The efficacy and function of loofah Diseases that loofah can treat

This article is about loofah, mainly talking about its functions and effects . I hope it will be of some help to my friends.

Introduction of loofah

Luffa is a climbing herbaceous plant of the Cucurbitaceae family, with a strong root system. The stem is vine-like, five-sided, green, and the main and side vines grow luxuriantly. The stem nodes have branched tendrils and are prone to adventitious roots. It is distributed and cultivated both at home and abroad. The fruit is a summer vegetable, and the various nutrients it contains are higher than those of melon foods. The special substances it contains, such as saponins, bitter luffa, mucilage, wood glue, citrulline, xylan and interferon, have certain special effects. When mature, the mesh fibers inside are called luffa, which can be used instead of sponges to wash stoves and furniture; it can also be used for medicinal purposes, with the effects of cooling, diuresis, blood circulation, menstruation and detoxification. In addition, the homophonic "dead hang" of luffa is a nickname for the hang in the game, and "stinky luffa" is also a nickname for the hang.

Efficacy and function

The efficacy of loofah

The loofah contains B vitamins that prevent skin aging and vitamin C that whitens the skin. It can protect the skin, eliminate plaques, and make the skin white and tender. It is a rare beauty product, so loofah juice is called "beauty water". Eating more loofah can also help regulate menstrual disorders.

1. Anti-scurvy:

The high content of vitamin C in loofah can be used to fight scurvy and prevent various vitamin C deficiencies;

2. Brain health and beauty:

Because of the high content of vitamin B in loofah, it is beneficial to the brain development of children and the brain health of the middle-aged and elderly. The juice of the loofah vine has the special function of maintaining skin elasticity and can beautify and remove wrinkles.

3. Antiviral and anti-allergic:

Luffa extract has a significant preventive effect on Japanese encephalitis virus. An anti-allergic substance, bromocriptine acid, is also extracted from the luffa tissue culture medium, which has a strong anti-allergic effect.

Dietary effects

Luffa tastes sweet and is cool in nature. It enters the liver and stomach meridians. It has the effects of clearing away heat and cooling blood, detoxifying and relieving constipation, dispelling wind and resolving phlegm, moisturizing the skin and beautifying, dredging meridians, promoting blood circulation, promoting lactation, and regulating irregular menstruation. It can also be used to treat fever, thirst, phlegm, asthma, cough, intestinal wind, hemorrhoids, metrorrhagia, leucorrhea, hematuria, treating sores, carbuncles, and women's lack of lactation.

Luffa is sweet in taste, neutral in nature, and can pass through the twelve meridians, dredge the meridians, clear away heat and resolve phlegm.

Anti-scurvy:

The content of vitamin C in loofah is high, 8 mg per 100 grams, which can be used to prevent scurvy and various vitamin C deficiencies.

Brain health and beauty:

Antiviral, anti-allergic:

Luffa extract has a significant preventive effect on Japanese encephalitis virus. Injection of Lo43 before virus infection can provide a protection rate of 60% to 80%. An anti-allergic substance, broomrape acid, is also extracted from the luffa tissue culture fluid, which has a strong anti-allergic effect.

After the loofah is fully aged and mature, it can be dried and used to wash pots and dishes.

Luffa is the fresh and tender fruit of the gourd plant luffa or Guangdong luffa, also known as hanging gourd. It is native to Southeast Asia and was introduced to my country in the Ming Dynasty, becoming a common vegetable for people. Luffa has the highest medicinal value, and the whole body can be used as medicine. Luffa contains a higher level of various nutrients among melon foods, and the special substances it contains, such as saponins, luffa bitters, mucilage, wood glue, citrulline, xylan and interferon, have certain special effects.

Therapeutic Uses of Luffa

Internal hemorrhoids and bleeding in stool: 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: 60 ml of fresh loofah juice (for children aged 3-6 years), add appropriate amount of honey and take orally, twice a day.

To prevent 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: 1 old loofah, chop and fry until slightly yellow, grind into fine powder. Take 10 grams each time, with boiled water, 3 times a day, for 5 consecutive days.

To promote lactation: 1 old loofah, dry in the shade, burn to preserve its nature, grind into powder, take with rice wine, 9 grams each time.

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.

