Winter melon gourd

Winter melon gourd

　　　　Product Name: Winter melon gourd, Winter melon seeds

　　Place of Origin: Changxing, Huzhou

　　Product Features: The juice is thick, the seeds are small, narrow, full, and have a uniquely crisp, fragrant, smooth, and refreshing taste.

　　Product Composition: Winter melon seeds are rich in nutrients, with notably high levels of protein, fat, fiber, trace elements, as well as alkaloids, flavonoids, glycosides, and organic compounds.

　　Product Efficacy: It helps strengthen the stomach, moisten the lungs, resolve phlegm, disperse nodules, and lubricate the intestines. It is mainly used to treat symptoms such as phlegm-heat cough, pulmonary hemoptysis, chest tightness, diarrhea, and constipation. Winter melon seeds also have anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties. According to *A Concise Compilation of New Anti-Cancer Methods* published by the Shanghai Scientific and Technical Literature Publishing House, they show significant efficacy against lung cancer, gastric cancer, and insulin-positive breast cancer.

　　Product Introduction: Winter melon gourd, also known as Trichosanthes kirilowii, is a perennial herbaceous vine plant of the Cucurbitaceae family. It grows in the dense forests of valleys and shrubbery on slopes at altitudes of 100–1800 meters, benefiting from the “essence” of mountains and waters. Winter melon (Trichosanthes kirilowii) is a valuable traditional Chinese medicinal herb. With strong support from the local government, and through in-depth market research and certification, an unpolluted, purely green, high-quality product has been developed. Winter melon seeds are praised as the “King of Seeds” due to their uniquely crisp, fragrant, smooth, and refreshing taste—one bite fills the room with aroma—and are considered an excellent gift for guests or as a present to relatives and friends. Winter melon seeds have become popular across China and are also sent to European tourists and overseas Chinese as a newly emerging agricultural specialty. They enjoy a certain level of recognition, market presence, and widespread praise.

　　Product History: In China, winter melon has a long history of cultivation as a medicinal herb. It was first recorded in *The Classic of the Materia Medica*. It is also documented in the Song Dynasty’s *Illustrated Pharmacopoeia*, and the Ming Dynasty’s *Compendium of Materia Medica*. According to the *Compendium of Materia Medica*, *Chinese Medical Dictionary*, *Complete Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine*, and other traditional Chinese medicine literature, its peel, seeds, and roots can all be used medicinally, offering benefits such as moistening the lungs and resolving phlegm, reducing fire and coughing, soothing the chest and dispersing nodules, reducing swelling and detoxifying, and lubricating the intestines to relieve constipation.