Luffa, also known as Luffa net, Luffa shell, pulp, Luffa meat, Luffa tendon, Luffa meat and Melaleuca, is the vascular bundle in the mature fruit of Luffa in Cucurbitaceae, or the withered old fruit of Luffa. Luffa is a common vegetable in summer and autumn in China, and it is produced in most provinces and regions of the country. It is a cultivated product, especially in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. Luffa sponge contains xylan, mannan, galactan and so on. The decoction has obvious analgesic, sedative and anti-inflammatory effects. Clinical research shows that Luffa has a certain effect on acute mastitis, herpes zoster and thyroid adenoma.

According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, it is sweet and flat, and enters the lung, stomach and liver meridians. It is a good product with the same origin of medicine and food, and has the effects of dredging meridians, clearing heat and resolving phlegm. Herbal rexin records: "dredging meridians, harmonizing blood vessels, resolving phlegm and smoothing qi", which can be used for: ① rheumatism arthralgia syndrome. This product is good at expelling wind and dredging collaterals, but its efficacy is mild, so it is often used in compound prescription. It is often combined with Gentiana macrophylla, Radix Saposhnikoviae, Radix Angelicae Sinensis and Caulis Spatholobi. ② Chest pain. This product can enter the liver, promote blood circulation and dredge collaterals, and is often used for chest pain and hypochondriac pain caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis. It is often used with Bupleurum chinense, Cyperus rotundus, Trichosanthes kirilowii and Radix Curcumae. (3) the milk is blocked and the breast is carbuncle. This quality is light and good at dredging collaterals. It is often used together with Semen Vaccariae, Fructus Passepartout, Pangolin and trotters to treat postpartum hypogalactia or galactorrhea. It is often used with dandelion, Fritillaria thunbergii, Fructus Trichosanthis and Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae Viride to treat swelling and pain of breast abscess. In addition, this product can also treat traumatic injury, chest obstruction, etc.

According to modern nutrition, various nutrients contained in towel gourd are high in melon food, among which saponins, bitterness, mucus, wood glue, citrulline, xylan, interferon and other special substances have certain special functions. Contains vitamin b 1 for preventing skin aging and vitamin C for whitening skin, which can protect skin, eliminate plaque and make skin white and tender. It is a rare beauty product, so Luffa juice is called "beauty water". Although Luffa is sweet and flat in nature, it still has the effect of "clearing", so it should be used with caution for diarrhea due to deficiency cold, spleen deficiency or class five.

Efficacy and function of loofah sponge

Therapeutic effect of loofah sponge

Sweet in taste and cool in nature. Enter lung, liver and stomach meridians. Go into battle lightly, and make a huge profit.

Dredge channels and collaterals, clear away heat and toxic materials, promote diuresis, reduce swelling and stop bleeding. Indications: chest pain, rheumatic joint pain, muscle spasm, female amenorrhea, galactorrhea, phlegm-heat cough, toxic carbuncle due to heat, hemorrhoid leakage, edema, dysuria, hematochezia and metrorrhagia.