(loofah sponge)
Loofah sponge plays a very important role in lactation. It has the special effects of dredging channels, clearing away heat and toxic materials, resolving phlegm, inducing diuresis to reduce swelling and stopping bleeding. It is a good product for lactation and lactation.
When we use loofah to promote lactation, we usually take the loofah directly, cut it into pieces and cook it with other Chinese medicines. If it is used to stop bleeding and reduce swelling, it is generally the ash of sponge of loofah, which is stored after burning, ground and directly sprinkled on the wound. Or burn it, grind it into powder, cook it in vinegar, and take it with brown sugar water to treat mastitis.
(Chopped loofah)
According to its medicinal properties, Luffa has special effects on diseases of chest and ribs and diseases of lung, chest and breast. It can solve the problems of chest rib pain, chest arthralgia, galactorrhea, mastitis, etc. In addition, due to its diuretic effect, Luffa sponge can treat amenorrhea, abdominal pain, lumbago, carbuncle and other diseases of women.
Luffa charcoal is used in many recipes, which is obtained by "hiding and burning" Luffa. Does that mean directly lighting the loofah? Actually, it's not.
The method of sponge gourd charcoal is: put the sponge gourd cut into small pieces into a large pot, fill it, then cover the pot cover with the same size, seal the joint of the two pots with yellow mud, and then calcine it with low fire for 4-5 hours to stop the fire. Generally, white paper is pasted on the bottom of the pot at the top. When the paper turns brown, it is calcined thoroughly. Then leave it overnight and use it the next day. This is luffa carbon.
(Luffa charcoal)
Regarding the usage of loofah, it is generally used in combination with other drugs and rarely used alone. In Tongru Tongru Prescription, it is generally used as an "enabling" medicine for monarch, minister and assistant, which can guide the medicine to the chest, thus solving the breast problem more effectively.
A prescription for reducing milk was mentioned earlier: nourishing milk soup, in which loofah played a role in guiding the rise of drugs. You can try:
Milk nourishing soup:
30g of Radix Astragali, 0/5g of Radix Angelicae Sinensis/kloc-0, 2g of Rhizoma Anemarrhenae/kloc-0, 2g of Radix Scrophulariae/kloc-0, 6g of Squama Manis (stir-fried, ground), 3 pieces of Fructus Lipuidambaris (mashed), Semen Vaccariae12g (stir-fried) and Luffa 60.
Scope of treatment:
Insufficient milk caused by malnutrition; Breast obstruction caused by slight inflammation and lump; Postpartum deficiency of qi and blood leads to hypogalactia.
Luffa sponge is very powerful, especially for breasts. When using the prescription of breast enhancement and lactation, you may wish to add a little.