Can loofah boil water cure menstrual cramps?

If the patient is suffering from dysmenorrhea due to blockage of meridians and qi and blood, water boiled with loofah can relieve the symptoms of dysmenorrhea. Loofah has the effect of dispelling wind, opening up the channels, activating blood, down the breast, used for paralysis, contracture, chest and hypochondriac swelling and pain, lactation, breast carbuncle swelling and pain. 1. Paralysis: loofah is sweet and gentle, light and fluent, good at dispelling wind and clearing channels, used for rheumatic paralysis, contracture of tendons and veins (muscle tension and stiffness), more into the compound prescription, or as an auxiliary medicine. 2. Chest and hypochondrium (chest and rib area) distension and pain: loofah into the liver meridian, can pass through the meridians, and blood, commonly used in the chest and hypochondrium distension and pain of qi and blood stagnation, can be used in conjunction with chaihu, adenophora, tulip and so on. 3. Lactation, breast carbuncle swelling and pain: loofah into the liver, stomach two meridians, can pass through the lactation, promote milk secretion. The treatment of postpartum qi and blood loss, milk, milk, often with Wang Buliuxing, Lutong, etc.; treatment of breast carbuncle swelling and pain, or menstrual breast distension and pain, etc., can be used with zhebeimu, tangerine kernel, tulip and so on. It is recommended that patients with dysmenorrhea should go to the hospital to find out the cause of dysmenorrhea and be treated under the guidance of a doctor.