The benefits of eating fresh loofah: 1. It can clear away heat and dissipate phlegm, because from the perspective of Chinese medicine dietotherapy, the loofah is sweet and cool in nature, and enters the lung meridian. For those who are hot, thirsty, dry mouth, cough, expectoration, and asthma, it is good to eat fresh loofah properly to alleviate the above symptoms through clearing away heat and resolving phlegm. 2. It can cool blood and detoxify. For people with hemorrhoids, metrorrhagia, carbuncle and ulcer, eating fresh loofah properly can cool blood and detoxify and alleviate the above symptoms.