Mountain Bitter Gourd (Momordica charantia)
山苦瓜shān kǔ guāShankugua
Momordica charantia · Plant
2
Indications
5
With studies in people
Cautions
May lower blood sugar; avoid with diabetes medications; may stimulate uterine contractions; avoid during pregnancy.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Mountain Bitter Gourd for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Diabetes SyndromeInflammation Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Mountain Bitter Gourd does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit AntioxidantBenefit DigestiveBenefit Immune
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Momordica charantia 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 Antioxidant216 records, 40 in people
- Benefit Digestive37 records, 17 in people
- Benefit Immune57 records, 16 in people
- Diabetes Syndrome341 records, 127 in people
- Inflammation Syndrome135 records, 46 in people