1. White gourd has a sweet and light taste, and is slightly cold in nature. Its function is to clear heat and promote hydration, detoxify and promote fluid production, promote water and nourish yin. It is especially suitable for frequent consumption by patients with prostate hyperplasia.
2. Pumpkin tastes sweet and has a warm nature. It has functions such as tonifying the spleen, promoting hydration, detoxifying, and killing insects. It can be steamed or boiled, especially suitable for patients with chronic prostate hyperplasia who have spleen deficiency or have adverse urination.
3. Cucumber has a sweet taste and a cold nature. It has the effects of clearing heat, quenching thirst, promoting diuresis, and detoxifying. It is suitable for those with prostate hyperplasia and hot, astringent, red, and painful urination. It can be eaten frequently.
4. Luffa has a sweet taste and a cool nature. It has the functions of clearing heat, cooling blood, resolving blood stasis, and detoxifying. Suitable for those who damage the veins due to dampness and heat, and those with blood or hematuria in their urine are suitable for eating loofah.
5. Bitter gourd has a sweet taste and a cold nature. It has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, dispelling heat and brightening the eyes. Modern medical research has found that bitter gourd has the effect of enhancing immune function, and is suitable for patients with prostate hyperplasia due to physical deficiency, especially those with hot toxin can eat more.
6. Zizania latifolia has a sweet taste and a cold nature. It has the effects of clearing away heat, removing irritation, detoxifying and promoting diuresis. It is not conducive to urination, heavy body fatigue, and can be consumed by those who are upset or have chest tightness.
7. Onions taste spicy, sweet, and have a flat nature. They have the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, and diuresis. The volatile sulfide contained in onions can maintain the basic level of hormones in men and prevent hypertrophy of the paraurethral glands. It is particularly suitable for obese people with poor urination, preferably eaten raw.