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Latin pharmacognostic name: Luffae Fructus

Alternate English names: dishcloth gourd

Alternate Chinese names: 天丝瓜 tiān sī guā; 天罗 tiān luó; 天罗瓜 tiān luó guā; 蛮瓜 mán guā; 布瓜 bù guā; 绵瓜 mián guā; 洗锅罗瓜 xǐ guō luó guā

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in PRC Pharmacopoeia: Luffa cylindrica (L.) Roem. (PRC Pharmacopoeia)

Origin (other sources): Luffa cylindrica (L.) Roem.*; Luffa acutangula Roxb.; Luffa acutangula Roxb.

Use: Alimentary

Category:

Properties: Sweet; cool; nontoxic*.

Channel entry: Liver and stomach channels.

Indications:

Clears heat, transforms phlegm, cools the blood, and resolves toxin.

febrile disease with generalized heat effusion, vexation and thirst; phlegm panting and cough; intestinal wind, hemorrhoids and fistulas; flooding and spotting and vaginal discharge; blood strangury; clove sores; breast milk stoppage; swollen welling-abscesses (yōng zhǒng).

Product Area: Luffa cylindrica: Widely cultivated. Luffa acutangula: Cultivated in Guǎngdōng, Guǎngxī, Fújiàn, and Táiwān.

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