The efficacy and function of loofah

Medicines are very common in our life. Different medicines need to be selected for the treatment of different diseases. This will be of great help to the improvement of the disease. The choice of medicine also requires understanding of the medicine. Loulu is a common medicine for treating diseases, and it is relatively simple to use. But what are the effects and functions of Loulu? Many people don’t know much about it, and are confused about its choice.

The effects and functions of the loofah are also multifaceted, so when choosing it, you should also be careful not to use it casually. It also has many aspects in treating diseases, and this also needs attention.

The efficacy and function of loofah :

Clears away heat and detoxifies, reduces swelling and discharges pus, promotes lactation, and unblocks tendons and veins. Treats carbuncle on the back, swollen and painful breasts. Lactation obstruction, scrofula and malignant ulcers, dampness and arthritis causing stiffness of tendons and veins, pain in joints, heat-toxic bloody diarrhea, and hemorrhoidal bleeding.

① "Ben Jing": "It is used to treat skin heat, malignant sores, carbuncle, hemorrhoids, dampness and arthralgia, and lactation."

② "Bie Lu": "It can stop incontinence, heat sores and itching like hemp beans, and can be used as a bath soup."

③Tao Hongjing: "It can cure various fistulas and scabies."

④ "Medicinal Properties": "It can treat heat toxicity and wind-induced malignant sores on the body, itchy rashes on the skin and muscles."

⑤ "Supplement to Materia Medica": "It can be used to kill insects and wash sores and scabies."

⑥ "Rihuazi Materia Medica": "It can treat high fever in children, clear the small intestine, (treat) spermatorrhea, hematuria, wind-induced red eyes, breast abscess, back rash, scrofula, intestinal wind, discharge pus, replenish blood, treat injuries, repair tendons and bones, apply to wounds, stop bleeding and grow flesh, and clear the meridians."

⑦ "Shanxi Chinese Medicine Records": "It clears heat and cools blood, treats heat-toxic bloody dysentery, epistaxis, bloody hemorrhoids, febrile diseases, etc."

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 1.5 to 3 qian (1 to 2 liang for fresh); or made into pills or powder. For external use: decoct in water for washing or grind into powder for application.

[Dos and Don'ts] People with Qi deficiency, those with sores and ulcers who cannot recover, and pregnant women should avoid taking it.

① "Rihuazi Bencao": "Forsythia suspensa is the messenger."

② "Ben Cao Jing Shu": "It is not suitable for patients with sores and ulcers in the yin meridians that are flat and do not break out. It is forbidden to use during pregnancy."

③ "Depei Materia Medica": "People with Qi deficiency are forbidden to use it."

Through the above introduction, we have a lot of understanding about the effects and functions of the licorice root. However, when using such medicine, we must master certain methods and cannot use it indiscriminately. This will not help the treatment of the disease. We need to pay attention to this point, otherwise it will cause great harm to our health.