Cixi loofah

Loofah for collaterals is a traditional Chinese herbal medicine, which has the functions of dredging tendons and collaterals, promoting blood circulation, relieving pain and relieving bloating. The towel gourd is processed into a bath product, which has excellent skin cleaning effect. It can make full use of the natural fiber network of towel gourd, and apply favorite soap or bath lotion on the surface of towel gourd, which can gently eliminate excrement and aging cells deposited on the skin surface, remove dry skin tissue, and make the skin moist and smooth after bathing. Cixi, the "hometown of loofah", is located on the south bank of Hangzhou Bay, in the south monsoon region of the northern subtropical zone, with four distinct seasons, warm and humid climate and abundant rainfall. The unique geographical environment makes the fiber quality of sponge gourd in Cixi harder, denser and whiter than that of other producing areas, and the strips of sponge gourd are thicker, longer, straighter and more uniform. The processing of sponge gourd products in Cixi began in 1989, which is the earliest area in China to develop sponge gourd processing. After more than ten years' development, there are currently more than twenty processing enterprises in this area, with annual sales of about 100 million yuan. The production and sales volume of towel gourd products in Cixi is 800 to 1000 tons, and its towel gourd bath products are exported to nearly 30 countries in Europe, America, Southeast Asia and other regions. At present, with the strong support of inspection and quarantine departments and other relevant departments, relevant enterprises are constantly developing new products according to market demand, and the towel gourd bath products produced include back rubbing series, gloves series, toys series, children's bath series, slippers series, bath sets and so on, which has formed a situation of "product serialization and variety diversification". Cixi loofah is a geographical indication protection product.
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