Is it harmful to people after eating loofah?

Generally speaking, loofahs are not harmful to the human body.

The loofah originated in India, introduced in the Yuan Dynasty of China, and is currently widely cultivated in the provinces of East and Southwest, Central China and South China, and is one of the main vegetables in summer.

The loofah is botanically divided into two species, the universal loofah and the edged loofah (alias the angular loofah), the loofah cultivated in Shanghai and the Yangtze River basin is the common loofah, and the ridged loofah is cultivated in Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian, the former is soft and glutinous, and the latter is crispy.

The loofah is rich in nutrients, and its protein, starch, calcium, phosphorus, iron and vitamin A and C content are relatively high in melon vegetables, and it can provide calories second only to pumpkin. The loofah is eaten with tender melon, the flesh of the melon is delicate and soft, fragrant and smooth, it can be stir-fried with meat or made into soup, etc., it is delicious, and it is the main summer seasonal vegetable.

Loofahs also have good medicinal properties. The loofah contains saponins, citrulline and other components, its cold, sweet taste, has the effect of clearing heat, summer heat, eating loofah is very good. In the "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica", there is "loofah flower can clear lung heat, eliminate phlegm and lower qi, relieve cough, stop pharynx, throat disease, quench polydipsia, and relieve fire".

After the loofah is old, it becomes a tendon, that is, the loofah used in traditional Chinese medicine, which can activate the tendons; Loofah seeds can dissolve phlegm; There is leaf sap in the loofah vine, which also has the effect of clearing heat; The loofah is truly a treasure.

Most people eat loofahs that are not harmful and are good for their health.

The benefits of eating loofah for a long time.

1. Long-term eating loofah can be beautiful.

The loofah contains a variety of nutrients that are beneficial to the human body, people insist on eating the loofah for a long time, which has great benefits to the human body, and can play a good beauty role, and the mucus and polysaccharides contained in the loofah can also be vitamins, and can also promote cell metabolism and reduce the generation of wrinkles, so eating loofah for a long time can not only be beautiful, but also delay aging.

2. Eating loofah for a long time can clear away heat and fire.

Luffa is a cold dish, insist on eating loofah for a long time can clear heat and detoxify, can promote the discharge of heat poison in the human body, can prevent the occurrence of a variety of fire symptoms, especially those who often have constipation and shortness of urine, after insisting on eating loofah for a long time, these adverse symptoms will rarely appear.

3. Long-term eating of loofah can prevent women's dysmenorrhea.

Long-term eating of loofah can also prevent women's dysmenorrhea, usually eat the loofah can be dried and boiled water to drink, boiled water can not be added white sugar or rock sugar is best to add some brown sugar to taste, after cooking, insist on taking it every day, you can make the symptoms of women's dysmenorrhea significantly better, and also have a good conditioning effect on women's menstrual irregularities.

The disadvantages of eating loofah for a long time.

Although the loofah is good for a long time, there are also some disadvantages to the human body, especially when men eat the loofah for a long time, it will cause inverted yang, which will make them have kidney deficiency and sexual dysfunction and other adverse symptoms, so those men who have kidney deficiency should usually eat less loofah.

Eating too much loofah is prone to diarrhea, abdominal pain, damage to yang qi, etc. Loofah is cold, it is a cold food, it has the effect of clearing heat and cooling blood, and eating too much will aggravate the cold in the body. Especially for people with spleen and stomach deficiency, it is easy to have diarrhea, abdominal pain and other symptoms if they eat too much.

The loofah is rich in nutrients, has the effect of enhancing immunity, clearing heat, beauty, strengthening the heart, etc., and is very suitable for women with irregular menstruation, physical fatigue, phlegm, asthma and cough, and postpartum milk blockage.

The loofah contains protein, fat, carbohydrates, crude fiber, calcium, phosphorus, iron, citrulline and riboflavin and other B vitamins, vitamin C, and also contains the ingredient saponins contained in ginseng.

The efficacy of loofah

1. Emollient whitening: loofah can protect, eliminate plaque, prevent aging, and is a rare beauty product.

2. Brain strengthening: moderate consumption is conducive to the brain development of children and the brain health of middle-aged and elderly people, and loofah extract has an obvious preventive effect on Japanese encephalitis virus.

3. Promote blood circulation: loofah has the effect of relieving cough and phlegm, cooling blood and detoxifying, external use can stop bleeding and reduce inflammation, and women eat more to help regulate menstruation.

4. Detoxification and swelling: the loofah vine is bitter and cool, has the effect of activating tendons, dispeling cough and relieving phlegm, and the loofah has a sweet and flat taste, which has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, diuresis and swelling.