7 therapeutic benefits of loofah

　　Loofah can protect skin , eliminate plaques and make the skin white and tender. Loofah juice is known as "beauty water". Let’s take a look at the therapeutic benefits of loofah in addition to beautifying the skin.

　　1. Treat pharyngitis: wash the tender loofah, mash it and squeeze the juice, add appropriate amount of sugar. Take 1 spoonful daily, 3 times a day.

　　2. Treat sinusitis: Bake dry loofah in an iron pot and grind it into fine powder. Take 6 grams each time, drink it with warm water on an empty stomach in the morning, and take it continuously for 8 days.

　　3. Treat wind and cold cough : Roast and dry loofah, grind it into fine powder, refine the honey into pills, take 9 grams each time, 3 times a day.

　　4. Treat bacillary dysentery: Luffa roots, stems and leaves can be used. Wash them and mash them and squeeze the juice. Take 2 spoons each time, 3 times a day.

　　5. Treat allergies asthma : Method 1: Wash the loofah vine, mash it, squeeze the juice, take 1 spoonful each time, 3 times a day. Method 2: Cut 2 raw small loofahs, boil them in a casserole, take 150 ml of thick juice, 3 times a day.

　　6. To treat hemorrhoids causing bloody stools: Method 1: 30 grams of loofah flowers and 15 grams of sophora flowers, decoction in water and take once a day. Method 2: Cut 250 grams of fresh loofah into cubes and 200 grams of lean pork into slices. Add an appropriate amount of water to cook the soup. After cooking, season with salt and serve.

　　7. To treat insufficient milk: Method 1: 60 grams of loofah, 1 pig's trotter, stew and eat as a vegetable. Method 2: 1 old loofah, dried in the shade, burnt for storage, grinded, mixed with rice wine, 9 grams each time.