Can loofah be eaten raw

Luffa can be eaten raw, but it is not recommended.

Because loofah is cool, it is not good for the spleen and stomach to eat raw, and it contains a bitter quality of loofah. Eating loofah raw has some bitterness and needs heating to remove it, so it tastes bad when eaten raw.

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Is loofah eaten raw?

1. Some loofahs are very bitter, because they contain an alkali glycoside alkaloid, which usually causes poisoning symptoms within half an hour to several hours after eating.

Mild people suffer from dry mouth, dizziness, nausea, fatigue and lethargy, while severe people suffer from nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, diarrhea, dehydration, bloody stools, and serious life worries, so bitter gourd can't be eaten raw.

2. Luffa is sweet and cool. Eating it raw will aggravate the symptoms of cold stomach, so it is not good to eat it raw.

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How to eat loofah is better

Luffa porridge

Ingredients: 50 grams of loofah, 50 grams of japonica rice and 25 grams of mung beans.

1. Soak and wash japonica rice and mung beans, add a proper amount of boiling water into the pot, and boil it over low heat;

2. Wash and peel the loofah and cut it into cubes for later use;

3. When the mung beans bloom, add the loofah to the porridge and cook until the porridge is thick.

Efficacy: tonify spleen and stomach, clear away heat and phlegm, cool blood and detoxify, and promote lactation.

Indications: body heat, polydipsia, phlegm, asthma, cough, collapse, hemorrhoids and fistula, milk obstruction and carbuncle swelling.

Note: the body with yang deficiency should not take more.

Luffa mushroom soup

Ingredients: 250g of towel gourd, 0/00g of mushroom/kloc, appropriate amount of onion, ginger, monosodium glutamate and salt, and a little cooking oil.

1. Wash the loofah, peel it, cut it, remove the pulp, and then cut it into sections; Wash the mushrooms with cold water;

2. Take the oil pan, stir-fry the mushrooms slightly, add water and boil for 3-5 minutes;

3. Add the loofah and cook it a little. Add onion, ginger, salt and monosodium glutamate to taste.

Efficacy: Loofah can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, and mushrooms can detoxify and relieve summer heat. The combination of the two has better curative effect. This soup is effective for children with carbuncle at the beginning or after ulcer.

Luffa soup

Ingredients: 200g of towel gourd, 10g of water-soaked mushroom15g, 3g of sesame oil10g, 3g of monosodium glutamate, 0g of refined salt15g, and 30g of vegetable oil.

1. Peel the loofah, wash it and cut it into rolling blades. Wash the mushrooms and cut them into small pieces.

2. Add vegetable oil to the wok, heat it, pour in the loofah, stir-fry for a while and add salt;

3. Pour the mushrooms and water into the pot and cook them together. Add monosodium glutamate and sesame oil and put them in a bowl.

Efficacy: It has the efficacy of clearing away heat and toxic materials. It is also suitable for halitosis, joint pain, urethral burning and stabbing pain.

Luffa tea

Ingredients: 200g loofah, 5g tea, a little salt.

1. Wash and slice loofah, add a little salt, add some water and cook;

2. The tea leaves are brewed in boiling water for 5 minutes, then the juice is taken, poured into the loofah soup, and taken at any time, daily 1 dose.

Efficacy: clearing away heat and toxic materials, resolving phlegm and relieving sore throat.

Indications: acute and chronic pharyngolaryngitis with itchy throat. It can also be used for tonsillitis and bronchitis.

Luffa Meiyan Decoction

Ingredients: two loofahs, roses, chrysanthemums, San Qian of poria cocos, ten red dates (pitted), six ounces of lean meat, and proper seasoning.

1. Peel off the hard skin of towel gourd, cut into pieces, soak roses, chrysanthemums and poria cocos in water, and slice lean meat;

2. Boil lean meat, red dates, poria cocos and loofah in water for about an hour, then add roses, chrysanthemums and condiments and cook for a while.

Efficacy: anti-wrinkle, anti-inflammatory, and beautiful spots.

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What can't loofah be eaten with?

1. Luffa is cool and laxative, so it should not be eaten with cold food, which will aggravate spleen and stomach deficiency and easily lead to diarrhea.

Chinese medicine says that loofah should not be eaten with white radish, which will hurt your vitality.

3. Luffa contains a lot of vitamin B 1, and the vitamin B 1 catabolic enzyme contained in loach will destroy the vitamin B 1 in Luffa, which is not conducive to nutrient absorption, so Luffa should not be eaten with loach.

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What should I pay attention to when eating loofah?

1. Luffa is cold, spleen and stomach deficiency, weak constitution, pregnant women and people with loose stools are not suitable for eating.

2. Luffa is sweet and slippery, which will aggravate the symptoms of patients with chronic bronchitis with cough and phlegm, and should be avoided.

3. Loofah can cause diarrhea, and it is advisable for people who have been ill for a long time, weak spleen and stomach and indigestion to eat less.

4. Luffa is fragrant. When cooking, it is not advisable to add heavy seasonings such as soy sauce or bean paste, so as not to cover up the fragrant taste of Luffa.

5. Impotence, yang deficiency, it is not easy to eat more loofah skin to avoid spermatorrhea.