Herb

Luffa (Si gua)

丝瓜si gua
1 sourceLuffa aegyptiaca Mill.

Recorded for slow-erupting pox, and the dried fibre frees the channels, cools the blood and resolves toxin and dispels wind.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷二十八·蓏菜·丝瓜·主治

References
  • functions_en self-translated from 本草纲目 traditional_functions (public domain; the Chinese tf carries verbatim excerpt_hash citations). No modern work consulted.
  • WHO IST-TCM terminology-aligned for the English rendering.
  • public pharmacopoeia & botanical facts (public-domain reference facts; no proprietary modern source).
Traditional functions

Classical source text (Chinese) — English summary above.

传统中医记载：治痘疮不快，枯者烧存性入朱砂研末蜜水调服；通经络、凉血解毒、丝瓜络祛风通络。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 甘，平，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十八·蓏菜·丝瓜·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十八·蓏菜·丝瓜·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十八·蓏菜·丝瓜·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.