What effect does loofah have?
1, clearing heat and cooling blood
Luffa has the effects of clearing heat and cooling blood, resolving phlegm and detoxifying. Because it is cooler, it is more suitable for people who are hot and thirsty during fever and dry and thirsty in hot summer.
2, under the milk
Luffa is a good thing in the hearts of many parturients. It can help pregnant women to breastfeed, which means giving milk. Of course, specifically, the vascular bundle of loofah fruit can play a role in promoting lactation, dredging meridians, cooling blood and detoxifying. Traditional Chinese medicine will generally dry loofah and use it as medicine, which can cure diseases such as qi and blood block and meridian obstruction. The common practice is to stew loofah and broth, which can promote lactation. Therefore, when pregnant women eat loofah, don't throw it away, otherwise it will lose the function of milking.
3. Beauty
Now there are many skin care products selling loofah water on the market, which shows that loofah water has a certain beauty function. We can clean skin, remove skin oil, replenish water and moisturize, remove fine lines and improve rough and dry wrinkles.
Step 4 treat irregular menstruation
Luffa is a rare medicinal material, which can help women regulate irregular menstruation, especially for women with irregular menstruation. Burning Luffa directly into ashes and taking it with brown sugar, salty boiled water and yellow wine is effective in treating female symptoms such as dysmenorrhea, menstrual disorder, menorrhagia and uterine bleeding.
5, strengthen the heart muscle
Luffa contains saponin, which only exists in ginseng, and has a strong cardiotonic effect, mainly to enhance the function of myocardium.
6. Reduce summer heat
Luffa is cool and sweet, and contains nutrients such as starch, calcium, phosphorus, iron, protein, carotene and vitamin C. Eating more loofah in summer can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, eliminate phlegm and quench thirst, cool blood and detoxify, induce diuresis and stop bleeding, and dredge channels and collaterals. It has a certain curative effect on heatstroke, eczema, cough, hematuria and hematochezia, and tibial pain.
7, detoxification and liver protection
Luffa is rich in vitamin C, which can remove toxins and other harmful substances accumulated in the body for a long time, promote the activity of immune cells, detoxify the liver, effectively prevent cancer and arteriosclerosis, and improve immunity.
8. Fight scurvy
The content of vitamin C in towel gourd is high, 8 mg per 100 grams, which can be used to fight scurvy and prevent various vitamin C deficiency.
9. Brain
The high content of vitamin B in loofah is beneficial to the brain development of children and the brain health of middle-aged and elderly people.
Know little about loofah
Illumination: Luffa is a short-day crop, which likes strong light and is resistant to weak light. Short sunshine and large temperature difference at seedling stage are beneficial to female flower bud differentiation, early fruiting and high yield. Short sunshine and high temperature in the whole growth period are beneficial to the growth and development of stems and leaves, maintaining healthy nutritional growth, and also beneficial to the development of flowering and fruit setting, young melons and the improvement of yield.
Temperature: Luffa is a thermophilic and heat-resistant crop. The suitable temperature for the growth and development of Luffa is 20-30℃, and the suitable temperature for the germination of Luffa seeds is 28-30℃, and it germinates rapidly at 30-35℃.
Moisture: Luffa likes moisture and is afraid of drought. Soil moisture is high. When the moisture content is above 70%, it grows slowly when it is below 50%, and the air humidity should not be lower than 60%. 75%-85%, the growth rate is fast, and there are more melons. When the air humidity reaches saturation in a short time, it can still grow and develop normally.
Soil: Luffa is a vegetable crop, which has strong adaptability and is not strict with soil. It can be planted in all kinds of soil. However, in order to obtain high yield, loam and sandy loam with thick soil layer, high organic matter content, good air permeability and strong water and fertilizer conservation ability should be chosen as the best.
Luffa can't be eaten with anything.
1. Luffa spinach
If you eat loofah and spinach together, if you eat loofah and spinach together, it is likely to cause gastrointestinal discomfort.
2. Luffa and Aloe Vera
Luffa and aloe can't be eaten together. If eaten together, it is likely to cause abdominal pain and diarrhea.
3. Loofah and white radish
Because towel gourd is a kind of vegetable with good heat-clearing and detoxification effect, and it also has a strong expectorant effect. Luffa can also cool blood and detoxify. White radish can promote qi and digestion, at the same time, it can also eliminate phlegm and moisten the lungs, and it can also detoxify and promote fluid production, which has a good effect on relieving cough and diuresis. If you eat white radish and loofah together, it will hurt your vitality.
Taboos for eating loofah
1, taboo crowd: the general population can eat loofah, and pregnant women, parturients, wet nurses and babies can eat loofah. Women with irregular menstruation, physical weakness, excessive phlegm and cough, and postpartum milk obstruction are suitable to eat more loofah, which can effectively relieve symptoms. However, people who are cold due to physical weakness and diarrhea should not eat more loofah, because loofah is cold, and eating too much may aggravate physical weakness, lead to diarrhea and cause some gastrointestinal problems.
2, can not eat more: Luffa is cold, there is diarrhea for rent, and those with spleen and stomach deficiency should be careful. Luffa is also not suitable for eating in large quantities. Eating too much will damage the yang. It is recommended to eat 1 to 2 pieces every day.
3, fragrant and edible: Luffa can not be eaten with white radish, it will hurt the vitality, leading to male impotence, premature ejaculation, and even diabetes. Also, loofah mixed with spinach and aloe may have diarrhea.