1. Winter Melon Juice for Hot Summer Days
Winter melon juice is sweet and refreshing, perfect for relieving all the heat and discomfort during hot summer days. Making winter melon juice is very simple. You can prepare and store it in the refrigerator for later enjoyment.
Ingredients:
- Monk fruit: 2 fruits.
- Winter melon: 1.5 kg.
- Pandan leaves: 5 leaves.
- Salt: 1/3 teaspoon.
- Water: 3 liters.
- Rock sugar: 250g.
Instructions:
- First, peel the winter melon, remove the seeds, wash it clean, and slice it thinly into rounds. Clean the pandan leaves. Crush the monk fruits.
- Then, put all the ingredients into a pot, add a pinch of salt. Next, add water and bring it to a boil. Once boiling, reduce the heat and let it simmer for about 40 minutes. Finally, after 40 minutes, remove all the winter melon, monk fruits, and pandan leaves, and strain the liquid through a sieve. Transfer to a container, cover, and let it cool.
Winter melon juice has a delightful aroma thanks to the pandan leaves. Wait for the liquid to cool down, then strain it, add rock sugar, stir well, and store it in the refrigerator. When serving, simply pour 100ml of winter melon juice into a glass, add ice, and enjoy. This juice can be stored in the refrigerator for 3 to 5 days.


2. Treating Fatty Liver Disease
Drinking winter melon juice daily has a cooling effect, promotes urination, and alleviates symptoms of fatty liver disease. Here's a remedy for fatty liver disease using winter melon.
Ingredients:
- Winter melon: 500g.
- Water: 1 liter.
- Lotus leaf: 1 leaf.
Preparation:
- Wash, peel, deseed, and dice the winter melon.
- Chop the lotus leaf.
- Put the winter melon and lotus leaf in a pot, add water, and cook for 1 hour. Turn off the heat, add a pinch of salt. Strain the liquid and drink.
This remedy has a cooling, diuretic effect, helping to alleviate symptoms of fatty liver disease.


3. Treating Kidney Stones
Winter melon is considered a 'golden' food for people with kidney stones. In addition to treating kidney stones with medication, adding remedies from winter melon will be very beneficial for patients. Here's the recipe:
- Winter melon: 250g.
- Pig kidney: 1.
- Medicinal herbs including: Solanum lyratum Thunb, Dioscorea oppositifolia, Saussurea involucrata Kar. et Kir. each 9g.
- Shiitake mushrooms.
Preparation:
- Peel, deseed, wash, and cut the winter melon into pieces.
- Split the pig kidney, remove the white tendons, wash, thinly slice, blanch in boiling water.
- Clean the shiitake mushrooms, Solanum lyratum Thunb, Dioscorea oppositifolia, Saussurea involucrata Kar. et Kir.
- Then, put the medicinal herbs and winter melon in a pot, add water, and simmer over low heat for about 40 minutes.
- Next, add the pig kidney, shiitake mushrooms, cook until done, and season to taste.
If you persist in eating this dish with meals for a long time, it will be very effective in treating kidney stones.


4. Cooling the Liver, Detoxifying
Winter melon, with its sweet taste and cooling properties, is excellent for cooling the liver and detoxifying the body. Here's how to make the remedy:
- Mature winter melon: 1kg.
- Pandan leaves: 10 leaves.
- Rock sugar: 100g.
- Rehmannia glutinosa: 6g.
- Purified water: 2.5 liters.
Instructions:
- First, wash the winter melon, cut it into small pieces, remove the seeds and pulp (you can peel if desired). Rinse the pandan leaves and tie them into a bundle.
- Then, put the winter melon, rehmannia glutinosa, pandan leaves, and rock sugar in a pot, pour in hot water, cover tightly, and boil for about 30 minutes. When the winter melon and rehmannia glutinosa have softened, turn off the heat.
- Next, remove all the solids, let the winter melon tea cool, then strain it once. Transfer to a glass bottle and store in the refrigerator.
This tea helps cool the liver and detoxify the body effectively.


5. Effective Weight Loss with Winter Melon
Winter melon juice is very effective for weight loss, folks. Here's how to make winter melon juice:
- Winter melon: 500g.
- Sugar: 3 spoons.
- Fresh milk.
Instructions:
- Peel and remove the seeds of the winter melon, wash thoroughly, and cut into small pieces.
- Put the winter melon pieces in a blender, strain the juice, add sugar, and blend until dissolved.
- Add fresh milk and enjoy.
You can divide and drink it several times a day for good health and effective weight loss.

6. Poor Digestion
Here's a winter melon remedy for cough relief, body heat reduction, and improved digestion:
Ingredients:
- Winter melon: 100g.
- Apples: 800g.
- Carrots: 200g.
- Brown sugar: 100g.
- Citrus peel: 20g.
Instructions:
- Peel and deseed the winter melon, then cut into pieces. Wash and deseed the apples, then cut into pieces. Peel the carrots and cut into pieces. Soak the citrus peel until soft, then slice.
- Put all ingredients into a pot, add water, and cook for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, remove the winter melon, citrus peel, and carrots. You can add brown sugar for a refreshing drink that aids digestion.


7. Treating Bowel Obstruction
Traditionally known as winter melon, its primary function is to quench thirst, cool the body, and promote urination to eliminate toxins and excess water from the body. Regular consumption of winter melon can help eliminate excess water in the body in obese and edematous individuals.
Ingredients:
- Winter melon: 500g.
- Cowpea: 100g.
- Water: 1 liter.
Instructions: Rinse and peel the winter melon, cut it into pieces, and cook it with cowpeas for about 60 minutes. Add a little salt or sugar to make a daily thirst-quenching drink. According to traditional medicine, cowpeas have a sweet taste and neutral properties, so they are beneficial for diuresis, reducing edema, and promoting blood circulation. Cowpeas combined with winter melon are excellent for individuals with bowel obstruction or digestive issues.


8. Enhancing Vision
Winter melon has a high content of vitamin B2. By increasing the intake of vitamin B2 in your diet, you can reduce the risk of eye disorders. Additionally, the antioxidants in winter melon help reduce oxidative stress in the retina and decrease the risk of macular degeneration.


9. Diabetes Treatment
Bottle gourd has a sweet taste but low blood sugar index, cool nature, non-toxic, not only good for health but also serves as a remedy for diabetes, helping diabetic people stabilize their blood sugar.
Ingredients:
- Bottle gourd: 100g.
- Bitter melon: 30g.
- Lotus leaves: 60g.
Preparation:
- First, peel and deseed the bottle gourd, wash thoroughly, and slice. Clean bitter melon. Wash lotus leaves and chop finely.
- Then, put everything into a pot, brew to extract the juice, and drink 1-2 times a day.


10. Throat Cancer Treatment
Bottle gourd is one of the health beneficial foods and is also considered one of the effective remedies for many diseases, especially cancer.
Ingredients:
- Fresh bottle gourd: 300g
- Glehnia root: 50g
- Cooking oil, spices
Instructions:
First, cook the Glehnia root until it opens up before adding the bottle gourd to cook until tender, season to taste. Then eat and drink the water. Divide into 2 meals and finish in a day.


