Gac (scientific name: Momordica cochinchinensis), also known as wood Bie son, Momordica, Cucurbitaceae Momordica is an herb.
Gac is a perennial herbaceous vines, tendrils and leaves opposite, unbranched; rounded to broadly ovate leaves, usually three-parted, the back of dense small papillae; open pale yellow flowers in summer, flowers unisexual, hermaphrodite, with bracts on the stalk; oblong fruit, raw surface most soft spines, red when ripe.
There seed flat turtle (turtle) appearance, like a made of wood, it is called Gac.
More wild, also cultivated; produced in China, Guangdong, Guangxi, Taiwan, also produced in Vietnam and neighboring countries.
TCM seed medicine, also known as civil turtle, wood turtle shell, warm, slightly sweet bitter, poisonous, functional swelling, poison attack, attending carbuncle sores, swollen poison, hemorrhoids embolism, and more into pellets or topical.
Gac contains high concentrations of carotenoids, especially β- carotene and lycopene content is much more common than the local Vietnamese fruits and vegetables are high. Nutrition: Each 1g Gac pulp (red) contains: 1, tomato red 1546.5-3053.6 micrograms 2, β-carotene: 636.2-836.3 mg 3, α- carotene: 67.0-106.8 mg 4, vitamin E: 38.5 g 5, linoleic acid: 281 mg