The therapeutic effect of loofah

We often eat loofah, but what are the benefits of eating loofah? What are the therapeutic effects of loofah?

Therapeutic effects 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.

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.

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:

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.

Antiviral, anti-allergic:

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