Can loofah be used as medicine? Can loofah be used as medicine?
Luffa is nutritious and contains a lot of vitamins, minerals, plant mucus, xylose gum and other substances, which can be used as medicine all over the body.
Medicinal value of various parts of Luffa: Luffa (Tianluo), Luffa seed, Luffa root, Luffa leaf, Luffa skin, Luffa sponge, Luffa flower, Luffa pedicle and Luffa vine.
The sexual and taste effects of medicinal parts of traditional Chinese medicines
Fresh and tender fruit of Luffa plant; Or the old ripe fruit (skull) dried up after frost is sweet; Cooling, clearing away heat and resolving phlegm; Cooling blood and detoxifying
The seeds of luffa seed plant taste bitter; Cold and heat clearing; Lishui; Relaxation; expel insects
The root of luffa root plant is sweet; Slightly bitter; Cold nature, promoting blood circulation and dredging collaterals; clear heat and detoxicate
The leaves of luffa leaf plants taste bitter; Slightly cold, clearing away heat and detoxifying; Stop bleeding; drive away summer heat
The skin of luffa plant is sweet; Cool nature, clear heat and detoxify.
The vascular bundles of the mature fruits of Luffa are bitter; Cool nature, dredging channels and activating collaterals; Detoxification and detumescence
The flowers of Luffa flower plants are sweet; Slightly bitter; Cold, heat-clearing and detoxification; reduce phlegm and stop coughing
The pedicel of towel gourd plants tastes bitter; Slightly cold, clearing away heat and detoxifying; Resolving phlegm and relieving convulsion
The stems of Luffa rattan plants taste bitter; Slightly cold, relaxing muscles and activating blood; Cough and phlegm; Detoxification and disinfestation
Medicinal efficacy odor: (melon) sweet, flat and nontoxic.
Indications:
1, acne is not fast. Use an old loofah three inches near the pedicle, burn the skin, grind it into powder, and take it with sugar water.
2, the carbuncle is not healed, and the sore is deep. There are loofah mashed juice frequently applied.
3, wind-heat rib swelling. Burn with loofah, grind it into powder, and mix with water.
4, sitting sore. Bake with melon skin, grind it into powder, mix with soju and apply it.
5, hand and foot chilblain. Burn with old loofah, adjust wax lard and apply it.
6, hemorrhoids and proctoptosis. Burn the ashes with loofah, lime for many years, realgar for five yuan each, grind them into powder, and apply them with pig bile, egg white and sesame oil until the proctoptosis is collected.
7, intestinal wind bleeding. After frosting, dried loofah burns, grinds it into powder, takes two money in the air, and delivers the wine.
8. Bloody collapse. Use old loofah to burn ashes, palm to burn ashes, etc., and serve with salt wine or salt soup.
9, milk impassability. Use loofah lotus seeds to burn, research into the end, wine to take one or two money, thick cover and sweat.
10, intestinal gas pains, rushing around the umbilicus. Burn with old loofah, and grind to the end. Every time you take San Qian, adjust the hot wine. If you are seriously ill, it will disappear after two or three times.
1 1, the egg is swollen and falling. Burn it with old loofah, grind it into powder, refine it with honey and make it into paste. Take a spoonful of good wine every night.
12, lumbago. Stir-fry with loofah seeds, mash them, and serve them with wine. Apply residue to the sore spot.
13, sore throat. Irrigation with Luffa pulp.
14, resolving phlegm and relieving cough. Burn with loofah, grind it into powder, add dates and make balls as big as marbles. Take one pill each time and send it with warm wine.
15, toothache is prevalent. Use a raw towel gourd, rub it with salt and burn it, and grind it into frequent tooth brushing, and the saliva will heal. If the rib is swollen, it can be applied with water at the end. This prescription is ineffective in treating tooth decay.
16. Knife sores. Use ancient lime, fresh lime, towel gourd root leaves and leek roots, pound them to pieces, make them into cakes, dry them in the shade, grind them into powder and apply them. It can stop bleeding, relieve pain and promote granulation. It has special effects.
17, chronic ulcers. Wash the old roots of Luffa with water.
Dietary therapy of loofah (1) for sinusitis
Bake the dried loofah in an iron pan and grind it into fine powder. Take 6 grams each time and take it with warm boiled water on an empty stomach in the morning for 8 days.
(2) Treating pharyngitis
Wash the tender loofah, mash and squeeze juice, and add appropriate amount of sugar. 1 spoon daily, 3 times a day.
(3) Treating cough due to wind-cold
Self-baking towel gourd, grinding into fine powder, refining honey into pills, 9 grams each time, 3 times a day.
(4) Treating bacillary dysentery
Loofah roots, stems and leaves can be used. After washing, mash and squeeze juice, take 2 spoonfuls each time, 3 times a day.
(5) Treating milk deficiency
Method 1: 60 grams of Luffa, pig's trotters 1 root, stewed and eaten as a dish. Method 2: Old Luffa 1 piece, dried in the shade, burnt, grinded, taken with yellow wine, 9 grams each time.
(6) Treating allergic asthma
Method 1: Wash the loofah vine, mash and squeeze the juice, and take 1 spoon each time, three times a day. Method 2: Cut two small loofah, boil them in a casserole, and take the concentrated juice 150 ml, three times a day.
(7) Treating hemorrhoids
Method 1: 30g of luffa flower, 5g of Sophora japonica flower/kloc-0, decocted in water, daily 1 time. Method 2: Cut 250g of fresh luffa into pieces, slice 200g of lean pork, add appropriate amount of water to cook soup, and season with salt after cooking.
(8) treating neuralgia
Warm the towel gourd juice and drink it, and the dosage depends on the symptoms, about 100 ml per day, or mash the towel gourd leaves and stems to squeeze the juice and smear it on the affected part.
(9) Treating furuncle and swelling of skin
Fresh loofah 1 piece, mashed and applied to the affected area, and then wrapped with gauze, changing the dressing 1 time every day.
(10) Treating urticaria
A handful of fresh towel gourd leaves, mash and squeeze juice, add a little borneol and smear on the affected area.
(1 1) Treating alopecia areata
Slice the old loofah, and wipe the hairless part vigorously until local fever occurs, 2-3 times a day.
(12) Treating excessive sweating of feet
Burn the old loofah into charcoal, grind it into fine powder, sprinkle it in shoes, and wear it barefoot for half a month.