Suakwa Vegetablesponge Equivalent Plant: Luffa Acutangula
Fructus Luffae Cylindricae, Fructus Luffae Acutangulae
Si Gua

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Sweet; cool

Part(s) used

Dried vascular bundles of ripe fruit

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To clear heat and resolve phlegm, cool blood and resolve toxin.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Febrile diseases with vexation and thirst, cough of phlegm asthma, intestinal wind bleeding, bleeding from hemorrhoids, blood strangury, flooding and spotting, sores with welling abscess and flat abscess, galactostasis, innominate toxin swelling, edema.