Loofah leaves are effective in curing skin diseases such as shingles, scabies, etc., but are not used to treat all skin diseases. Loofah leaves are effective in clearing heat and removing toxins, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, and stopping bleeding. Clinically, it is mainly used for the treatment of summer fever and thirst, cough, whooping cough, carbuncle, furuncle, aspergillosis, herpes zoster, scabies, carbuncle gangrene (is a kind of poisonous sores, occurring on the surface of the body, limbs, internal organs of the acute suppurative disease), soup and fire burning, traumatic bleeding and so on. Adverse reactions and contraindications of loofah leaves are not clear, if used with other drugs may occur drug interactions, please consult your physician or pharmacist for details. If you need to use loofah leaves to treat skin diseases, must be used under professional medical supervision.