Loofah for medicinal purposes

The fresh loofah, sweet and sweet, is a vegetable that people love to eat in summer and autumn, and it is also a kind of ornamental plant. The Song Dynasty poet Du Beishan heard the sound of spring water in the secluded rural dwellings. He saw the autumn grass that grew taller after the rain, especially the green gourd, along with the vines along the wall, immediately refreshed. In this sense, he poetry lyrical: "Lonely, the fencers into the sound of spring, but also see the mountain is also self-cleaning; a few days the rain fine autumn grass, loofah along the upper wall of the birth."

Loofah is native to Nanyang. It was introduced to China in the Ming Dynasty and became a vegetable that people often eat. As Li Shizhen said: “Loofah is not known before the Tang and Song dynasties. It is common in both the north and the south of the country and it is often used as vegetable.” Loofah is a cool food. "Compendium of Materia Medica," said it "heat and intestines," "Ben said every source" also said: "Loofah soft and cold." Therefore, the body of the fire, dry stools, Yip loofah, there is the efficacy of heat purge. In the hot summer, we often drink some loofah soup, which can not only provide nutrition, but also have the effect of clearing heat and removing heat. Patients with fever are thirsty and consume loofah, which helps to thirst. As Lu Chuan's Materia Medica said, loofah can "broke thirst, relieve heat, get rid of irritation, cure fever and thirst, and suffer from heat and irritability."

Loofah has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying. "Compendium of Materia Medica," describes the use of loofah burned, research into fine, water applied to the affected area, treatment of parotid gland enlargement. "Jen Zhai Zhi Zhi Fang" is introduced, the rule does not close for a long time, the loofah smashed juice, frequently wiped. "Shen Shi Zun Sheng Shu" and "Shou Shi Shen Fang", both contained charcoal deposited charcoal, Yan Mo, warm wine transfer service, treatment of women's menstruation does not come, abdominal pain. People also use 30 grams of loofah Jianshui, warm clothing and yellow wine to treat women with low back pain.

Modern folks also use loofah to treat gynecological diseases.

1 Use dry gourd decoction to treat menstrual pain.

2 The old loofah was charred and charred, and the powder was used to deliver 9 grams each time.

3 9 grams of silk powder was given with rice wine to treat milk.

4 boiled with loofah and vinegar, served with brown sugar water, but also as an adjuvant treatment of mastitis. After the loofah is cooked, the melon soup is ready for loofah, which has the effects of clearing heat, removing blood stasis, and clearing away water. It can be used for hot cough, yellow, and milk.

When the loofah grows vigorously, it cuts off from the thick loofah vines near the root, and the loofah vine liquid that flows out is Tianluo water, which has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying. Use Tian Luo Shui and add sugar to boil and drink. It can treat sore throat and cough.

Collect spilled gourd flowers and soak it in fresh boiled water to quench heat and thirst:

With 15 grams of sponge gourd flower, 30 grams Jianhua water, can cure bleeding hemorrhoids.

Wash the fresh loofah leaves and smash, rub the affected area until the local redness, can cure psoriasis (nerve dermatitis);

The dried loofah leaves are dried to make powders for traumatic bleeding and hemostasis.

It can be seen that loofah is not only a fresh melon vegetable, but also has medicinal value in meat, alfalfa, rattan, flowers and leaves. It can treat a variety of diseases and is really a "loof-of-silhouette for medicinal purposes."