Plant |
Family | Gourd Family / Cucumber Family, cucurbits (Cucurbitaceae) |
English |
Chinese cucumber, Chinese snake gourd, Gua-lo, Tien-hua-fen, Trichosanthes |
Latin |
Trichosanthes kirilowii Maxim. |
Plantparts | Fruits, Roots, Seeds, Unspecified |
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Ungrouped Diseases & Uses |
Antianginal, Antibacterial, Antibiotic, Antifebrile, Antifungal, Antifungal Agent, Antiinflammatory, antiinflammatory agent, Antipyretic, Antitussive, aperient, Assist healing of wounds, Blood cleanser, blood cleansing, Blood-purifier, care of the skin, catharic, Cathartic, cholesterol, cholesterol in blood vessels, Cholesterol Reducer, Cholesterol reduction, Cleanses the blood, cough depressing, Cough suppressant, depurant, Depurative, Dyslipidemia, emollient, Emollients, expectorant, Expellant of phlegm, Febrifugal, febrifuge, fungicide, Fungitoxic, fungus, General inflammation, General inflammations, Good for skin, healing, healing cuts, Healing wounds, heal wounds, High cholesterol, High levels of cholesterol in the blood, Hypercholesterolemia, inflammation, inflammation in general, inflammations, Inflammations in general, Laxative, lower cholesterol levels in the blood, Moisturizers, movements of the bowel, Mucolytic agent, Oxytocic, Perfect skin, promotes healing of wounds, Ptyalagogue, Ptysmagogue, Purgative, purify blood, purify the blood, Pyretic, reduce blood cholesterol, reduce blood fat level, reduce fevers, relieves fevers, Sialagogue, Sialogogue, Skin-care, skin tonic, to cleanse the blood, Vulnerary, wound healing, Wound repair, Wounds healing |
Cancer |
Anti-cancer, Anti-carciogenic, Anti-cariogenic, Cancer, Malignant neoplasm, Malignant tumor |
Women's diseases |
Abortifacient, Abortion, abortive, Aids milk flow in nursing mothers, Encourages breast milk, Ensures good milk supply, Galactagogue, galactopoietic, increase milk sekretion in women, induce abortion, Lactagogue, Milk production stimulant, promotes the flow of milk, stimulate milk production, stimulate the flow of milk, Uterine tonic |
TCM - Traditional Chinese medicine |
TCM MERIDIAN: Large Intestine, TCM MERIDIAN: Lung, TCM MERIDIAN: NA, TCM MERIDIAN: Stomach, Traditional Chinese medicine, Used in traditional Chinese medicin |
Local (Geographical) use |
Phytomedical used in Japan, Used in Traditional Japanese Kampo Medicine |
Ingredients |
| | 1-Hexanol, 1-Nonanol, Acetoin, Anthracene, Benzaldehyde, Beta-Sitosterol, Campesterol, Citrulline, Dibutyl-Phthalate, Docosane, Gamma-aminobutyric acid, Geranyl-Acetone, Heptadecane, Hexadecane, Hexahydrofarnesyl-Acetone, Hexanoic acid, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, Menthyl acetate, myristicin, Naphthalene, N-Octadecane, Oleic acid, Phytol, saponin, stearin, Stigmasterol, Tetradecane, Vegetable oil |
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