Luffa has high nutritional value and good taste. It is delicious when stir-fried with meat and is also very good when made into soup. Let’s try it. Introduction of loofahLuffa 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. Nutritional value of loofahThe 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.Edible EffectLoofah is sweet and cool in nature, and enters the liver and stomach meridians; It can eliminate heat and resolve phlegm, cool blood and detoxify, relieve heat and relieve restlessness, promote blood circulation and dispel wind; It is used to treat fever, thirst, phlegm, asthma, cough, intestinal wind, hemorrhoids, metrorrhagia, leucorrhea, hematuria, sores, carbuncles, and lack of milk in women. Luffa is sweet in taste, neutral in nature, and can pass through the twelve meridians, dredge the meridians, clear away heat and resolve phlegm.Target GroupIt is edible for general population. 1. Women with irregular menstruation, fatigue, cough, phlegm, and postpartum milk blockage are suitable to eat more loofah; 2. People with weak constitution, internal coldness or diarrhea should not eat too much. |
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