Luffa sponge has strong water absorption capacity and is a good material for insoles. After professional design and processing, loofah has been used in bath, foot health care, decoration, toys, cushions and other fields.
Mature loofah can be used as a kitchen cleaning rag, which is environmentally friendly and low-carbon. Effect of 1. on liver: Oleanolic acid contained in it has therapeutic effect on acute liver injury caused by carbon tetrachloride in rats, and can alleviate hollow degeneration, loose degeneration, necrosis and lobular degeneration of hepatocytes.
2. Other effects: Folic acid in oleander has diuretic effect and inhibits the growth of S- 180 tumor strain.
3. Pharmacology (toxicology): No obvious toxic and side effects were found in oleander folic acid PO 1.20 mg/kg. The clinical dose of animal ig is 100 times, and it is taken continuously for 10 days. Microscopically, there is no obvious damage to brain, heart and liver 1 1 organs, indicating low toxicity and safe use. 1. Treatment of chest pain: 9 grams of towel gourd, 9 grams of red peony root, 9 grams of white peony root, 9 grams of rhizoma corydalis and 6 grams of green tangerine peel. Decoct. (Anhui Chinese herbal medicine)
2. Treatment of chest pain and heartburn: Luffa sponge 15g, Orange sponge 3g, Salvia miltiorrhiza 10g, Allium macrostemon 12g. Decoct with water. (Sichuan Yearbook of Traditional Chinese Medicine 1979)
3. Treating cough and chest pain: the old loofah burns essence. Mix sugar, 2g each time, 2 ~ 3 times a day, and take it with warm water. (Food Traditional Chinese Medicine and Convenient Prescriptions)
4. Treatment of rheumatic joint pain: Luffa 15g, Honeysuckle 24g, Clematis chinensis 12g, Spatholobus suberectus 15g. Decoct with water. (Shandong Handbook of Chinese Herbal Medicine)
5. Treatment of arm pain: Luffa 10g, Gentiana macrophylla 6g, Notopterygium Rhizoma 3g, Carthami Flos 4.5g, decocted in water. (Selected Prescriptions for Common Diseases in Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine)
6. Treatment of hemiplegia after stroke: Luffa, Achyranthes bidentata 65,438+00g, Mulberry Branch and Astragalus 30g. Decoct with water. (Sichuan Yearbook of Traditional Chinese Medicine 1979)
7. There is no cure for milk: 30 grams of loofah and 60 grams of fig stewed pig's trotters or pork clothes. (Sichuan Yearbook of Traditional Chinese Medicine 1979)
8. Treat intestinal gas pain, and rush around the navel: loofah sponge, burn and grind. Every time you drink San Qian, the hot wine will be adjusted. (Study on the Usage of Materia Medica)
9. Treatment of acute mastitis and furuncle: 9 grams of sponge gourd and peony bark, 9 grams of honeysuckle and dandelion 15 grams, and 0/2 grams of fried bitter orange. Decoct. (Anhui Chinese herbal medicine)
10. Treatment of eczema: 60g of loofah sponge. Decoct with water and fumigate the affected area. (Shandong Handbook of Chinese Herbal Medicine)
1 1. Treatment of hemorrhoid and leakage, proctoptosis: loofah sponge, cauterization. In those days, lime and realgar were used as the powder, pig bile, egg white and sesame oil were mixed, and only paste was collected. (Study on the Usage of Materia Medica)
12. Treatment of edema ascites: Luffa 60g. Decoct with water. (Shandong Handbook of Chinese Herbal Medicine)
13. Not for menstruation: Luffa (calcined grind), per 15g, under wine. (One-sided Selection (Yufu) Stream)
14. Treatment of hydrangea wind and pruritus vulvae: 30g of towel gourd and 60g of garlic cloves. Decocting water 10000ml. Sit bath, 2 ~ 3 times a day, 20 ~ 30 min each time. (Topical Herbs for Ulcer)
15. Treatment of joint pain: loofah 150g, 500 ml of Chinese liquor, soaked for 7 days, and drained, once 1 cup, twice a day.
16. Treatment of chronic low back pain: Chop the loofah, bake it to brown, grind it into powder, 1 tablet per day, and take it twice with a little yellow wine.
