Brief introduction of loofah
Luffa, a traditional Chinese medicine name, is the vascular bundle of the dried and mature fruit of Luffa, a cucurbitaceae plant. Most of them are long prismatic or long cylindrical, slightly curved, 30 ~ 70 cm long and 7 ~10 cm in diameter. The surface is yellowish white. Light, tough and elastic, and can't be broken. The transverse section shows that the ovary has 3 cells and is hollow. Slight breath, light taste. It is better to be large, complete, clean, tough, yellowish white and seedless.
How to make loofah
When the loofah turns yellow (be careful that it must be old, the more ripe it is, the better), dry it, rub off the skin of the loofah outside, and beat out the loofah seeds to become a natural loofah.
Loofah pictures
The function of loofah sponge
1, towel gourd is sweet and cool. It can dredge channels and activate collaterals, clear away heat and toxic materials, induce diuresis, reduce swelling and stop bleeding.
2. For those with liver stagnation and qi stagnation, obstruction of meridians and collaterals, and fullness and pain in chest and hypochondrium, it can be combined with Guawei, Yujin, Fructus Aurantii and Rhizoma Corydalis to broaden the chest and regulate qi.
3. Loofah sponge has strong water absorption capacity and is a good material for insoles. Now after professional design and processing, loofah has been applied in bath, foot, decoration, toys, cushions and other fields.
4. Mature loofah can be used as a rag for kitchen cleaning, which is environmentally friendly and low-carbon.
Medicinal value of loofah sponge
It has the effects of expelling wind, dredging collaterals, promoting blood circulation and lactation. It can be used for treating arthralgia and contracture, chest and hypochondriac swelling and pain, mammary obstruction, and swelling and pain of breast carbuncle.
1, the treatment of milk is not enough: 30 grams of loofah, 60 grams of figs. Stewed pig's trotters or pork clothes.
2, the recipe for treating phlegm and cough ("The Recipe for Taking Health"): Luffa, usage, taking its burning as the end, jujube meat as a pill, warm wine to take.
3. Chest and hypochondriac pain: Luffa sponge, Radix Paeoniae Alba and Rhizoma Corydalis each15g, Tangluo10g, Radix Curcumae10g, and Bulbus Allii Macrostemonae12g. Decoct with water, one dose a day.
4. Arthralgia: Loofah sponge15g, honeysuckle stem 20g, clematis chinensis12g, Spatholobus suberectus15g. Decoct with water. One dose a day for 14 days.
5. Sciatic bone: Luffa sponge15g, Gentiana macrophylla10g, Notopterygium incisum 6g, safflower10g. Decoct with water, one dose a day.
6. Hemiplegia: Loofah sponge, Achyranthes bidentata each15g, Mulberry branch and Astragalus each 30g. Decoct with water, one dose a day.
7, uterine prolapse: 48 grams of loofah, 25 grams of Radix Astragali. Grind and mix well, and the water will become pills. 6 grams each time, twice a day, with white wine, 7 days as a course of treatment.
8, mastitis: 50 grams of loofah sponge, 25 grams of dandelion, ground, mixed with vinegar and applied to the affected area, covered with gauze, fixed with tape, twice a day.
9, cough phlegm: Luffa, orange, Platycodon grandiflorum each 15 grams. Grinding and mixing, and making honey into pills. 6 grams each time, twice a day, with warm water.
10, eczema treatment: 60 grams of loofah sponge. Decoct in water and smoke the affected area.
1 1, treatment of edema, ascites: 60 grams of sponge gourd. Decoct with water.
12, the treatment of menstruation is not good: loofah sponge (forging, grinding), every 15 grams, under wine.
13, treatment of intestinal gas pain, rushing around the navel: loofah sponge, burning powder. Every time you take San Qian, the hot wine is adjusted.
14, treatment of urethritis: water decoction of loofah, and a little honey for oral administration.
15. Treatment of chronic low back pain: Chop loofah sponge, bake it to brown, grind it into powder, take it twice a day, with a little yellow wine.
Can loofah treat gout?
Some people say that loofah can treat gout, so can loofah treat gout? Will it be effective in treating gout? Gout belongs to the category of "Li Jie Feng" and "Bi Syndrome" in traditional Chinese medicine. It is characterized by repeated attacks of swelling and pain in small joints such as big toe, metatarsophalangeal joint, instep, heel, ankle, finger and wrist, and joint deformity. Instead of tea, the soup of loofah sponge can not only dispel wind and dredge collaterals, but also promote serum fever and diuresis, which can increase urine volume and promote uric acid excretion, thus alleviating gout symptoms.
Methods: Take about 50g loofah sponge every day, add water to decoct, boil, take the soup, remove the residue and cool it, and take it frequently. It can be drunk in large quantities to keep the urine volume at about 2000ml. Loofah collaterals are sweet and cool, and belong to liver, stomach and lung meridians, which has the functions of expelling wind and dredging collaterals and inducing serum fever. Luffa sponge is easy to obtain, cheap and easy to obtain, and the method of replacing tea with decoction is simple, and it is easy to be accepted by patients without pain during drinking. Therefore, it is a better drink for gout patients.
Of course, if there is no curative effect for a long time, I suggest you go to a regular professional hospital for treatment in time.
Eating method of loofah sponge
1, sponge gourd and crucian carp soup
Practice: Take 30 grams of loofah sponge, 500 grams of crucian carp, a little ginger, onion, garlic, wine and salt, add 800 ml of water and cook to 400 ml. 200ml each time, twice a day for three or four days.
Efficacy: this soup has the function of dredging collaterals and promoting lactation. It is used for those who have less or no lactation after delivery, but it is not greasy, and it is smooth and moderate.
2, loofah pettitoes soup
Practice: take 30 grams of loofah sponge, 500 grams of pig's trotters, a little ginger, onion, garlic, wine, salt and oil, add 800 ml of water and cook to 400 ml. 200ml each time, twice a day for three or four days.
Efficacy: pig's trotters are nourishing but not greasy, and the soup is salty, light, fat and greasy. When eaten together, it has the function of dredging collaterals and promoting lactation, and is used for those with low postpartum milk or milk obstruction.
Side effects of loofah sponge
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Medical records of loofah sponge
1, "":It can dredge the veins and viscera, remove wind and toxic materials, reduce swelling and phlegm, relieve pain and kill insects, and treat various blood diseases.
2, "Herbal Reading": Loofah sponge, enter the meridians, and relieve evil heat. When the heat is removed, the wind will go away, and the body fluid in the collaterals will not combine and become phlegm, which will become swollen and toxic, so the clouds will detoxify the ears.
3, "Medical Forest Compendium": cooling blood and oozing blood, dredging meridians and supporting pox poison.
4, "Materia Medica Rejuvenation": through the meridians, and blood, phlegm and qi.
5, "classified herbal": treating breast swelling and pain, fire forging and keeping wine. Fire injury caused by mixing sesame oil with soup.
6, "Modern and Practical Chinese Medicine": pass milk and get acne. Treat carbuncle without convergence. For black burn, it can be used orally to treat intestinal bleeding, dysentery, uterine bleeding, orchitis swelling, hemorrhoid bleeding and so on.
7, "Luchuan Materia Medica": cool blood and detoxify, diuresis and dehumidification. Treat lung heat, phlegm cough, delirium due to fever, irritability due to heart heat, and hand and foot convulsions.
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