Eating squash this way is better than taking a thousand health pills

Not only does squash have anti-inflammatory, anti-wrinkle and beautifying properties, it also helps in treating sore throat, cough, asthma, malar gland inflammation, whooping cough, toothache, backache, chicken pox, blocked milk ducts, menstrual cramps, heavy menstruation, and cystitis.

Women with heavy menstrual flow should eat squash stir-fried with shrimp (with shell). This dish is both medicinal and good for the body, and beautifies the skin.

Luffa fruit cooked in soup and eaten daily has a laxative effect and relieves pain (due to the high content of mucus in the fruit). Young luffa fruit stewed with pig's feet or trotters is a medicine that increases milk secretion and improves blood circulation; luffa fiber is used in traditional medicine with the medicinal name ty qua lac, has a sweet taste, neutral properties, has the effect of stopping bleeding, clearing meridians, antispasmodic, promoting measles, diuretic. Luffa stem: Take from the ground up to about 1m, chop finely, burn to ashes, grind finely, drink 10g each time with a little alcohol to treat sinusitis, runny nose and bad breath.

Bitter melon cooked in soup and eaten daily has a laxative and pain-relieving effect (due to the high content of mucus in the fruit). Illustration: Internet

Luffa leaves (use young leaves), harvested year-round, fresh or dried. The medicinal herb has a bitter, sour taste, slightly cold properties, has the effect of clearing heat, anti-inflammatory, reducing cough, detoxifying, reducing swelling...

Strengthen tendons and bones, cure numbness and fatigue:1 handful of squash seeds, 2 handfuls of rice, a few big, plump chicken feet (local chicken). Cook into porridge. Good for the elderly and children with weak legs and unsteady walking.

Cough with phlegm that is difficult to cough up:Crush 10g squash seeds, 16g squash leaves. Boil to get water to drink.

Treatment of edema in the face, limbs:Crush the seeds, burn them, grind them and drink with a little alcohol.

Cure low milk:20g luffa seeds, 8g Chinese clematis, 8g Chinese mugwort. Cook with black pig's trotters (front leg section), drink the water, eat the pig's trotters.

Deworming:40 - 50 seeds for adults, 30 seeds for children, remove the shell and take the kernel, eat when hungry or crush and drink with water. Once a day, for 2 days.

Treats lung heat causing rhinitis, cough with phlegm, nosebleeds, and boils (drink internally and apply externally): Take 10g of flowers in a cup of boiling water and steep for 10-15 minutes.

Strain the juice, add honey or rock sugar, stir well. Drink hot. Use the residue to apply on boils.

Support treatment of high blood pressure:300g fresh squash, 200g apple, 50g lemon, rock sugar in sufficient quantity. Peel squash and apple, wash, chop, squeeze to get the juice, mix with lemon juice and rock sugar, use as a daily beverage. Each course is 10 days.

Luffa leaves (use young leaves), harvested year-round, fresh or dried. The medicinal herb has a bitter, sour taste, slightly cold properties, has the effect of clearing heat, anti-inflammatory, reducing cough, detoxifying, reducing swelling... Illustration: Internet

Cure cough, prolonged asthma:Boil 15g of bitter melon leaves in water to drink or process into liquid extract 1/1, drink 0.5ml each time.

Treatment of high fever and headache:20g luffa flowers, 100g mung beans. Leave the mung beans in their shells, simmer until soft, then take about 400ml of juice. Remove the mung beans, add the chopped luffa flowers, boil for 5-10 minutes. Let cool. Filter the water and drink 2-3 times a day.

Loofah and its skin beautifying uses:The fruit, leaves, and vines of luffa all have anti-wrinkle effects. Take the fruit, leaves, or young luffa vines, crush them, and squeeze out the juice. Apply this juice to your face several times a day. It not only keeps your skin beautiful, but also helps treat conditions such as freckles, inflamed pores, and red noses caused by drinking too much alcohol.

Cool off on summer days:Luffa: 500g, wash, cut into small pieces, squeeze to get the juice (using a juicer is best) then mix with white sugar, use as a daily soft drink. Uses: clears heat, reduces phlegm, reduces inflammation, quenches thirst.

Cure sore throat:Wash the squash leaves, crush them with a little salt, add water, filter and drink at once.

Treatment of hives:1 handful of fresh squash leaves, crushed into juice, add a little camphor, apply on sores and rashes.

Treatment for excessive foot sweating:Take old squash, burn it to ashes, sprinkle them in shoes, and wear bare feet without socks for 15 consecutive days.