Changxing diaoguazi

Gualou, the scientific name of Changxing Guagua, is a perennial herbaceous vine of Cucurbitaceae, mainly produced in Changxing County, Zhejiang Province. It grows in the dense forests of valleys and slopes with a warm climate at an altitude of 100-1,800 meters. It can be eaten and used as medicine. Its roots, seeds and barks are all important Chinese herbal medicines. Changxing Guagua seeds are rich in nutrients, including protein, fat, cellulose, trace elements and alkaloids, flavonoids, malnutrition and organic substances. According to the Chinese medicine literature such as Compendium of Materia Medica, Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China Medical Dictionary, etc., the skin, seeds and roots all have medicines, which have the functions of moistening the lungs and resolving phlegm, reducing fire and relieving cough, widening the chest and dispersing stagnation, reducing swelling and removing toxic substances, moistening the intestines and relaxing bowels. Changxing Guagua has the effects of invigorating stomach, moistening lung, resolving phlegm, resolving hard mass and smoothing intestine, and is mainly used for treating phlegm-heat cough, lung phlegm and hemoptysis, chest distress, diarrhea and constipation. Cucumber seed also has anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer effects. According to the Compendium of New Anti-cancer Methods published by Shanghai Science and Technology Literature Publishing House, it has remarkable effects on lung cancer, gastric cancer and insulin breast cancer. The protection scope of geographical indication products of Changxing Guagua seed is the administrative area under the jurisdiction of Changxing County, Zhejiang Province. Changxing Guagua seed is a geographical indication protection product. Changxing Guagua seed is a geographical indication certification trademark.
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