How to choose tender and fresh old loofah? What can I do with it?

Fresh loofah, sweet and soft to eat, is rich in vitamins. If you want to cook, it is especially important to buy fresh loofah, otherwise it will affect the taste of the dish. However, there is no need to throw away the old loofah and peel it. The loofah inside is also very useful, which can be used to brush things and has medicinal value. Let's take a look at how to choose fresh loofah and how to "turn waste into treasure" old loofah!

How to choose fresh and tender loofah? The most common loofah on the market can be divided into two types: linear loofah and fat loofah. The thread towel gourd is thin and long. When buying, you should choose melons with straight shape, moderate size, no wrinkles on the surface, tender and full water and green skin color. It's best not to wither and hurt people. Fat loofah is relatively short, and the thickness of both ends is roughly the same. When you buy it, it should be fresh and tender in color, moderate in size, with fine wrinkles on the surface and a layer of white velvet, which is better without trauma.

Look at the good-looking loofah, first of all, it should be uniform in thickness, and don't choose loofah with uneven melon shape and protrusions. If the melon strips are symmetrical and the white hairs on the melon body are complete, it means that the melon is fresh and tender. Don't buy melon with a big belly, there are many seeds in it. It's hard to peel off the hook, even if it's cheap. Then, touch the skin of the loofah, choose the skin tender, not too thick, otherwise the loofah is likely to be old and have many seeds.

Pinch it with your hand. Pinch it with your hand. It's strong. Very fresh. If it is soft and brittle, it means it has existed for a long time. However, you can't buy too hard loofah, because it may be bitter.

Look at the skin color. When buying loofah, you should choose fresh, green, solid and brightly colored ones. People with light green skin color have fuller pulp at the top and no bloated feeling. If the melon skin is yellow or wrinkled, or swollen, with spots and depressions in some areas, it means that the melon is ripe and can't be eaten. Generally speaking, if the skin of loofah is dark, not green, thick, it is old. In a pile of loofah, the old loofah is quite light in color and a little gray, while the tender loofah is just the opposite, with the green color of early summer, the edges and corners are not hard enough, easy to break, and the skin is still very shiny.

Pick up a towel gourd by hand, you can grab one end and shake it up and down twice. At this time, the other end will easily feel sinking, which means that the other end will feel bent down and easily break. You can also grab the middle and shake it up and down twice, feeling that both ends sink very tender. If the towel gourd in your hand is hard or motionless like a stick, you'd better take another one. In short, I feel that the whole melon should be elastic.

Gently pinch the towel gourd with your nails. If you don't make any noise, you can easily clip it in. It's quite tender, but when the nails are squeezed in, they will "jump" slightly and then they can be squeezed in. There is still some resistance in the middle. That's an old melon.

Look at that melon vine. Look at the vines of loofah. Guaman has a lot of fresh water, which is a fresh loofah just picked. If the melon wilts and dries up, it is a loofah that has been put in for a while and is not very fresh.

Taste it with your mouth. If the boss who sells loofah agrees, you can break off the head of loofah and put it in your mouth to taste. You will know whether it is bitter or not.

What can the old loofah do to eat-1, lactation

Luffa is a kind of Chinese herbal medicine, which is made by picking luffa after it matures, turns yellow and dries, removing the skin, pulp and seeds, washing and drying.

Loofah is mostly long prismatic or long cylindrical, and it is made by interweaving filaments. Luffa is sweet and cold. It has the functions of dredging meridians, cooling blood and detoxicating, and can be used to treat diseases such as stagnation of qi and blood and obstruction of meridians.

If there is breast inflammation, there are lumps when delivering milk, and the milk secretion is not smooth, Chinese medicine will suggest that Luffa clear soup be stewed, which can play a role in regulating breast qi and blood, promoting lactation, appetizing and resolving phlegm.

2. Regulate qi and blood

If there is breast inflammation, there are lumps when delivering milk, and the milk secretion is not smooth, Chinese medicine will suggest that Luffa clear soup be stewed, which can play a role in regulating breast qi and blood, promoting lactation, appetizing and resolving phlegm.

Step 3 relieve gout

One of the most widely used medicinal methods of loofah is to relieve gout. Take 50g loofah sponge, add appropriate amount of onion and water, and fry with strong fire 10 ~ 15min. Finally, add 5g green tea, soak until the tea is fragrant and delicious, and drink it while it is hot. Drink 2~3 times a day.

4. Improve irregular menstruation

Boiled water with loofah also has a good effect on women with irregular menstruation. Sun-dry the loofah seeds, add 1 bowl of water, decoct, add a little brown sugar after boiling, and take with yellow wine. Morning and evening 1 time, effective in regulating irregular menstruation.

5, cough and phlegm

Old people cough a lot of phlegm, so you can try using 15g loofah sponge, orange sponge and platycodon grandiflorum. Grinding and mixing, and making honey into pills. 6 grams each time, twice a day, with warm water.

6. Relieve chronic low back pain

Patients with chronic low back pain can chop loofah, bake it to brown, grind it into powder, 1 tablet, and take it twice a day, which can be used to relieve pain. Luffa can be bought in general Chinese medicine shops, which is very cheap.

Usage-1 floriculture

In rural areas, many farmers who like to grow flowers like to raise many kinds of flowers in their own yards. These flowers can not only decorate your house, but also purify the air. When they bloom in summer, you can smell the fragrance of the whole yard. Luffa, you can use the pulp of Luffa and put it in a flowerpot with the soil. After a long time, the soil will become looser. Moreover, it should be noted that the pulp of loofah will slowly decompose and become fertilizer for flowers, so that flowers will be more vigorous.

2. In addition to odor and moisture.

When it rains, many people think that the clothes in the closet are moldy and even have an unpleasant smell. We can use silk pulp, put some fragrant things in it, and then put it in the closet to dehumidify and deodorize.

3. Take a bath ball and wash your face.

Many people take a bath with a bath ball and wash their faces with a washing robot. None of these tools are cheap, and it costs a lot of money to buy them. For rural areas, the income is not high and they are unwilling to spend money on these things. At this time, silk pulp can be used instead, and the water absorption and mud rubbing effect are better than those bought.

4. Insole

Because towel gourd has good water absorption effect, it can be used to replace insoles. Covering is very useful for those sweaty feet, which can absorb moisture and deodorize.

The nutritional value of loofah is 1. Anti-scurvy: the content of vitamin C in towel gourd is high, which can be used to fight scurvy and prevent various vitamin C deficiency;

2, 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 maintaining skin elasticity, which can beautify and wrinkle;

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