Winter melon (冬瓜)

• Latin name：Benincasa hispida
• Common names：Wax gourd, ash gourd
• Nature：Sweet, bland, cool
• Part used：Fruit

• Clears heat, promotes urination, reduces swelling
• Summer heat, scant urine, edema (syndrome differentiation required)

Harvest ripe fruit in summer–autumn; often cooked with peel in soups.

Large gourd, green or waxy white rind, white flesh.

• 鲜莲冬瓜鸭汤