Liber Herbarum Minor (English)
The incomplete reference-guide to Herbal medicine

Rev.12-05-2020

Bitter melon ↔ Cathartic

Plant

Family

Gourd Family / Cucumber Family, cucurbits (Cucurbitaceae)

English

Bitter melon, African cucumber, Balsam-apple, Balsampear, Bitter-cucumber, Bitter gourd, Bitter squash, Carilla gourd, Cerassie, Chinese bitter melon, Karavellaka, Karela, Ku-gua, Maidenapple, Snake apple bush, Sorosi

Latin

Momordica charantia L., Momordica balsamina* sensu Descort., non L., Mormordica charantia

Plantparts

Aerial part, Bough, Entire plant, foliage, Fruit, Fruits, Leaf, Plant stem, Roots, Stem, Unripe fruit, Unspecified

Diseases & Uses

Cathartic, laxative, aperient, catharic, movements of the bowel, purgative

Plantparts

Methods of Preparation

Methods of Use

--Not specified
Boughdecoction-
BoughExtract-
BoughJuice-
BoughMaceration-
foliagedecoction-
foliageExtract-
foliageJuice-
foliageMaceration-
Fruitsdecoction-
FruitsExtract-
FruitsJuice-
FruitsMaceration-
Rootsdecoction-
RootsExtract-
RootsJuice-
RootsMaceration-
Source: LiberHerbarum/XPn6285Sn0018

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