Luffa: Luffa is the fresh fruit of the Cucurbitaceae plant Luffa cylindrca (L.) Roem and Luffa acutangula Roxb. Also known as Tiansi melon, Tianluo, Tianluo melon, man melon, cloth melon, cotton melon and Tiandiao melon. Luffa is sweet, cool and non-toxic. It has the effects of clearing away heat and benefiting the intestines, cooling blood and detoxifying, activating collaterals and promoting menstruation. It can be used to treat sore throat, cough, asthma, mumps, lactation obstruction, low back pain, unpleasant acne rash, toothache, etc. Symptoms of chest and rib pain. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that luffa is cold in nature and sweet in taste. It can remove heat and stimulate the intestines, remove wind and phlegm, cool blood and detoxify, dredge meridians, activate blood vessels, and release breast milk. It can treat sinusitis, cough, edema, bloody stools, and milk discharge. Diseases such as blockage, foot moisture, and alopecia areata. Luffa health care prescription 1. Used in gynecology ① Use dried loofah decoction to treat menstrual pain. ② Use old loofah to burn charcoal, grind it into powder, and take 9 grams each time with boiled water to treat menorrhagia. ③ Take 9 grams of silk powder with rice wine to treat lactation obstruction. ④ Boil loofah powder with vinegar and take it with brown sugar water. It can also be used as an auxiliary treatment for mastitis. After the loofah is ripe, the pulp becomes loofah, which has the effects of clearing away heat, resolving phlegm, and unblocking collaterals. When decoction is taken, it can be used for hot cough with yellow phlegm and blocked milk. ⑤ Take dried loofah, grind it into fine powder, mix with sweet rice wine, 2-3 times a day, and use it for those with lactation problems. ⑥ 60 grams of loofah, 1 pig's trotter, stewed and eaten as a vegetable, 2 times a day, used to treat insufficient milk supply. ⑦ Boiled freshwater fish with loofah kernels or loofah has the effect of stimulating lactation and producing milk. 2. Used in dermatology ① Wash and mash fresh loofah leaves, apply on the affected area until the area becomes red, which can treat psoriasis (neurodermatitis) ② 1 fresh loofah and 1 garlic, mash and apply on The affected area is then bandaged with gauze, and the dressing is changed once a day for skin boils. ③ Squeeze dried loofah with garlic juice and put it in shoes to reduce foot sweat, inhibit the growth of ringworm, and have a good effect on athlete's foot. ④Slice the old loofah into slices and wipe the area without hair vigorously until the area becomes hot. Use it 2 to 3 times a day for alopecia areata. ⑤ Mash fresh loofah leaves, add a little borneol, wrap it with gauze, and apply it gently to the affected area, 3 to 4 times a day. Use it for prickly heat in summer. ⑥ 1 handful of fresh loofah leaves, mash and squeeze the juice, add a little borneol, apply to the affected area for urticaria. ⑦ Burn the old loofah into carbon, grind it into fine powder, sprinkle it in the shoes, wear it barefoot, and wear it for half a month to treat excessive foot sweat. ⑧ Burn old loofah into charcoal, grind it into fine powder, mix it in chicken oil, and apply it on chilblains, twice a day to treat chilblains on hands and feet. ⑨Beauty. Loofah water contains effective medicinal ingredients such as protein and pectin. After washing your face every night, you can rub it on your face with loofah water or cut the loofah into thin slices and stick it on your face. ⑩ Bake luffa leaves and make powder into powder, which can be used for wound bleeding and also has hemostatic effect. 3. Use in internal medicine ① Boil Tianluo water with sugar and drink it to treat sore throat and cough with thick phlegm. ② Take several tender loofahs, wash them, do not peel them, chop them into pieces, add water to decoct them without adding salt, take them orally in 2 times (on the same day), and use them for those with coughs, asthma and symptoms of fever. . ③ Take 200 grams of tender loofah, wash it, pound the juice, add an appropriate amount of honey and take it, 1-2 times a day, for those with heavy cough. ④ Take 200 grams of fresh raw loofah and 30 grams of fresh loofah vines, wash them thoroughly, chop them into pieces, add rock sugar and make a decoction, take it in 2-3 times within the same day, and use it for people with whooping cough. ⑤Using 15 grams of loofah flowers and 30 grams of sophora japonica flowers in water can cure hemorrhoid bleeding. ⑥ Take 3 centimeters of old loofah near the pedicle, grind it into powder even if the skin is burned, and take 6 grams each time with sugar water. It is used for those who are unhappy with acne rash. ⑦ Take dried loofah, burn it, grind it into fine powder, take 10 grams each time, mix it with warm wine, and take it 1-2 times a day, for those with pain in the chest and ribs. ⑧ Take dried loofah vine and bake it, grind it into fine powder, take 3 grams each time, mix it with warm wine, and take it 2-3 times a day for chronic waist and leg pain. ⑨ Roast luffa seeds, grind them into fine powder, and make honey into pills. Take 9 grams each time, 3 times a day to treat cold and cough. ⑩ 30 grams of loofah and 30 grams of sunflower disk, decoct in water and take once a day to treat renal edema. 4. Used for facial features ① Take 30 grams of luffa vine, 150 grams of lean pork, appropriate amount of rock sugar, stew and take it once a day, for 7 days as a course of treatment, for sinusitis and rhinitis. ② Take the dried loofah of Menstrual Cream, grind it into fine powder, and rub it on the painful area to treat toothache. ③ Take dried loofah and burn it, mix it thoroughly with sesame oil, and apply it on the affected area to treat parotid gland swelling. ④ Wash the tender loofah, mash, squeeze out the juice, and add appropriate amount of rock sugar.

