Effects of the old loofah:

1, treatment of menstrual pain: the old loofah dried in the sun, decoction water to take.

2, the treatment of sore throat: old loofah and water **** boil, add sugar, boil and take.

3, the treatment of tinea pedis: dry loofah squeeze garlic juice pad in the shoes, can converge foot sweat, inhibit the growth of ringworm.

4, the treatment of skin boils: old loofah 1, one-head garlic 1, mashed in the affected area, and then gauze bandage, change the medicine once a day.

The effect of young loofah:

1, anti-scorbutic: loofah in the high content of vitamin C, can be used for anti-scorbutic and prevention of various vitamin C deficiencies.

2, brain beauty: due to the high content of vitamin B in the loofah, is conducive to pediatric brain development and brain health of the elderly; loofah vine stem juice has a special function to maintain the elasticity of the skin, can be beauty and wrinkles.

3, anti-virus, anti-allergy: loofah extract of encephalitis B virus has a significant preventive effect, in the loofah tissue culture fluid also extracted an anti-allergic substance laxaganol acid, which has a strong anti-allergic effect.

Lucuna is an annual climbing vine in the family of Cucurbitaceae; the stem and branches are rough, furrowed and puberulent. Tendrils slightly stout, pubescent, usually 2-4 manifold. Petiole rough, 10-12 cm long, with inconspicuous grooves.

It is commonly cultivated throughout S and N China. It is also widely cultivated in temperate and tropical regions of the world. It is found wild in S Yunnan, but the fruit is shorter and smaller.

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