Bencao Index https://bencaoindex.com/ https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/si-gua-luo/ Free to use and republish with visible attribution and a link back to the source page. The catalogue is a reference work and is knowingly incomplete; nothing in it is medical advice. <a href="https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/si-gua-luo/">Bencao Index</a> si gua luo 丝瓜络 Fructus Luffae Retinervus Loofah shikaraku sagwarak Clear Heat, Relieve Toxicity Lung Stomach Liver

Resolves toxicity and reduces swelling

Toxic swellings, sores and abscesses Breast abscess (mastitis)

Unblocks the channels and collaterals and dispels Wind

Wind-Damp Bi with aching muscles and sinews and stiff, rigid joints, particularly when Phlegm is involved Wandering, Wind-type pain of the joints and sinews Chest and flank soreness or pain from Qi and Blood stagnation, including after injury Traumatic injury

Unblocks the collaterals of the breast

Distended, tender breasts or breast lumps Scanty or blocked milk flow

Expels Phlegm and clears Phlegm-Heat

Lung Heat cough in adults or children, with high fever, chest pain and thick, sticky yellow sputum that will not come up easily

Stops bleeding (charred form)

Blood in the stool and uterine bleeding, using the charred herb