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🌿 Herb

Calabash Gourd

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🌿 Names

Pinyin Name

Hu Lu

中文名 (Chinese)

葫芦

Latin Name

Lagenaria Siceraria

English Name

Calabash Gourd

☯ TCM Properties

Properties (性味)

Cold; Bitter

Therapeutic Class (EN)

For promoting diuresis and penetrating dampness

功效分类 (CN)

利水渗湿

🩺 Clinical Profile

Function (功能)

Treatment of edema. calabash gourd (hulu) is used with herbs which promote water metabolism, such as benincasa peel (dongguapi).

Indication (主治)

Treatment of edema. calabash gourd (hulu) is used with herbs which promote water metabolism, such as benincasa peel (dongguapi).

🔗 External References

HERB DB

HERB002375 ↗

TCMID

4514

🔍 Raw view — every non-empty column on this row (24 fields)

name

Calabash Gourd

chinese name

葫芦

pinyin name

Hu Lu

latin name

Lagenaria Siceraria

english name

Calabash Gourd

properties english

Cold; Bitter

tcmid id

4514

herb id str

HERB002375

function text

Treatment of edema. calabash gourd (hulu) is used with herbs which promote water metabolism, such as benincasa peel (dongguapi).

indication

Treatment of edema. calabash gourd (hulu) is used with herbs which promote water metabolism, such as benincasa peel (dongguapi).

therapeutic en class

For promoting diuresis and penetrating dampness

therapeutic cn class

利水渗湿

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How relationships are computed

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