Functional indication
Chinese medicine believes that loofah is cool and sweet, and has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, cooling blood to stop bleeding, dredging meridians, promoting blood circulation, beautifying and resisting cancer, and can be used to treat excessive phlegm, asthma, cough, galactorrhea, fever, polydipsia, aching bones and muscles, bloody stool, etc. Clearing heat and resolving phlegm; Cooling blood and detoxifying. Main fever, body heat and excessive drinking; Phlegm, asthma and cough; Intestinal wind, hemorrhoid bleeding; Bloody; Collapse and leakage; Ulcers and ulcers; Unknown swelling; Edema. Luffa is green, tender, crisp and sweet, which is a good dish for clearing away heat and purging fire, cooling blood and detoxifying in summer. Luffa is not only nutritious, but also has certain medicinal value, and it is full of treasures. According to Guangyan Gao, director of acupuncture clinic of Chinese medicine in Yan Guang, Luffa is rich in nutrition and contains interferon inducer, which can stimulate human body to produce interferon and achieve the purpose of resisting virus and preventing cancer. Generally speaking, eating tender loofah has better taste, nutrition and therapeutic effect. Luffa is cold and sweet, and has the effects of relieving summer heat, relaxing bowels, dispelling wind and resolving phlegm, cooling blood and detoxicating, dredging meridians, promoting qi circulation and removing blood stasis. It can also treat hematuria and hematochezia, and help pregnant women breastfeed, but eating too much can also cause diarrhea. People with chronic diseases, spleen and stomach weakness and indigestion should eat less. Luffa is also a rare natural beauty agent with freckle removing, whitening and wrinkle removing. Long-term consumption or wiping the face with loofah liquid can also make people's skin smooth and delicate, and has special effects of anti-wrinkle, anti-inflammation, prevention and elimination of acne and melanosis.
Luffa seeds are cold, bitter and slightly sweet, and have the functions of clearing away heat and resolving phlegm, detoxifying and moistening dryness, and expelling insects.
Luffa is flat and sweet, and good at dredging collaterals. Used for treating chest and hypochondriac pain caused by postpartum hypogalactia and qi stagnation and blood stasis.
Luffa is cold in flower and slightly bitter in taste. Has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, and can be used for treating cough due to lung heat, sore throat, furuncle, etc.
Luffa vine relaxes muscles and tendons, and can resolve phlegm.
The juice of towel gourd stem has special functions of beauty and wrinkle removal.
Luffa root can diminish inflammation, sterilize, remove putrefaction and promote granulation.
Most people can eat loofah. People with irregular menstruation and physical fatigue should eat more loofah.
Matters needing attention
Luffa should not be eaten raw. Luffa is rich in juice, so it should be cut and cooked now to avoid the loss of nutrition with the juice. When cooking loofah, we should pay attention to keeping it as light as possible, using less oil, and using monosodium glutamate or pepper to enhance the taste, so as to show the refreshing and fragrant characteristics of loofah.
① "Southern Yunnan Herbs": It is not advisable to eat more, which will damage the life gate and make people lose hope.
2 "Ben Feng Jingyuan": Luffa is tender and cold, and diarrhea occurs when eating more. I hope I can help you.