Long-horn trichosanthes (Trichosanthes long-horn)

长牛角瓜cháng niú jiǎo guāChangniujiaogua

Trichosanthes long-horn · Plant

Trichosanthes, standing in for Trichosanthes long-horn
This photo shows Trichosanthes, not Trichosanthes long-horn: Wikidata knows no taxon by that name. Photo: Francisco Manuel Blanco (O.S.A.), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

May stimulate uterine contractions; avoid during pregnancy; may lower blood glucose; caution with diabetes medications.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Long-horn trichosanthes for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Heat SyndromeSwelling Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Long-horn trichosanthes does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit DiureticBenefit Respiratory PhlegmBenefit Skin

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Trichosanthes long-horn 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.

  • Benefit Diuretic0 records
  • Benefit Respiratory Phlegm0 records
  • Benefit Skin0 records
  • Heat Syndrome0 records
  • Swelling Syndrome0 records