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🌿 Herb

Luffa Vegetable Sponge

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🌿 Names

Pinyin Name

Si Gua Luo

中文名 (Chinese)

丝瓜络

Latin Name

Retinervus Luffae Fructus; Luffae Fructus Retinervus

English Name

Luffa Vegetable Sponge

Alias Names

天萝筋; 丝瓜网; 丝瓜壳; 瓜络; 絮瓜瓤; 天罗线; 丝瓜筋; 丝瓜瓤; 千层楼; 丝瓜布

☯ TCM Properties

Properties (性味)

Sweet; Calm

Meridians (归经)

Lung; Stomach; Liver

Part Used

Vascular bundle

Therapeutic Class (EN)

Wind-Dampnessdispelling Medicinal

功效分类 (CN)

祛风湿药

🩺 Clinical Profile

Function (功能)

Treatment of arthralgia with muscular contracture, distension and pain in the chest and costal regions, galactostasis.

Indication (主治)

Treatment of arthralgia with muscular contracture, distension and pain in the chest and costal regions, galactostasis.

🔗 External References

HERB DB

HERB005222 ↗

TCMID

4173

TCM-ID

2016

🔍 Raw view — every non-empty column on this row (28 fields)

name

Luffa Vegetable Sponge

chinese name

丝瓜络

pinyin name

Si Gua Luo

latin name

Retinervus Luffae Fructus; Luffae Fructus Retinervus

english name

Luffa Vegetable Sponge

properties english

Sweet; Calm

meridians english

Lung; Stomach; Liver

use part

Vascular bundle

tcmid id

4173

herb id str

HERB005222

function text

Treatment of arthralgia with muscular contracture, distension and pain in the chest and costal regions, galactostasis.

indication

Treatment of arthralgia with muscular contracture, distension and pain in the chest and costal regions, galactostasis.

therapeutic en class

Wind-Dampnessdispelling Medicinal

therapeutic cn class

祛风湿药

tcm id id

2016

alias name

天萝筋; 丝瓜网; 丝瓜壳; 瓜络; 絮瓜瓤; 天罗线; 丝瓜筋; 丝瓜瓤; 千层楼; 丝瓜布

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How relationships are computed

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Formula ↔ Herbs: text bridge via formulas.herbs_in_pinyin matching herbs.pinyin_name
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