The efficacy and function of Tianluo water

Tianluo Water is a medicinal material frequently used in traditional Chinese medicine and is often used to treat various diseases. So today I would like to share with you some information about Tianluo Water.

【English name】 juice of Towel Gourd

【Other Name】 Sponge gourd water

[Source] Medicinal material source: It is the juice from the loofah or loofah of the Cucurbitaceae family.

[Original form] Annual climbing herb. The stems and branches are rough, grooved and slightly pubescent. The stems are thick and usually have 2-4 branches. Leaves are alternate; petioles are rough, 10-12cm long, nearly glabrous; leaf blades are triangular or nearly round, 10-12cm long and wide, usually palmately 5-7-lobed, with lobes triangular, longer in the middle, 8-12cm long, pointed at the ends, serrated at the edges, deeply cordate at the base, dark green above with warts, light green below, with short soft hairs, and veins palmate with long white hairs. Flowers are unisexual and monoecious; male flowers are usually 10-20 at the top of the raceme, with a thick peduncle 12-14cm long and a pedicel 2cm long; the calyx tube is bell-shaped and covered with short soft hairs; the corolla is yellow, rib-shaped, 5-9cm in diameter after opening, with 5 lobes, oblong, 0.8-1.3cm long, 0.4-0.7cm wide, covered with yellow-white long soft hairs inside, and 3-5 protruding veins on the outside, 5 stamens, rarely 3, filaments 6-8mm, slightly close together when the flower first opens, and finally completely separated; female flowers are solitary, with a pedicel 2-10cm long; the perianth is the same as that of male flowers, with 3 reduced stamens, the ovary is long cylindrical, covered with soft hairs, and the stigmas are 3 and inflated. The fruit is cylindrical, straight or slightly curved, 15-30cm long, 5-8cm in diameter, with a smooth surface, usually with dark longitudinal stripes, fleshy when immature, dry when ripe, with reticular fibers inside, and cracked from the tip. Seeds numerous, black, oval, flat, smooth, without narrow wing-shaped edges. Flowering and fruiting period is summer and autumn.

[Chemical composition] Loofah juice contains saponin, mucus, xylan, fat, protein, vitamin B and C, etc.

[Pharmacological action] 1. Antiviral effect: Fresh loofah extract (LO43) has a significant preventive effect on subcutaneous infection of type I encephalitis virus in newly weaned mice when injected intraperitoneally. If LO43 is injected before virus infection, the protection rate can reach 60%. The protection rate of injecting LO43 after virus infection is only 20%, and LO43 has no direct inactivating effect on the encephalitis virus. Preliminary experiments suggest that LO43 is an inducer of stem cells, and its active ingredient may be re-stranded RNA, which needs further confirmation [1]. The extract of loofah sprouts (leaves and roots are cut off after the seeds germinate) (LO42) also has a similar effect on the type 2 encephalitis virus. The active ingredients of LO42 can be precipitated by alcohol and mainly contain polysaccharides and nucleic acids [2]. Intravenous injection of LO42 in rabbits has a significant effect of inducing interferon. Its active ingredient is nucleic acid, and multi-food components are ineffective [3].

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet; slightly bitter; slightly cold

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies; relieves cough and reduces phlegm. Mainly used for lung abscess, pulmonary tuberculosis, cough and asthma, tuberculosis, summer skin rashes, acne, and burns

【Usage and Dosage】 Oral administration: 50-100ml. For external use, apply or wash with appropriate amount.

[Discussions by various scholars] 1. "Supplement to Compendium of Materia Medica": It can treat double and single moth, eliminate phlegm and fire, detoxify, clear internal heat, and treat lung abscess and pulmonary emphysema.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above is a detailed introduction to Tianluo Water. Since it is a Chinese medicinal material, we can eat it with confidence. Tianluo Water has a very good effect on improving all aspects of the human body.