How to cure diseases with squash

According to Oriental medicine, squash is sweet, neutral, non-toxic and can be used to treat many diseases such as sinusitis, sore throat, bloody stools, nerve pain...

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

Cure prolonged cough and asthma: Boil 15g of luffa leaves in water to drink or prepare in liquid form 1/1, drink 0.5ml each time.

Sinusitis treatment: Take luffa, dry it, then put it in a pot and roast it until it shrinks and grind it into a fine powder. Each time, people with sinusitis should drink 6g, once a day in the morning when they just wake up, on an empty stomach. Do this consistently for 8 days, and the sinusitis will disappear.

Cure sinusitis, runny nose and bad smell: Luffa stem: take from the ground up to about 1m, chop finely, burn to residue, grind finely, drink 10g each time with a little alcohol.

Treatment of bloody stools due to hemorrhoids: For difficult bowel movements to the point of bleeding, you can use luffa flowers to make water to drink or, more simply and commonly, use luffa flowers to make soup to eat every day, which will have a laxative effect. If using luffa flowers, people with hemorrhoids only need to use 30g of luffa flowers to make water to drink, drink once a day. Or people with hemorrhoids can use fresh luffa flowers to make soup with lean pork to eat every day.

Treat nerve pain: Take warmed squash juice and drink it. The amount depends on the severity of the symptoms. About 100ml per day. Or grind squash leaves into juice and apply it to the painful area. This is also effective.

Cure high fever, headache: 20g luffa flowers, 100g green beans with shell, simmer until soft, take 400ml of juice. Remove the green beans, add chopped luffa flowers, boil for 5-10 minutes. Let cool, strain and drink 2-3 times a day.

Cure migraine: Use 15 - 30g of boiled luffa root to drink every day. It has the effect of clearing the channels, curing rhinitis, sinusitis, cough and back pain.

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

Cure clogged milk ducts: 1 loofah, 10 soapberry thorns, 1 fresh or dried onion. Chop all ingredients, boil with 400ml of water until 100ml remains, drink twice a day. Use for 2-3 days. Combine with breast massage to clear milk ducts.

Unblocking milk ducts: Use a moderate amount of squash, roast it to ashes, crush it, and drink 3-6g with a little wine. After drinking, cover yourself with a blanket and sweat a little. All women who have blocked milk ducts after giving birth and do not drink milk can unblock milk ducts this way.

Cure bronchitis, cough with thick yellow pus and phlegm in children with whooping cough: Wash fresh squash with the skin on, mash to get 40ml of water, mix with 10ml of honey, drink twice a day, 20-30ml each time.

Cure for wheezing: 250g fresh young squash, cut into small pieces, boil to get the water, eat both the water and the solids as a dish in daily meals.

Cure hematuria, urinary tract infection: 250g luffa, use both stem and peel, split open, add water and cook to 400ml, let cool, add a moderate amount of honey and drink as a soft drink during the day.

Treatment of hemorrhage: 1-2 bitter melons, 2-3 dragon blood leaves, 20g cogon root, 20g sedge root, chop finely, boil with 400ml of water until 100ml remains, drink twice a day.

Regulating menstruation: Use 1 dried luffa fruit, burn it to ashes, grind it into powder, and drink 10g every morning on an empty stomach to regulate menstruation. Each course of treatment is 10 days. Also, this method is used to regulate menstruation, stimulate blood circulation, eliminate rheumatism, diuretic, and detoxify. Drink 2-3 times a day, 8-10g each time.

Treating chest pain, muscle pain: Roast loofah until the outside is black, the inside is still yellow (roasting to retain its properties), grind into fine powder, drink with warm water, 2-3 times a day, 4-8g each time. This method has the effect of stopping bleeding, reducing pain, so it is also used to treat bleeding hemorrhoids, bloody stools, uterine bleeding...

Treating edema: 15g luffa leaves, 10g pigweed, finely chopped, dried, boiled with 200ml water until 50ml remains, drink once a day. Use for 5-7 days.

Cure athlete's foot: Fresh squash leaves can be crushed and the juice can be taken or the leaves can be roasted, then crushed and rubbed onto the injured area to cure athlete's foot, boils, and itching.

Cure cracked nipples: Dry bitter melon leaves, burn them to ashes (do not let them burn to charcoal), grind them into a fine powder, mix with sesame oil and apply to the nipples. Also very good for treating bleeding gums.

Treating acne and infected wounds: Burning dried squash leaves to get the ashes and applying them is very effective (many people have found it effective).

Treatment of itching: Boil luffa root to get water to soak and wash, has the effect of treating itching, yellow discharge.

Treatment of rheumatism: 50g loofah fiber, 50g loofah root, 10g wood ear, 8g spleen, boil to get water to drink, 3 times a day

Treatment of back pain and hip pain due to heat and dampness: 30g of luffa stem, combined with 30g of Chinese clematis seed, 15g of tiger balm, 10g of phellodendron bark, boil in water and drink 1 dose per day.

Treatment of shingles: Use crushed young leaves, gently dab on the rash area. If the disease is internal, use 10 - 15g of loofah fiber to boil and drink daily.

Promotes rapid growth of measles: 20g loofah; 12g each of perilla, angelica, and honeysuckle; 8g of Indian pennywort; and 4g of licorice. Decoct and drink, 1 dose per day, divided into 2 times.

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