Is it true that eating loofah in autumn will make you sick?

No. Luffa is flat and sweet, and has the effects of dredging meridians, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, cooling blood and detoxifying.

Autumn is the best time to eat loofah. After the solar term in beginning of autumn, loofah is nutritious. Protein, starch, calcium, phosphorus, iron and vitamins A and C are relatively high in melon vegetables. But people with deficiency and cold constitution should not eat more, because it is cold.