Loofah sponge has the functions of dredging meridians, clearing away heat and toxic materials, inducing diuresis, reducing swelling and stopping bleeding. Indications: rheumatic arthralgia, muscle tendon contracture, female amenorrhea, galactorrhea, phlegm-heat cough, toxic carbuncle due to heat, edema, dysuria, hematochezia or metrorrhagia. Luffa sponge cold enters the lung meridian, which has the function of cooling blood and stopping bleeding. After burning Luffa sponge to ashes, it has a very good effect on hematochezia, hemoptysis and metrorrhagia. This is its traditional Chinese medicine function.

Loofah has many functions in life: it can be used to brush pots, or it can be used as insoles and so on.