陋,味又苦,但它与任何菜搭配都只苦自身,绝不沾惹“旁人”,所以被人们称之为“瓜中君子”、“君子菜”。祖国医学认为,苦瓜味苦无毒,生则味寒,有消暑散热、明目解毒之功效;熟则性温,具养血滋肝、润脾补肾的功用。常用来防治中暑、喉炎、胃肠炎、下痢、红眼病等症,是一味苦口的良药。现代医学研究发现,苦瓜对防治糖尿病、癌症和艾滋病有潜在的食用价值。 治糖尿病 多年前,印度科学家从苦瓜中发现一种“多肽—P”的类胰岛素 Bitter gourd is home-cooked dishes on the table, bitter and not astringent, bitter with sweet, fragrant and refreshing, food memorable Meaningful. Although the appearance of bitter gourd ugly, bitter and bitter, but with any dish they only suffer with their own, never mess with “others”, so people are called “melon in the gentleman,” “gentleman dishes.” Motherland medicine believes that bitter melon bitter non-toxic, Health is the taste of cold, summer heat, eyesight detoxification effect; cooked warm, with nourishing the liver and liver, spleen and kidney function. Commonly used to control heat stroke, laryngitis, gastroenteritis, diarrhea, pink eye disease embolism, blindly bitter medicine. Modern medical research has found that bitter melon has potential food value for the prevention and treatment of diabetes, cancer and AIDS. Many years ago, Indian scientists found a “polypeptide-P” insulin-like substance from bitter gourd