Luffa is green, tender, crisp and sweet, which is a good dish for clearing away heat and purging fire, cooling blood and detoxifying in summer. Luffa is not only nutritious, but also has certain medicinal value. It is covered with precious loofah, cool and sweet. It has the effects of relieving summer-heat, relaxing bowels, expelling wind and resolving phlegm, cooling blood and removing toxic substances, dredging meridians, promoting qi circulation and removing blood stasis. It can also treat bloody urine and stool and help parturient lactation. However, eating too much will cause diarrhea. People with chronic diseases, spleen and stomach weakness and indigestion should eat less.

Luffa is also a rare natural beauty agent with freckle removing, whitening and wrinkle removing. Long-term consumption or wiping the face with loofah liquid can also make people's skin smooth and delicate, and has special effects of anti-wrinkle, anti-inflammation, prevention and elimination of acne and melanosis.

This paper introduces several edible and dietetic methods of loofah:

1. Green and white loofah: Saute shredded ginger, add loofah and stir fry, add green pepper and a little garlic. When the loofah is cooked, add the lily and cook it slightly, then take it out of the pot.

2. Ice Muscle jade bone: Peel the loofah, wash it, cut it into small pieces of 1.5cm, steam the loofah with strong fire for 7 minutes, pour out the melon juice, put oil in the pot, saute the minced garlic, pour the loofah on it, and add a little soy sauce and sesame oil.

3. Wash and chop the fresh loofah, wrap it in gauze and juice, add the same amount of medicinal alcohol and honey, and mix well. When in use, apply cotton balls to face and arms with dipping juice, and rinse with water after 20 minutes. Apply 1 time every night for one month to reduce wrinkles and make skin smooth and elastic.

4, towel gourd leaf soup bath: taking a bath with fresh towel gourd leaf soup can clean the skin, eliminate wrinkles, clear away heat and detoxify, and prevent prickly heat.

5, sore swelling poison: take 1 tender loofah and mash it for external application.

According to Chinese materia medica books, Luffa is flat and sweet, and has the effects of dredging meridians, promoting blood circulation to remove blood stasis, cooling blood and detoxifying. The ancients believed that the old loofah had meridians, which were similar to the meridians of the human body. Therefore, the qi of the old loofah can be used to guide the meridians of the human body, so that the meridians are smooth, the qi and blood are smooth, and menstruation is natural and smooth.

The skin, pulp and seed of Luffa are three commonly used Chinese medicines, namely Luffa skin, Luffa and Luffa seed. Pharmacopoeia records that towel gourd skin can anneal and detoxify, eliminate heat and reduce swelling; Loofah sponge can clear away heat and resolve phlegm, and activate menstruation; Loofah seeds can clear away heat and reduce fire. Moreover, first frost's towel gourd is cooler and has more medicinal value. Adding some sugar, on the one hand, can make the taste better, on the other hand, it can also make the medicine milder. If you swallow it slowly together, you can achieve the purpose of clearing away heat and swelling, reducing fire and relieving pain, and it is also good for chronic pharyngitis.

Luffa originated in Nanyang and was introduced to China in Ming Dynasty, becoming a common vegetable. As Li Shizhen said: "Loofah, which was unknown before the Tang and Song Dynasties, is found in both the north and the south today, and is regarded as a regular dish." Luffa is a cool food. "Compendium of Materia Medica" says "clearing away heat and benefiting intestines", and Ben Jingyuan also says: "Luffa is tender and cold." Therefore, people who get angry have dry stools and should eat loofah, which has the function of clearing away heat and relaxing bowels.

Luffa is nutritious and contains a lot of vitamins, minerals, plant mucus, xylose gum and other substances.

Loofah should be cooked and fried, and soup is more delicious when the weather is hot, which can not only supplement nutrition, but also have the effect of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat. Besides chicken soup and broth, loofah can also be cooked with straw mushroom fish head soup. Boiling a few slices of ginger and a little wine can not only quench your thirst, but also relieve your summer troubles. This is the ideal soup for hot weather. If there is an opportunity, soaking the scattered loofah flowers in boiling water can also clear away heat and quench thirst.

Luffa also has high medicinal value. People often use it to treat gynecological diseases. Its flowers, leaves and vines can be used as medicine with different effects.

Luffa is also the top grade among beautiful women. Wash, dry and chop the fresh towel gourd, wrap it with clean gauze to squeeze out the juice, then add the same amount of medicinal alcohol and high-quality honey, mix well, evenly spread it on the face and arms, and wash it off with clear water after 20 minutes. It is said that applying it once every morning and evening for about a month can improve skin wrinkles and make skin smooth and elastic.

In addition, applying towel gourd juice mixed with wheat starch and cold boiled water to the face can make the skin whiter and more delicate.

In addition, dried loofah can also be a good material for body washing. This kind of natural brush can be bought in the local market.

Luffa is so delicious and easy to use, how can you live up to it!

There are many varieties of loofah, among which cantaloupe is the most common in the local area, and it is called cantaloupe in the workshop.

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