The efficacy and value of loofah, which contains a lot of vitamin C, is higher than that of many fruits and vegetables. Eating a proper amount of loofah in our daily life can supplement the nutrients needed by the human body. Here are the efficacy and value of loofah.
Efficacy and value of Luffa 1 Luffa has the functions of clearing away heat and resolving phlegm, cooling blood and detoxifying. It is sweet and cool, and belongs to lung meridian, liver meridian, stomach meridian and large intestine meridian. Luffa can be used for dysphoria and thirst caused by fever, as well as cough, asthma, excessive phlegm and other diseases, and has the effect of resolving phlegm.
In addition, loofah can be used for blood under intestinal wind, that is, hematochezia, and can also be used for bleeding caused by hemorrhoids, which can treat hematuria and metrorrhagia. The medicine has the effects of cooling blood and detoxicating, and can be used for the treatment of carbuncle, swelling and sore. Luffa also has the function of promoting lactation, which can treat nameless swollen poison. Luffa can be used to treat edema, and this medicine has no freckle removing effect.
Luffa is a kind of melon, its medicinal value is higher than other melons, and it has the following functions: first, it has the function of strengthening the brain and improving intelligence. During the development of teenagers, eating more Luffa can improve memory; Second, it has the effect of moisturizing and beautifying, whitening the skin and making the skin smooth and elastic; Third, it has the function of cooling and relieving summer heat. Drinking some loofah water in summer can prevent heatstroke; Fourthly, loofah is rich in vitamin C, fat and citrulline, which can improve human immunity.
Luffa is a common vegetable on the dining table in summer, and it is rich in nutrition in melon food. Luffa contains protein, fat, carbohydrate, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin B 1, vitamin C and other nutrients, as well as cystine, bitter substance of Luffa, polyphenols and other bioactive substances, which have certain physiological functions for the body.
1, Runchang laxative: Luffa is rich in dietary fiber, which can promote intestinal peristalsis on the one hand, and absorb water and swell on the other hand, softening feces and having a laxative effect;
2, anti-aging: Luffa is rich in polyphenols and vitamin C, all of which belong to antioxidants, and have a strong antioxidant effect, which can remove excess free radicals in the body, avoid free radical peroxidation, and play a role in delaying aging and beautifying;
3, enhance the body's immunity: Luffa contains interferon inducer, which can stimulate the body to produce interferon, and the content of vitamin C and plant protein in Luffa is relatively high, which can promote the synthesis of immune protein in human body, thus achieving the effect of enhancing human immune function.
Luffa is a favorite of many people. Food is not only delicious but also nutritious. However, due to its cold nature and diarrhea, people with spleen and stomach deficiency should be careful to eat it.
The efficacy and value of loofah 2.
1, treat intestinal wind.
2, cure hemorrhoids and proctoptosis.
3, treat anal wine hemorrhoids.
4, cure wind and heat.
5, the cure is not convergent, and the sore is too deep.
6, cure blisters and wet sores.
7, cure the jade stem ulcer.
8, cure dry blood gas pain, women's blood gas is not good, go up to the heart diaphragm, become dry blood gas.
9, the treatment of meridians is unreasonable.
10, treat dysentery with wine, bloody stool and abdominal pain, or people with five colors like fish brain.
1 1, cure milk impassability.
12, cure toothache caused by wind worm.
efficacy
1, raw towel gourd (with pedicle), cut off, put it in a casserole, and take the thick juice to treat asthma.
2, raw loofah (or leaves), mashed juice, coated on the affected area, cure blisters, yellow sores, heat boils, urticaria.
3, a cream towel gourd, chopped, soaked in boiling water, treat acute laryngitis, sore throat and hoarseness.
4. Wash and mash the fresh towel gourd leaves, and apply them to the affected area of neurodermatitis until local redness and even occult blood are seen, once every seven days to treat neurodermatitis.
5, hydration: Luffa water contains sugar, plant mucus, vitamins and minerals, etc., which can maintain the normal water content of the stratum corneum. Moisturizing and whitening: Luffa water contains a lot of natural moisturizing factors, and non-sticky moisturizing ingredients can effectively relieve tight and dry skin, keeping facial skin moist and elastic. The extraction method requires professional equipment.
6. Wrinkle removal: As a medicinal material, Luffa can promote metabolism, gently adsorb old and waste keratin, remove deep dirt, and inhibit melanogenesis, which can effectively improve rough and wrinkled skin, make skin tender and smooth, and make skin soft and shiny. Anti-inflammatory: As a medicinal material, Luffa water has the functions of promoting blood circulation, dredging collaterals, clearing away heat and moistening skin. Regular use can effectively remove blackheads and acne on facial skin.
The efficacy and value of loofah 3. The dietotherapy function of loofah
Treat 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.
Treat bacillary dysentery
Luffa root, stem and leaf can be used. After washing, mash and squeeze juice, take 2 spoonfuls each time, 3 times a day.
Treat milk deficiency
60 grams of towel gourd, trotters 1 root, stewed and eaten as a dish. Or old loofah 1 piece, dry in the shade, burnable, grinded, taken with yellow wine, 9 grams each time.
Treat allergic asthma
Wash the loofah vine, mash it and squeeze the juice. Take 1 spoon each time, three times a day. Or 2 small loofahs, cut off, boiled in a casserole, and take thick juice 150 ml, three times a day.
Treating bloody stool caused by hemorrhoids
30g of towel gourd flower, 5g of Sophora japonica flower 1 5g, decocted in water, once a day1time. Or cut 250g fresh loofah into pieces, slice 200g lean pork, add some water to make soup, and season with salt after cooking.
Treat 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, which also has curative effect.
Treat furuncle of skin
Fresh loofah 1 piece, pounded and applied to the affected area, and then wrapped with gauze, and the dressing was changed every day 1 time.
Treat urticaria
A handful of fresh towel gourd leaves, mash and squeeze juice, add a little borneol and smear on the affected part.
Treat alopecia areata
Slice the old loofah, and wipe the hairless part vigorously until it has local fever, 2-3 times a day.
Treat sweaty feet
Burn the old loofah into charcoal, grind it into fine powder, sprinkle it in shoes, and wear it barefoot for half a month.
Treat pertussis
60 ml of fresh loofah juice (3-6 years old), plus appropriate amount of honey, taken orally twice a day.
Treat laryngitis, sore throat and hoarseness
Frosted towel gourd 1 strip, chopped and soaked, and served with warm water.
Treating dysmenorrhea
Dry towel gourd 1 piece, add water 1 bowl, and decoct.
Treat urethritis
Loofah 1 piece, baked to powder, washed with yellow wine twice.
Treat laryngitis
Shredded towel gourd 1 strip, and decocted in water. Or tender loofah, with a dose of 1 tablespoon, three times a day.
mumps
Old loofah 1 towel loofah, chopped and fried until slightly yellow, and ground into fine powder. Each time10g, take it with boiling water, 3 times a day, and take it for 5 days.
asthma
Cut off 2 small loofahs, put them in a casserole, and take thick juice 150 ml, three times a day.
Chronic tracheitis
After frosted luffa vine 1 50 ~ 240g, it is decocted in water, and one course of treatment is1dose per day, and 10 day, and two courses of treatment are taken continuously.
bronchitis
90 ~ 1 50g of loofah vine, chopped, decocted in water twice, combined filtrates, concentrated to 100 ~150ml, taken three times a day, and10 is a course of treatment.