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絲瓜絡 Sigualuo
Chinese Name |
絲瓜絡 |
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Chinese Pinyin |
Sigualuo |
English Name |
Loofah, Towel Gourd Vegetable Sponge |
Latin Pharmaceutical Name |
Luffae Fructus Retinervus |
Category |
Fruits and seeds
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Origin |
The dried vascular bundles from the dried mature fruit of Luffa cylindrical (L.) Roem.(Cucurbitaceae) |
Production Regions |
Produced all around China, the best quality is produced in the Cixi region of Zhejiang and Jiangsu. |
Macroscopic Features |
Composed of thread-like interconnected vascular bundles, often long ridged or long cylindrical shape, slightly curved, 30~70cm long, 7~10cm diameter. Externally pale yellowish-white. Light in weight, pliable texture, flexible, cannot be broken. Cross-section has 3 chambers of ovary, creating a hollow appearance. faint odor, tasteless. |
Quality Requirements |
Superior medicinal material has long large strips, when the outer skin is removed, there are yellowish-white net-like vascular bundles. |
Properties |
Sweet, neutral |
Functions |
Frees channels, invigorates blood, dispels wind. Apply to impediment and convulsion, swelling pain of chest and flank, neurdeficiency. |
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Permanent URL:https://sys01.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/cmed/mmid/detail.php?pid=B00206
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