Some women, during postpartum or lactation, have soup cooked with rhizoma junci and luffa to drink. Can rhizoma junci and luffa be cooked together?
Can Rhizoma Junci and Luffa be Cooked Together?
Rhizoma Junci can be cooked together with luffa.
Rhizoma Junci is a traditional Chinese medicinal herb with a sweet and mild taste and a slightly cold nature. It has the effects of clearing heat, promoting diuresis, and regulating menstruation and lactation. Luffa is a common food in daily life. When mature, the reticular fibers inside are called luffa seeds. It has the effects of cooling, diuresis, promoting blood circulation, and regulating menstruation. Both rhizoma junci and luffa have no significant toxic side effects and their properties do not conflict with each other. Therefore, rhizoma junci and luffa can be consumed together, and their therapeutic effects are enhanced when combined.
What are the benefits of cooking water with Rhizoma Junci and Luffa Seeds?
Cooling and Diuresis
Rhizoma Junci has a sweet and mild taste and a slightly cold nature. According to traditional Chinese medicine, rhizoma junci is light in texture and can promote diuresis by clearing heat. Its active ingredients can increase the excretion of potassium in the body. Luffa seeds have a sweet taste and a neutral nature. They have the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, diuresis, and reducing swelling. The combination of rhizoma junci and luffa seeds can be used to treat conditions such as oliguria, difficult urination, painful urination, and edema.
Regulating Menstruation and Promoting Lactation
Rhizoma Junci is light in texture and has the effect of promoting blood circulation and regulating menstruation and lactation. Luffa seeds have the effects of promoting blood circulation, regulating menstruation, and promoting lactation. The combination of rhizoma junci and luffa seeds can be used to treat conditions such as chest and rib pain, blocked milk ducts, and breast abscesses.
Beauty and Skin Care
Luffa seeds contain rich proteins, carbohydrates, and various vitamins. The vitamin C component in luffa seeds can protect the skin, eliminate spots, whiten and soften the skin, and maintain skin elasticity.
How to Cook Water with Rhizoma Junci and Luffa Seeds
Rhizoma Junci and luffa seeds can be boiled in water alone or cooked in soup with fish, pig's trotters, or shrimp.
Cooking Water with Rhizoma Junci and Luffa Seeds
Ingredients: 5 grams of rhizoma junci, 5 grams of luffa seeds.
1. Soak the rhizoma junci and luffa seeds in water for about 30 minutes.
2. Pour them into a clay pot.
3. Boil with high heat and simmer for about 15 minutes.
4. Filter the residue and drink the juice.
Shrimp, Rhizoma Junci, and Luffa Soup
Ingredients: 2 shrimps, 6 grams of rhizoma junci, 10 grams of luffa seeds, a little cooking oil, scallion, ginger shreds, and salt.
1. Clean the shrimps, rhizoma junci, and luffa seeds.
2. Put the above ingredients into a pot and boil them with water to make soup.
3. Add scallion, ginger, and salt.
4. Cook over medium heat until cooked, then add a little cooking oil and bring to a boil.
Precautions for Drinking Water Cooked with Rhizoma Junci and Luffa Seeds
1. Pay attention to the dosage
The recommended dosage for rhizoma junci is 3-5 grams and for luffa seeds is 5-10 grams. A dosage that is too small may not achieve the desired therapeutic effect, while a dosage that is too large may burden the liver and kidneys, which is not conducive to overall health.
2. Avoid long-term use
It is recommended to stop drinking water cooked with rhizoma junci and luffa seeds once the symptoms disappear. Both rhizoma junci and luffa seeds have diuretic effects. Long-term use may burden the kidneys and affect kidney health.
Contraindications for Drinking Water Cooked with Rhizoma Junci and Luffa Seeds
1. Spleen deficiency with diarrhea
People with a weak constitution and symptoms of diarrhea should not drink water cooked with rhizoma junci and luffa seeds. The cold nature of rhizoma junci and luffa seeds may worsen the symptoms of diarrhea in individuals with spleen deficiency.
2. Cold in the middle burner
People with external cold invasion, weakness in the limbs, cold limbs, and abdominal pain should not consume water cooked with rhizoma junci and luffa seeds. The slight cold nature of rhizoma junci and luffa seeds may worsen the discomfort.
3. Qi and Yin deficiency
People with deficiency of both Qi and Yin should not drink water cooked with rhizoma junci and luffa seeds. The combination of rhizoma junci and luffa seeds, which have diuretic effects, may deplete Qi and body fluids, leading to symptoms such as thirst, shortness of breath, epigastric distension, pale complexion, fatigue, and dry throat.
4. Pregnant women
Rhizoma junci has a slightly cold nature and has the effect of promoting blood circulation and regulating menstruation and lactation. Pregnant women have a special constitution, and consuming a large amount of water cooked with rhizoma junci and luffa seeds during pregnancy may cause miscarriage. The medicinal ingredients in rhizoma junci may also affect the growth and development of the fetus.
