Pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo)

南瓜nán guāNangua

Cucurbita pepo · Plant

Cucurbita pepo
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Indications

Cautions

Contains cucurbitacins; caution with bitterness indicating high toxin levels.

Indications

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

AsthmaPoisonous Bee StingsPulmonary Welling AbscessScaldsSwollen Welling Abscess

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Pumpkin does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Resolve Toxin & Disperse Swelling