Menstrual irregularities: Use 1 loofah, add 1 bowl of water and decoct it. Drink it regularly to regulate the condition. Dry the loofah seeds, add 1 bowl of water and decoct it. After the water boils, add a small amount of brown sugar, and drink it with yellow wine once in the morning and evening. It is effective for regulating menstrual irregularities. 1 old loofah, dry it, grind it into fine powder, take 9 grams each time, and mix it with salt and boiled water. It can treat menorrhagia.

Ascariasis: Peel 40-50 black raw loofah seeds, take out the kernel and chew it, take with warm water on an empty stomach (or mash the loofah kernel and put it into capsules). Children take 30 capsules each time, once a day, for 2 consecutive days.

Chronic bronchitis: 150-240 grams of frosted loofah vines, decocted in water, 1 dose per day, 10 days as a course of treatment, take two courses in a row.

Bronchitis: 90-150 grams of loofah vines, chopped, decocted in water twice, combined the filtrate, concentrated to 100-150 ml, taken three times a day, 10 days as a course of treatment.

Chronic sinusitis: Cut the loofah vine into pieces, roast until half burnt, grind into powder and blow into the nasal cavity, 2 to 3 times a day, 2 to 4 days as a course of treatment. Take the loofah vine 3 feet near the root, cut into pieces after picking the melon, dry it in the sun, stir-fry until slightly burnt, grind into powder, make into 2 qian honey pills, take 1 pill each time, 3 times a day, can be taken for a longer period of time.

Rhinitis: 500g of loofah root and 250g of yellow gardenia. Grind into fine powder, take 9g each time, 3 times a day.

The effect of loofah on women

Luffa fruit is a summer vegetable, and contains a higher level of nutrients than other melon foods. Special substances such as saponins, bitter luffa, mucilage, wood glue, citrulline, xylan and interferon have certain special effects. It can also be used for medicinal purposes, with the effects of cooling, diuresis, blood circulation, menstruation and detoxification. It is advisable to eat more luffa in summer, especially for women. Effects of luffa on women 1 Uterine bleeding The remaining luffa frost after burning the luffa is called luffa frost, which is ground and set aside. Take 3-6 grams each time, and take it with salt soup or rice wine, twice a day, which is effective for uterine bleeding or hemorrhage. Use luffa seeds or luffa leaves to fry black and grind into powder, and take it with salt water, which can also treat menorrhagia. 2 Menstrual disorders Dry the luffa seeds, boil them in water, add appropriate amount of brown sugar, and take them after warm rice wine, twice a day. 3 Dysmenorrhea Take 1 dried luffa, boil it in water and take it twice a day. 4 Beauty luffa juice is known as beauty water. Cut off the growing loofah vines, and apply the juice that flows out with gauze on the face or skin. It can moisturize the skin and prevent wrinkles. You can also squeeze the loofah juice directly, add appropriate amount of honey or glycerin and apply it, which is also effective. 5 Menstrual Excessive Menstrual 1 old loofah, burn it to ashes, grind it into powder, take 9 grams each time, and wash it with salt and water. If taken with rice wine, nuts | fried food has the effect of promoting lactation. Eating more loofah is also helpful for women to regulate menstrual disorders. Effects and functions of loofah Anti-scurvy: The content of vitamin C in loofah is high, which can be used to prevent scurvy and prevent various vitamin C deficiencies Brain health and beauty: Due to the high content of vitamin B in loofah, it is beneficial to the brain development of children and the brain health of the middle-aged and elderly; the juice of loofah vines has the special function of maintaining skin elasticity, which can beautify and remove wrinkles Anti-virus and anti-allergy: Loofah extract has a significant preventive effect on Japanese encephalitis virus. In the loofah tissue culture medium, an anti-allergic substance, bryony acid, is also extracted, which has a strong anti-allergic effect. Precautions for eating loofah Loofah should not be eaten raw, but can be cooked and boiled in soup; or the juice can be applied to the affected area. Loofah is rich in juice and should be cut and cooked immediately to prevent the nutrients from flowing away with the juice. When cooking loofah, you should pay attention to keeping it as light as possible, use less oil, and use thin starch, MSG or pepper to enhance the flavor, so that the characteristics of loofah can be displayed.

I believe that female friends will want to eat loofah after seeing this.

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