Luffa seed is the seed of Cucurbitaceae plant Luffa or Guangdong Luffa. When the fruit ripens in autumn, collect and dry the seeds at the same time. Contains fatty oil, triterpenoid saponin, melanin, cucurbitacin B, protein, sugar, etc. Has diuretic and heat-clearing effects, and can be used for treating limb surface edema, stranguria, intestinal wind, cough, lumbago, and withdrawal. Suffering from beriberi, puffiness, spleen deficiency and pregnant women, it is not suitable for eating.

Efficacy and usage

1. Cough: appropriate amount of luffa seeds, baked and ground, each time 10g, three times a day, decocted in water.

2. Ascites due to liver cirrhosis: Luffa seed 10g, ground, and taken with boiling water twice.

3. Drive ascaris: raw black silk melon seeds, shelled. Adults should take 50 capsules daily, and children should reduce the dosage as appropriate, once a day/kloc-0. Eat poorly on an empty stomach, drink half a cup of boiled water for 3 days in a row.

4. Chronic lumbago: Luffa seed 10g, baked and ground, and served with yellow wine.

Luffa skin is the skin of Luffa or Luffa of Cucurbitaceae. When eating loofah in summer and autumn, collect the peeled skin and dry it. It is often used to treat diseases such as golden sore, furuncle and sore, and can also prevent heatstroke. Usage: heatstroke prevention: wash the skin of towel gourd and ground flower, and fry it in tea.