The role of loofah?What are the effects and functions of loofah?

The loofah belongs to the rheumatic fever medicine in the rheumatic medicine, which is the vascular bundle of the dried and ripe fruit of the cucurbitaceae plant loofah, which is what we usually call the loofah.

The loofah is a medicinal genre, which belongs to the lungs, stomach and liver meridians. It has the effect of dispelling wind and invigorating blood. The loofah is used for rheumatism, can invigorate blood circulation, is used for thoracic pain, is good at communicating breasts, and is used for postpartum milk deficiency or milk blockage.

This product can be decocted or used externally, and the appropriate amount should be paid attention to when using it externally. Pharmacological studies have shown that the decoction of loofah has obvious analgesic, sedative and anti-inflammatory effects.

The efficacy and function of the loofah are mainly to activate the meridians, dissipate heat and phlegm, and stop bleeding。The details are as follows:

1. It can be activated through the meridians.

The internal structure of the loofah is like a human vein, criss-crossed together, and from the perspective of its internal composition, it can dredge the meridians and regulate qi and blood for the body pain caused by qi and blood stagnation, women's menstrual pain, and maternal inability to breastfeed. It can be stewed together with a crucian carp, pig's trotters, etc., and the effect of blood circulation is very good.

2. It can dissipate heat and phlegm.

The efficacy and effect of loofah are reflected in the aspect of heat dissipation and phlegm. The loofah can clear the lungs and dissolve phlegm, and can achieve a good effect of treating both the symptoms and the root causes of cough, asthma and other diseases caused by lung fever.

3. It can stop bleeding.

Burn the loofah into ashes and put it on the bleeding site, which can have the effect of quickly stopping the bleeding. For blood in the stool, as well as in the case of female leakage, it can have a good effect. This is one of the effects and functions of the loofah, and it is used a lot in the folk.

The loofah refers to the vascular bundles of the ripe fruit of the cucurbitaceae plant loofah or Cantonese loofah. In fact, there are many nutrients that the loofah does not have, including xylan, mannan, galactan, vitamin A, vitamin C, as well as saponins, proteins and other nutrients, which can not only be used externally but also edible, only with high medicinal value. The specific efficacy and role of loofah are as follows:

1. Beauty and beauty, loofah contains vitamin B1 to prevent aging, vitamin C to whiten and other ingredients, which can protect, eliminate plaques, and make white and delicate, which is a rare beauty product

2. ** Poor meridians, where the liver is stagnant, the meridians are not smooth, and the symptoms are full of chest and rib swelling and pain, you can use melon wilt, tulip, citrus aurantium, Yanhusuo, etc., to widen the chest and regulate qi;

3. Anti-cancer, the vitamins contained in the loofah can inhibit and delay the carcinogenesis of epithelial cells, and also help inhibit the synthesis of nitrite amine in the body, which has a certain anti-cancer effect;

4. Lactation, the amino acids and proteases contained in the loofah have the effect of passing through the human meridians and viscera, and can ** the symptoms of postpartum lactation, milk blockage or cradle carbuncle, and the loofah and pig's trotters, crucian carp and kidney flower stew can better play the role of lactation;

5. To relieve gout, patients with gout troubles can use loofah decoction instead of tea to drink, the specific method is to take about 50 grams of loofah every day, add water to decoction, take the soup to remove the slag after boiling, take it frequently after cooling, and drink a large amount of it, so that the urine output of a day is maintained at about 2000 ml, which may help relieve gout.

The loofah is sweet in taste and cool in nature. It can activate the meridians, clear heat and detoxify, diuresis and swelling, and stop bleeding. Those who have liver stagnation, poor meridians, and chest and flank swelling and pain can be compatible with melon wilt, tulip, citrus aurantium, Yanhusuo, etc., to widen the chest and regulate qi.

Nerves crisscross the whole body in the human body, the appearance of the loofah is very similar to the nerves, the analogy theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the loofah has a good effect on the symptoms caused by peripheral neuritis; All rheumatism syndrome, tendon and vein spasm, limb paralysis, often compatible with Qinfeng, parsnip, angelica, chicken blood vine, etc., good wind and circulation, and the medicinal power is peaceful; Those who have milk blockage and cradle carbuncle are often used in the same way as Wang Buliuxing, Lulutong, pangolin, pig's trotters, etc., to treat cradle carbuncle swelling and pain; Every compatible with dandelion, Zhejiang fritillary, melon, green skin, etc., its body is light and smooth, good at milk, and can treat postpartum milk or milk blockage.

The loofah cold enters the lung meridian, has the effect of cooling blood and stopping bleeding, and after the loofah is burned to ashes, it has a very good effect on blood in the stool, coughing up blood, and leaking blood. The loofah is sweet and cold, and it is also one of the good phlegm medicines. In summer, when the weather is hot, you can eat more loofahs to relieve the heat.