Loofah gets rid of sweaty feet
All parts of the squash are used as medicine without any side effects.
According to Oriental medicine, squash has a sweet taste, cool properties, is non-toxic, and has the effect of regulating menstruation, stopping leucorrhea, calming the liver and stopping wind, clearing heat, moistening the skin, clearing the meridians, clearing urination and defecation, and promoting blood circulation. Burning old squash to ashes can be used as medicine to dispel wind, dissolve phlegm, cool the blood, detoxify, disinfect, clear the meridians, and promote lactation. According to "Luc Xuyen Ban Thao", squash can produce weight and quench thirst, clear heat and relieve annoyance, moisten the skin, treat thirst due to heat, and treat body heat and irritation.
Modern medicine has discovered that the fruit, leaves, and vines of the luffa plant can all be used to treat diseases. Luffa can be used to make many delicious dishes, refreshing drinks, and to treat diseases. Luffa contains a lot of water, protein, lipid, glucid, cellulose, calcium, phosphorus, iron, beta-carotene, B1, B6, B2, C…
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- Loofah has the effect of inhibiting cocci.
- Loofah has anti-inflammatory diuretic effects.
- Luffa leaves have the effect of preventing wrinkles and beautifying the face.
- Loofah not only has anti-inflammatory, anti-wrinkle and beautifying properties, but also helps in treating sore throat, cough, asthma, cheek gland inflammation, 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 healthy, and beautifies the skin.
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.
A Japanese writer lived to be 90 years old, but when she was 80, her facial skin was still smooth and soft. Every morning, she used a cotton towel to dab squash juice on her face. She did this for decades without interruption.
How to get luffa juice to beautify your face: Use scissors to cut the luffa vine with the fruit about 50cm above the ground so that the remaining luffa vine is curved, the cut end facing down, and put it in a clean glass jar. Use tape to seal the jar. Wait for the luffa juice to fill up, then use a small piece of cloth to filter the luffa juice. Put the filtered luffa juice in a jar and put it in the refrigerator for later use. When using, add a drop of perfume oil and a little alcohol to the luffa juice.
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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.
Milk production and milk boosting
Use 1 fresh squash, 10g salt, boil with 1 liter of water, give the mother to drink until milk comes out a lot. Can cook squash with pig's feet to eat with rice every day. Eat for 5 consecutive days.
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.
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Cure sore throat
Wash the squash leaves, crush them with a little salt, add water, filter and drink at once.
Cure cough, asthma
Boil 15g of luffa leaves in water to drink or process into liquid extract 1/1, drink 0.5ml each time.
Cure high fever, 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.
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Treat hives
1 handful of fresh squash leaves, crushed into juice, add a little camphor, apply on sores and rashes.
Treat excessive foot sweating
Take old squash, burn it to ashes, sprinkle them in shoes, and wear bare feet without socks for 15 consecutive days.
Note: People with weak spleen and stomach or abdominal pain or loose stools should not use.
According to SK&DS
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