Squirting Cucumber (Ecballium elaterium)
喷瓜pēn guāPengua
Ecballium elaterium · Plant
0
Indications
4
With studies in people
The catalogue records no caution for this entry. That is not evidence that it is safe.
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Squirting Cucumber does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit AntioxidantBenefit DigestiveBenefit DiureticBenefit ImmuneBenefit Skin
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Ecballium elaterium 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 Antioxidant8 records, 2 in people
- Benefit Digestive5 records, 3 in people
- Benefit Diuretic0 records
- Benefit Immune2 records, 1 in people
- Benefit Skin1 records, 1 in people