The efficacy and effects of loofah and how to eat

The loofah is both a strong fiber part of the loofah after the outer skin and flesh are removed when the loofah is ripe, many people think that the loofah is old and cannot be eaten, and the loofah is also inedible. In fact, the loofah contains a lot of loofah can not have the nutritional elements, not only can be used externally, but also edible, and there is a very good food value, the following go together to see the efficacy of the loofah and how to eat it.

To promote lactation

The reason is that the loofah contains some amino acids and protein enzymes, plus the lactogenic effect of the pig's feet and carp, the lactogenic ingredients in the soup can play better when stewed, and achieve the role of lactogenic.

Invigorate the meridians

Loofah is made of multi-layered filamentous fibers interwoven into a broken mesh, resembling the meridians of the human body, so it has the effect of opening and activating the meridians. It is mainly used for chest and rib pain, lumbar and abdominal pain, testicular pain, amenorrhea and lactation problems in women caused by various causes of qi and blood and different veins.

Clearing heat and resolving phlegm

Loofah is sweet in taste and cold in nature, it can clear heat and enter the lung meridian, which is good for treating heat in the lung meridian, cough and asthma, and phlegm.

Cooling the blood to stop bleeding

Loofah is cold in nature, clearing heat and cooling the blood to stop bleeding. It is especially suitable for patients with blood heat, both to cool the blood and to stop bleeding.

Detoxifying and Dispersing Nodules

Loofah has the effect of clearing heat and dispersing knots to relieve pain and pass down the lactation. It can be used internally or externally for people with heat knots in the liver and stomach, swelling and pain in the breasts or pus formation leading to canker sores, and milk obstruction.

Edible effects of loofah

Loofah soup

Add 50 grams of loofah to 500 ml of water and boil it to 300 ml, adding appropriate amount of onion, ginger, garlic, salt and oil. Drink 150 ml of soup each time, twice a day, for seven days as a course of treatment, can be used to treat mastitis or breast lumps, etc.; or loofah loofah directly decocted water for external use, internal and external combination, the effect is better.

Loofah loofah carp soup

30 grams of loofah, 500 grams of carp, ginger, onion, garlic, wine and salt, add 800 ml of water. Boil the soup of loofah and crucian carp to 400 ml. Each time 200 ml, twice a day, for three or four days. This soup has the function of pass the loofah down to the breast, used for those who have little milk or the milk is not pass after delivery.

Loofah and pig's feet soup

Take 30 grams of loofah, 500 grams of pig's feet, ginger, onion, garlic, wine, salt and oil, add 800 ml of water and boil to 400 ml. Each time 200 ml, twice a day, for three or four days. It is used for those who have little breast milk or milk obstruction after delivery.

External effects of loofah

Washing or bathing with loofah can effectively remove cosmetics and dust from the pores, avoiding the phenomenon that washing by hand is not clean and using scrubbing towel will rub the skin. Put the loofah in water and soak it wet, then squeeze the face wash or body wash onto the loofah and use the loofah to rub it back and forth on your face or body for about 10 minutes and rinse with water.