Luffa can't be eaten with spinach and white radish. Spinach is rich in carotenoids, vitamins and minerals, which can effectively nourish blood, nourish yin and quench thirst. Eating it with loofah will lead to diarrhea. White radish is a common vegetable, which can be used medicinally and edible, and has cool properties. It can cure indigestion and qi, etc. When it is eaten together with loofah, it will have the consequences of great vitality.

Efficacy and function of towel gourd

1 Anti-scurvy:

The content of vitamin C in towel gourd is high, 8 mg per 100 grams, which can be used to fight scurvy and prevent various vitamin C deficiency.

2 brain beauty:

Because of the high content of vitamin B in towel gourd, it is beneficial to the brain development of children and the brain health of middle-aged and elderly people. The juice of the stem of Luffa has the special function of keeping skin elastic and can beautify and wrinkle;

3 Anti-virus and anti-allergy:

Luffa extract has obvious preventive effect on Japanese encephalitis virus, and the protection rate can reach 60% ~ 80% by injecting lo43 before being infected with the virus. An antiallergic substance, Xiegen Alkyd, was also extracted from Luffa tissue culture solution, which has a strong antiallergic effect.

Taboos for collocation of loofah

Luffa+Misgurnus anguillicaudatus is easy to destroy the human body's absorption of vitamin b 1: Luffa contains more vitamin b 1. If it is fried with Misgurnus anguillicaudatus, the vitamin 8 1 catabolic enzyme in Misgurnus anguillicaudatus will destroy vitamin b 1.

Luffa+bamboo shoots is easy to destroy the absorption and utilization of carotenoids in human body: Luffa should not be fried with bamboo shoots, because Luffa is rich in carotenoids. If it encounters bioactive substances in bamboo shoots, it will destroy the absorption and utilization of carotenoids in human body and reduce the nutritional value of Luffa.

Luffa+liquor interferes with human body's absorption of vitamin b 1: Luffa is rich in vitamin b 1. When it meets alcohol in liquor, it will interfere with human body's absorption and utilization of vitamin b 1 and reduce the therapeutic effect of Luffa.