Nutritional value and efficacy of loofah: the benefits of loofah to human body

1, Luffa has high nutritional value, containing protein, fat, carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus, iron and various vitamins, as well as saponins, plant mucus, xylose gum, bitter substances of Luffa, citrulline and other nutrients.

2. Luffa is sweet and cool. Entering the liver and stomach meridians, it has the effects of clearing away heat and cooling blood, detoxicating and relaxing bowels, expelling wind and resolving phlegm, moistening skin and caring skin, dredging meridians, promoting blood circulation and milk ejection, and regulating menstruation. It can also be used for treating fever, polydipsia, expectoration, intestinal wind, hemorrhoid, metrorrhagia, leucorrhea, and abscess.

3. Anti-virus and anti-allergy: A kind of anti-allergic substance, Xiegen alkyd, was also extracted from tissue culture solution of Luffa, which has a strong anti-allergic effect. Luffa extract has obvious preventive effect on Japanese encephalitis virus.

4, anti-scurvy: Luffa has a high vitamin C content, 8 mg per 100 g, which can be used to fight scurvy and prevent various vitamin C deficiencies.

5, brain beauty: because of the high content of vitamin B in loofah, it is beneficial to the brain development of children and the brain health of middle-aged and elderly people; The juice of towel gourd stem has the special function of keeping skin elastic, and can beautify and wrinkle.