17. Treatment of uterine prolapse: loofah sponge 48g, Daqu liquor 500ml. Grind towel gourd into 14, take 1 serving every morning and before dinner, take 9 ml of Chinese liquor, 7 days as a course of treatment, and take the second course of treatment every 5-7 days.
18. Treatment of urethritis: decoct the towel gourd with water and take it orally with a little honey.
19, mastitis treatment: 1 loofah, which can be burned, ground, boiled with vinegar and taken with brown sugar water. This product is the vascular bundle of mature fruit of Cucurbitaceae plant Luffa. In summer and autumn, the fruit ripens, the peel turns yellow, the inside is dried, picked, peeled and peeled, washed, dried and seeded.
Saponins, bitter substances, mucus, wood glue, citrulline, xylan and interferon in luffa have certain special functions. Contains vitamin b 1 for preventing skin aging and vitamin C for whitening skin, which can protect skin, eliminate plaque and make skin white and tender. It is a rare beauty product, so Luffa juice is called "beauty water".
Luffa sponge is composed of criss-crossing vascular bundles, mostly rectangular, slightly thinner at both ends, with a diameter of 5 ~ 10cm, varying in length, yellow-white and rough surface, sometimes with residual skin and pulp, light weight, tenacity and elasticity, three cavities in the cross section, and occasional black seeds. A slight breath, a faint taste. It is best to be large, complete, clean, tough, yellow and white and seedless.
additional information
Luffa sponge is divided into luffa sponge, fried luffa sponge and luffa sponge charcoal according to different processing methods; After processing, store it in a dry container and put it in a ventilated and dry place to prevent moisture.
food therapy
Sweet in taste and cool in nature. Enter lung, liver and stomach meridians. Go into battle lightly, and make a huge profit.
Dredge channels and collaterals, clear away heat and toxic materials, promote diuresis, reduce swelling and stop bleeding. Indications: chest pain, rheumatic joint pain, muscle spasm, female amenorrhea, galactorrhea, phlegm-heat cough, toxic carbuncle due to heat, hemorrhoid leakage, edema, dysuria, hematochezia and metrorrhagia.
Practical guidance
Soup should be eaten raw, ground and fried, and charcoal should be used to stop bleeding.
1. For patients with liver depression and qi stagnation, meridian obstruction and chest pain, it can be combined with Fructus Trichosanthis, Yujin, Fructus Aurantii and Rhizoma Corydalis to widen the chest to regulate qi.
2. For those with excessive cough and phlegm due to heat in lung meridian, it can be combined with Fructus Trichosanthis, Cortex Mori, Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae and Qianhutong to increase the effect of clearing away lung heat and resolving phlegm.
3. For edema and ascites caused by stagnant water, it can be used together with Poria, Alisma orientalis, Wax gourd peel and Coicis Semen to enhance the effect of diuresis and dampness.
4. This product is often used with palm charcoal to treat hematochezia and metrorrhagia. Trait recognition
They all have crisscross vascular bundles. Most of them are rectangular, slightly curved, with slightly thinner ends and different lengths, up to 70cm in length and 5- 10cm in diameter. The surface is yellow and white, rough, with several shallow longitudinal grooves, and sometimes residual peel and membranous fruit can be seen. Light, tough and elastic; There are three cavities in the cross section, and occasionally there are black seeds left. A slight breath, a faint taste.
It is best to be large, complete, clear-ribbed, tough, light yellow and white in color and seedless.
Applied discrimination
Luffa and the flowers of Luffa are the same in nature and taste, one is a flower, and the other is a reticular fiber of an old fruit. Both of them have the functions of clearing away heat and detoxicating, and can treat cough caused by lung heat, but silk cotton has a greater effect, which has the effects of dredging meridians, cooling blood and stopping bleeding.
Trait recognition
loofah
It is long cylindrical or long shuttle-shaped, slightly curved and thin at both ends. It is about 25 ~ 60 cm long and 6 ~ 8 cm in diameter in the middle. The surface is white or yellow-white, and the whole system is a net composed of multiple layers of filamentous fibers. It's light and tough, and it won't break. The transverse section shows that the ovary has three cells, forming three large cavities and a small amount of residual black seeds. No breath, light taste. It is best to be thin, tough, white and skinless.
Loofah cloth
Long cylindrical, with a tough fruit stalk at one end, grayish yellow skin with 10 longitudinal edges and crisp skin. The rest are similar to loofah.