Trichosanthes Skin (Trichosanthes kirilowii)
瓜蒌皮guā lóu píGualoupi
Trichosanthes kirilowii · Plant
2
Indications
4
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 Trichosanthes Skin for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Heat SyndromeSwelling Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Trichosanthes Skin 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 kirilowii 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 Phlegm6 records, 2 in people
- Benefit Skin10 records, 4 in people
- Heat Syndrome8 records, 3 in people
- Swelling Syndrome2 records, 2 in people