Luffa root

Luffa root

(materia medica of Southern Yunnan)

[source] Luffa is a gourd plant, Luffa or Guangdong Luffa. Please refer to "Luffa" for details.

[collection] in summer and autumn. Wash, fresh or dry.

Sweet and smooth.

① "Lingnan caiyao Lu" says: "it tastes sweet and has a cold nature. "

② Chongqing herbal medicine: "it tastes sweet and slightly bitter, has a flat nature and is non-toxic. "

Functions and indications: promoting blood circulation, dredging collaterals and reducing swelling. Treatment of migraine, low back pain, mastitis, swelling and pain of larynx, intestinal wind under the blood, hemorrhoids leakage.

① "Classification of herbal medicine": treatment of brain leakage, hemorrhoids, snake injury. "

② Chongqing herbal medicine: "tongjingluo, Xingxue, detumescence, xiaru. Treatment of breast swelling and pain, back pain. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-3 yuan (fresh 1-2 Liang); or burning storage. External use: wash with boiling water or apply with mashed juice.

[selection] ① migraine treatment: three Liang fresh Luffa root, two duck eggs, boiled in water. (Jiangxi herbal medicine manual)

② Treatment of low back pain: Luffa root burning, for the end. Two yuan per warm wine. (health zaxing)

③ Treatment of sore throat: sponge gourd root, water in a tile bottle. (name of the sea)

④ Treatment of mastitis: Luffa root, Huanghua root, Akebia root, fried with wine. (Jiangxi herbal medicine manual)

⑤ Treatment of intestinal wind under the blood, hemorrhoids and anal prolapse: Luffa root frost dry in the shade. Take three yuan per serving, use a little vegetable oil, put it at the bottom of the pot and fry it in water. (materia medica of Southern Yunnan)

⑥ Treatment of ulcers: Luffa root. Boil the water and sweep it. (Baohui fulfilled prescription)