Luffa, also known as hanging melon, originated in Nanyang and was introduced to China in the Ming Dynasty. Luffa is especially delicious whether it is steamed or fried, and the benefits of eating it are also very many. In summer, many people like to buy it and eat it. So what is the efficacy and function of loofah? What are the precautions for eating?

1. What is the efficacy and function of loofah?

1, beauty beauty

Luffa is rich in mucin and vitamins, which can be eaten in beauty beauty. Eating Luffa can quickly absorb and utilize these nutrients, promote skin cell regeneration and metabolism, and make people's skin smooth and tender. In addition, it can also play an important role in beauty and anti-wrinkle by grinding fresh loofah and taking out the juice and directly smearing it on the skin.

2, brain health

The extract of Luffa has obvious preventive effect on Japanese encephalitis virus, and eating Luffa is also beneficial to the brain development of children and the brain health of middle-aged and elderly people.

3. Promoting blood circulation and dredging collaterals

Luffa has the functions of relieving cough, resolving phlegm, cooling blood and detoxicating. It can stop bleeding and diminish inflammation for external use. Women can eat more Luffa in their daily lives and regulate menstruation. When necessary, they can cut fresh Luffa into blocks and cook it in soup. They can also burn dried old Luffa paper and grind it into powder, and then take it directly with warm water.

4, detoxification and detumescence

Luffa vine tastes bitter and cool, and has the functions of dredging tendons and activating collaterals, relieving cough and relieving phlegm. Luffa vine tastes sweet and flat, and has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, diuresis and detumescence.

Second, what are the precautions for eating?

1, should not be eaten raw

Although Luffa is rich in vitamins such as vitamin C, vitamin E and vitamin B, it is not suitable for raw food, so as not to increase the burden on the spleen and stomach and cause indigestion.

2, bitter loofah can not be eaten.

Luffa stored for too long or under insufficient storage conditions, it is easy to breed bitter toxic alkaloid glucoside. Before cooking loofah, it is best to lick the peeled loofah meat with your tongue. If you taste bitter, don't cook again, so as to avoid poisoning caused by eating bitter loofah.

3. People with deficiency and cold constitution should eat carefully.

Luffa is a kind of cold food. After eating, it will aggravate the cold in the body and worsen the symptoms of deficiency and cold in the constitution, which is not conducive to the conditioning and improvement of the constitution.

4. People with diarrhea should eat carefully.

Luffa is cold in nature. If it is eaten by normal people too much, it will easily cause diarrhea. If diarrhea patients still eat loofah, it will aggravate the symptoms of diarrhea.

5, people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold should eat carefully.

Luffa is sweet and cold, which will aggravate the coldness in the spleen and stomach after eating, and easily cause anorexia or indigestion. People with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold usually try not to eat or eat less loofah, so as not to aggravate the cold in the spleen and stomach and affect the function of the spleen and stomach.

To sum up, there are many benefits of eating loofah. Now the hot summer is a good time to eat loofah, but although there are many benefits of eating loofah, there are also many precautions that need everyone to pay attention to!