Plant |
Family | Gourd Family / Cucumber Family, cucurbits (Cucurbitaceae) |
English |
Angled loofah, Bitter luffa, Chinese-okra, Chinese squash, Luffa, Ribbed gourd, Ribbed sponge gourd, Ridged gourd, Ridge gourd, Sing-kwa, Sinkwa towelsponge |
Latin |
Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb. |
Plantparts | Fruit, Juice of leaves, Seeds, Unspecified |
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Ungrouped Diseases & Uses |
alleviating, Aperient, Bitter, Bitter Tonic, catharic, Cathartic, constipation, cordial, Costive, Costiveness, Demulcent, Diuretic, Dyschezia, Dyssynergic defaecation, Emetic, Expectorant, Expellant of phlegm, Granular conjunctivitis, induce vomiting, Laxative, mitigating, movements of the bowel, Mucolytic agent, Nourishing, Nutrious, Nutritious, Nutritive, palliative, Pungent, Purgative, tonic, vomitive |
Other uses |
Bed bugs, Cimicidae, driving out bedbugs, vermin |
TCM - Traditional Chinese medicine |
TCM MERIDIAN: NA, Traditional Chinese medicine, Used in traditional Chinese medicin |
Local (Geographical) use |
Phytomedical use in Brazil, Phytomedical use in Nepal |
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