Why do some loofahs taste bitter?

Luffa is bitter because its pollen has been bitten by bees that have bitten bitter gourd pollen, so it will be bitter.

Let me tell you a joke. Two years ago, vegetables such as bitter gourd, loofah and beans were planted on the ceiling of my house, but the loofah will have a bitter taste. At first, we also felt very strange. Luffa is sweet. How can it be accompanied by a little bitterness? The vegetables I grow have not been destroyed, and there is no pesticide. Why does loofah grow bad? We thought about it for a long time and couldn't figure it out. Later, I went to the ceiling and found that there were bee stings in all kinds of pollen, and I mistakenly thought that it was the reason why bees stung bitter melon powder and then loofah powder, so loofah would be a little bitter. In addition, there is no other reason.

Luffa alias: Luffa, Luo Tian, Miangua, Bugua, Luo Tian Gua.

Sexual taste and tropism: cool and sweet; Human lung meridian and liver meridian.

Ingredients: This product contains protein, fat, carbohydrate, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin B 1, vitamin C, saponin, plant mucus, xylose gum, etc.

Indications: clearing away heat and resolving phlegm, cooling blood and detoxicating, relieving summer-heat and vexation, dredging channels and activating collaterals. Indications: fever, thirst, excessive phlegm, asthma, cough, intestinal wind, hemorrhoid leakage, sores and swelling, and galactorrhea in women.

Avoid: people with spleen and stomach deficiency and diarrhea should not take it.

The dietotherapy function of loofah

1. Anti-scurvy Luffa has a high content of vitamin C, 8 mg per 100 g, which can be used for anti-scurvy and prevention of various vitamin C deficiency.

2. Brain-strengthening beauty Because the content of vitamin B 1 in loofah is also high, 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 keeping skin elastic, and can beautify and wrinkle.

3. The antiviral and antiallergic Luffa extract (Lo43) has obvious preventive effect on Japanese encephalitis virus, and the protection rate can reach 60% ~ 80% when injected with Lo43 before being infected with the virus. A kind of antiallergic substance, Xiegenalkyd, was also extracted from tissue culture solution of Luffa, which has a strong antiallergic effect.