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Bottle Gourd Lagenaria siceraria

Medicines that promote urination and reduce edemaNeutral
Source-based · educational reference

Traditional recorded function

Promote urination and reduce edema

Facial and eye edema, abdominal edema, and swelling due to beriberi.

Nature & taste

SweetNeutral

Meridians entered

LungSm. Int.

Botanical source

Accepted nameLagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl.

FamilyCucurbitaceae

Herbal properties

ReducingDescendingDispersingDrying

Found in these formulas

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