夏季高温,最容易让人中暑、上火。而生性凉苦的苦瓜以其清热、解毒、消火等功效在夏季大受青睐。我国民间流传着一首山歌:“人讲苦瓜苦,我话苦瓜甘。甘苦任你择,不苦哪有甜。”苦瓜因味苦得名,历代医学家都认为它有清暑涤热、明目解毒的作用。如李时珍说:“苦瓜性味苦、寒、无毒,具有除邪热,解劳乏,清心明目,益气壮 Summer heat, the most likely to heat stroke, get angry. The bitter raw bitter gourd with its heat, detoxification, fire and other effects greatly favored in the summer. Folk songs of a folk in our country: ”people say bitter melon bitter, my words bitter gourd sweet. Either willing to choose your own, not bitter how sweet.“ Bitter melon because of bitter name, ancient medical scholars think it has Qingshu Di Heat, eyesight detoxification effect. Such as Li Shizhen said: ”bitter melon taste bitter, cold, non-toxic, with the exception of evil heat, labor fatigue, clear eyesight, Qi and strong