Butt-shaped fruit (Luffa acutangula)
臀形果tún xíng guǒTunxingguo
Luffa acutangula · Plant
2
Indications
0
With studies in people
Cautions
Green fruit contains cytotoxic compounds; mature fruit generally safe; limited safety data for medicinal use; avoid during pregnancy.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Butt-shaped fruit for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Inflammation SyndromeSwelling Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Butt-shaped fruit does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit DiureticBenefit Respiratory CoughBenefit Skin
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Luffa acutangula and the indication, and how many of those are indexed as studies in people. A record names the two together; it does not show that one treats the other, and most are laboratory or animal work.