What are the therapeutic effects of loofah

Various fruits and vegetables have good nutritional value, especially cucumbers and loofahs. Next, I will introduce the therapeutic effects of loofahs:

Dietary effects

1. Anti-scurvy: The vitamin C content in loofah is high, containing 8 mg per 100 grams, which can be used to fight scurvy and prevent various vitamin C deficiencies.

2. Brain health and beauty: As the content of vitamin B1 in loofah is also high, 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. Anti-virus, anti-allergic The extract of loofah (Lo43) has a significant preventive effect on Japanese encephalitis virus. If Lo43 is injected before infection, the protection rate can reach 60% to 80%. An anti-allergic substance, bryonic acid, is also extracted from the tissue culture medium of loofah, which has a strong anti-allergic effect.

Healthy ways to eat loofah

1. Known as the "beauty water" for beauty. Cut the growing loofah vines, and apply the juice that flows out with gauze on the face or skin to moisturize the skin and prevent wrinkles. You can also squeeze the juice of the loofah directly, add appropriate amount of honey or glycerin and apply it, which is also effective.

2. Uterine bleeding, grind it and set aside. Take 3-6 grams each time, take it with salt soup or rice wine, twice a day, it is effective for uterine bleeding or hemorrhage. Fry loofah seeds or loofah leaves until they are black, grind them into powder, take it with salt water, it can also treat menorrhagia.

3. For menstrual disorders, boil the soup with water, add appropriate amount of brown sugar, and drink it after mixing with warm yellow wine, twice a day.

4. For menorrhagia, burn 1 egg to ashes, grind into powder, take 9 grams each time, and wash it down with salt water. If taken with rice wine, it can promote lactation.

5. For dysmenorrhea, decoct 1 pill in water and take it twice a day.

Precautions

1. Sponge gourd should not be eaten raw, but can be cooked or boiled into soup;

2. Loofah is rich in juice, so it is best to cut and cook it immediately to prevent the nutrients from being lost with the juice.

3. When cooking loofah, you should try to keep it light, use less oil, thin the sauce, and use MSG or pepper to enhance the flavor, so that the loofah can show its fragrant, tender and refreshing characteristics.

4. Loofah has a sweet taste, so it is not advisable to add heavy sauces such as soy sauce and bean paste when cooking, so as not to overpower the flavor.

Kind tips

The old loofah can be dried and peeled and made into a loofah brush, which can be used to scrub pots, etc. It is environmentally friendly and pollution-free.

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