Si Gua Lou
| Si Gua Lou in TCM:Explore the properties of Si Gua Lou according to Chinese Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: luffa fiber, luffa vegetable
sponge, towel-gourd
Pharmacuetical Name: Retinervus Luffae Fructus
Properties: sweet, neutral
Temperature: neutral
Channels: LU, ST, LV
Flavors: sweet
Special Properties: clears heat, clears damp, eliminates toxins, disperses wind, resolves phlegm
Actions / Indications:
- Expels wind; invigorates collaterals (damp-heat bi
obstructing of channels; chest and flank soreness; pain and soreness
of muscles and sinews, stiffness and numbness of joints and tendons;
traumatic injury)
- Benefits breasts; relieves toxicity (swelling / burning
of breasts, breast abcess, insufficient lactation, PMS breast swelling
and tenderness)
- Dissolves Phlegm (cough w/ profuse phlegm and chest
pain, mild effect for LU heat cough, pain arising from phlegm stagnation)
Special Notes:
- Charred Si Gua Lou stop bleeding such as hematochezia or profuse menstrual bleeding.
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