Take 1 spoon each time, 3 times a day to treat sore throat. ⑤Cure neuralgia. Warm the loofah water and drink it. The dosage depends on the symptoms, about 100 ml per day. Alternatively, you can mash the loofah stems and squeeze the juice and apply it to the affected area, which is also effective. ⑥ Bake the dried loofah in an iron pot and grind it into fine powder. Take 6 grams each time, wash it down with warm water on an empty stomach in the morning, and take it for 8 days to treat sinusitis. 5. Collect scattered loofah flowers and soak them in fresh boiled water as tea, which can clear away heat and quench thirst. 6. 1-2 fresh loofah flowers, appropriate amounts of sesame oil and soy sauce, and a little salt and MSG. Scrape the loofah, wash, drain, cut in half and cut into 3 cm segments or 0.6 cm thick slices. Add salt to the loofah slices and mix well. After 1 hour, drain off the salt and put it into a large bowl. Add sesame oil, soy sauce and MSG, stir briefly and serve. Features of this product: green, fragrant and refreshing. Its functions are to clear away heat and resolve phlegm, cool blood and stop bleeding. It is used for leukemia, fever, bleeding, and sputum clumping. 7. Loofah powder for removing freckles (Comprehensive prescription for all diseases) Dry 60 grams of loofah in the sun, grind it into fine powder, mix it with water every night and apply it on the face, and wash it off with water the next morning. It can clear away poisons, activate blood circulation and unblock meridians, and treat freckles and dark spots. Li Shizhen believes that it can "unblock the meridians and circulate the blood vessels" and can be used to wash the face and "greatly remove dirt and greasiness". Modern scientific research has confirmed that loofah juice contains a large amount of vitamin B1, which prevents skin aging, and vitamin C, which precipitates melanin and makes the skin white and tender. Therefore, from the perspective of Chinese and Western medicine, loofah is a rare food that can eliminate freckles, dark spots, and whiten the skin. If you add honey and apply it, you can remove facial wrinkles. It is now reported that the juice of loofah is mixed with alcohol and honey, and the juice is applied on the facial skin. After it dries, it is washed with water to remove wrinkles. Here are some loofah masks: Loofah Juice Oil Removal Lotion Ingredients: One loofah. Method: Juice the loofah. Then add 75-100 ml of loofah juice to 1500-2000 ml of warm water and set aside. Use it to wash your face, 1 to 2 times a day for 1 month, to remove excess oil from the skin, make the large pores on the face small and smooth, and make the skin delicate and shiny. Sunscreen loofah milk compress Ingredients: 1 loofah, ice milk, appropriate amount of honey. Method: Wash the loofah, cut into pieces, and use a juicer to extract the juice. Mix loofah juice with ice milk and honey to make a paste. Apply the loofah mask on your face and neck. After 15 to 20 minutes, rinse with clean water. This facial mask not only has a very good nourishing effect on the skin, but also has a very good sun protection effect. Especially for sunburned skin, it can be repaired as soon as possible and can also fade spots. Loofah Lemon Whitening Compress Ingredients: Half a loofah, half a lemon, and an appropriate amount of milk. Method: Wash the loofah and lemon, chop them into pieces, and put them into a juicer to squeeze the juice. Add the juice to milk, mix well and apply on face. Wash off the mask after 10 to 15 minutes. Long-term use of this mask can make the skin fair and delicate and reduce spots. Anti-wrinkle loofah liquid Ingredients: fresh loofah or loofah rhizome. Method: Wring the loofah to extract the natural juice, or extract the juice from the rhizome of the loofah. Then use absorbent cotton dipped in the juice to apply on the face and lightly apply on wrinkles. Long-term use can reduce wrinkles and keep the appearance young.