According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the pulp of silk melon is sweet and flat, and enters the lung, stomach and liver meridians. It is a good product for medical and dietotherapy, and has the effects of dredging meridians, clearing away heat and resolving phlegm. Materia Medica Rexin records that "dredging meridians, harmonizing blood vessels, resolving phlegm and smoothing qi" can be used for:

1, rheumatism arthralgia syndrome. This product is good at dispelling wind and dredging collaterals, but its drug effect is mild, so it is often used in compound prescription. It is usually combined with Gentiana macrophylla, Radix Saposhnikoviae, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Caulis Spatholobi, etc.

2, chest pain. This product can enter the liver, promote blood circulation and dredge collaterals, and is often used for chest and hypochondriac pain due to qi and blood stasis. It is usually combined with Bupleurum, Rhizoma Cyperi, Fructus Trichosanthis and Radix Curcumae.

3, milk impassability, breast abscess. This product is light in weight and good at dredging collaterals. It is often used with Vaccaria, Passepartout, Pangolin and Pig's trotters to treat hypogalactia or galactorrhea after delivery. For swelling and pain of mammary abscess, it is combined with dandelion, Fritillaria thunbergii, Fructus Trichosanthis and Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae Viride.

Extended data:

Silk pulp is the vascular bundle in the mature fruit of panicum miliaceum Luffa of Cucurbitaceae or the withered fruit of Luffa. Luffa is a common vegetable in summer and autumn in China, which is produced in most provinces and regions of the country.

Luffa sponge contains xylan, mannan, galactan, etc. The decoction has obvious analgesic, sedative and anti-inflammatory effects. Clinical research shows that Luffa sponge has certain curative effect on acute mastitis, herpes zoster and thyroid adenoma.

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