The health benefits and therapeutic effects of loofah

What are the benefits of eating loofah regularly for our body? Now loofah is a vegetable with very high nutritional value, so let me tell you about it below:

Health Benefits of Luffa

[Bleeding in stool due to internal hemorrhoids] Cut 250 grams of fresh loofah into pieces, slice 200 grams of lean pork, add appropriate amount of water and cook into soup. After cooking, season with salt and serve as a dish.

[Whooping cough] Take 60 ml of fresh loofah juice (for children aged 3-6 years) and add appropriate amount of honey, twice a day.

[Preventing measles] Boil 100 grams of raw loofah in water and drink it twice a day for 3 days.

[Pharyngitis] Chop 1 piece of frosted loofah into small pieces and decoct it in water. Or mash the tender loofah into juice and take 1 tablespoon of juice 3 times a day.

[Mumps] Cut 1 old loofah into small pieces and stir-fry until slightly yellow, then grind into fine powder. Take 10 grams each time with boiled water, 3 times a day for 5 consecutive days.

[Lack of milk] 30 grams of loofah seeds, cooked with silver carp.

[Asthma] Cut 2 small raw loofahs, put them in a casserole and cook until soft. Take 150 ml of the concentrated juice, 3 times a day.

[Lung abscess, hernia pain, postpartum abdominal pain] Peel 2 old loofahs, dry them on a tile, grind them into powder, mix with rice wine, take 10 grams each time, 3 times a day.

Therapeutic effects of loofah

1. Anti-scurvy: Loofah has a high content of vitamin C, containing 8 mg per 100 grams. It can be used to fight scurvy and prevent various vitamin C deficiencies.

2. Brain-enhancing and beauty-enhancing: Since loofah contains high levels of vitamin B1, it is beneficial to the brain development of children and the brain health of the elderly. The juice of the loofah vine has the special function of maintaining skin elasticity and can beautify and remove wrinkles.

3. Anti-virus, anti-allergic Sponge gourd extract (Lo43) has a significant preventive effect on Japanese encephalitis virus. Injecting Lo43 before infection with the virus can provide a protection rate of 60% to 80%. An anti-allergic substance, bryonic acid, is also extracted from the tissue culture medium of the sponge gourd, which has a strong anti-allergic effect.