Plant |
Family | Gourd Family / Cucumber Family, cucurbits (Cucurbitaceae) |
English |
Luffa, Rag gourd, Sponge cucumber |
Latin |
Luffa operculata (L.) Cogn. |
Plantparts | Aerial part, foliage, Fruit, Fruits, Seeds, Unspecified |
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Ungrouped Diseases & Uses |
Aids digestion, Amebiasis, Amebic dysentery, Amobic dysentery, Amoebiasis, Amoebic dysenteri, Amoebic Dysentery, Anti-edemic, Anti-fatigue, Aperient, bad digestion, benificial effect on the digestion, blood cleanser, blood cleansing, Blood in the urine, Blood in urine, Blood-purifier, catharic, Cathartic, Cephalagia, Cephalalgia, Cleanses the blood, congestion, congestions, cough, Coughing, Coughs, Decongestant, depurant, Depurative, Digestive, Digestive stimulant, digestive trouble, Digestive weakness, dispepsia, dropsy, Dysentery (amebic), Dyspepsia, edema, Entamoebiasis, Eupeptic, exhaustion, faintness, Fatigue, feebleness, fluid accumulation, Good for digestion, Haematuria, Headache, headaches, head pains, hematuria, Hydropsy, improves digestion, Indigestion, Inflammation of the sinuses, Inflammation of the urethra, Languidness, Languor, Lassitude, laxative, Listlessness, movements of the bowel, Oedema, Poor digestion, Promotes digestion, purgative, purify blood, purify the blood, Rhinosinusitis, Sinus infection, Sinusitis, Sinus trouble, soothes headaches, stimulates digestion, Swelling of eyes, Tiredness, to cleanse the blood, urethritis, Used in the treatment of cough, Warming digestive, weakness, weariness |
Women's diseases |
Abortifacient, Abortion, Abortive, induce abortion |
Other uses |
against lice, Lice, Louse, Pediculicide, Used to treat lice (Pediculus humanus capitus) |
TCM - Traditional Chinese medicine |
TCM MERIDIAN: NA, Traditional Chinese medicine, Used in traditional Chinese medicin |
Local (Geographical) use |
Phytomedical used by Ribeirinhos in the North Araguaia microregion, Mato Grosso, Brazil, Phytomedical used in Northeastern Brazil, Phytomedical use in Brazil |
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