HerbID 3983

丝瓜

Si Gua

To clear heat and resolve phlegm; cool blood and resolve toxin.; To clear heat; disinhibit water; free stool; expel worms.

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Record Fields

Scalar fields from the final herb record.

Herb Id: 3983
Core Entity Id: 42929
Source Entity Count: 1
Preferred Name: 丝瓜
Name Cn: 丝瓜
Name Pinyin: Si Gua
Name En: Si Gua
Name Latin: Luffa cylindrica
Bilingual Status: complete
Property: Sweet; Cool; Neutral
Flavor: Sweet
Meridian: Lung; Liver; Stomach; Large Intestine
Use Part: Dried Vascular Bundles Of Ripe Fruit; Seed
Function: To clear heat and resolve phlegm; cool blood and resolve toxin.; To clear heat; disinhibit water; free stool; expel worms.
Indication: stone strangury; lung heat cough; intestinal wind bleeding; hemorrhoids and fistulas; constipation; ascariasis.; Febrile diseases with vexation and thirst; cough of phlegm asthma; bleeding from hemorrhoids; blood strangury; flooding and spotting; sores with welling abscess and flat abscess; galactostasis; innominate toxin swelling; edema.
Toxicity
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Category En

Names

Preferred names, aliases, and source labels retained in the final schema.

Name

SiGua

Role

pinyin

Source

ETCM_v2

Language

pinyin

Preferred

Yes

Name

丝瓜

Role

preferred

Source

TCMBank

Language

Preferred

Yes

Name

丝瓜

Role

preferred

Source

HERB_v2

Language

Preferred

Yes

Name

丝瓜

Role

preferred

Source

itcmdb_public

Language

Preferred

Yes

Name

丝瓜子

Role

preferred

Source

HERB_v2

Language

Preferred

Yes

Name

丝瓜子

Role

preferred

Source

itcmdb_public

Language

Preferred

Yes

Name

丝瓜籽

Role

preferred

Source

TCMBank

Language

Preferred

Yes

Name

乌牛子

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

乌牛子

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

坭瓜

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

坭瓜

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

天丝瓜

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

天丝瓜

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

天吊瓜

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

天吊瓜

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

天络丝

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

天络丝

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

天罗

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

天罗

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

天罗布瓜

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

天罗布瓜

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

天罗瓜

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

天罗瓜

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

天罗絮

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

天罗絮

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

天骷髅

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

天骷髅

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

布瓜

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

布瓜

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

水瓜

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

水瓜

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

洗锅罗瓜

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

洗锅罗瓜

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

砌瓜

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

砌瓜

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

絮瓜

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

絮瓜

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

纯阳瓜

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

纯阳瓜

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

纺线

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

纺线

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

绵瓜

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

绵瓜

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

缣瓜

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

缣瓜

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

菜瓜

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

菜瓜

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

虞刺

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

虞刺

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

蛮瓜

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

蛮瓜

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

鱼鲛

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

鱼鲛

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

Suakwa Vegetablesponge Equivalent Plant: Luffa Acutangula

Role

english

Source

itcmdb_public

Language

Preferred

Name

Suakwa Vegetablesponge Equivalent Plant: Luffa Acutangula

Role

english

Source

HERB_v2

Language

Preferred

Name

Suakwa Vegetablesponge Equivalent plant: Luffa acutangula;Suakwa Vegetablesponge

Role

english

Source

TCMBank

Language

Preferred

Name

Suakwa Vegetablesponge Seed

Role

english

Source

itcmdb_public

Language

Preferred

Name

Suakwa Vegetablesponge Seed

Role

english

Source

HERB_v2

Language

Preferred

Name

Suakwa Vegetablesponge Seed

Role

english

Source

TCMBank

Language

Preferred

Name

Fructus Luffae Cylindricae; Fructus Luffae Acutangulae

Role

latin

Source

HERB_v2

Language

Preferred

Name

Fructus Luffae Cylindricae; Fructus Luffae Acutangulae

Role

latin

Source

itcmdb_public

Language

Preferred

Name

Luffa cylindrica

Role

latin

Source

TCMBank

Language

Preferred

Name

Luffa cylindrica (L.)Roem., Luffa acutangula (L.)Roxb.

Role

latin

Source

ETCM_v2

Language

Preferred

Name

Semen Luffae Cylindricae; Semen Luffae Acutangulae

Role

latin

Source

HERB_v2

Language

Preferred

Name

Semen Luffae Cylindricae; Semen Luffae Acutangulae

Role

latin

Source

itcmdb_public

Language

Preferred

Name

SI GUA

Role

pinyin

Source

TCMBank

Language

pinyin

Preferred

Name

SI GUA ZI

Role

pinyin

Source

TCMBank

Language

pinyin

Preferred

Name

Si Gua

Role

pinyin

Source

HERB_v2

Language

pinyin

Preferred

Name

Si Gua

Role

pinyin

Source

itcmdb_public

Language

pinyin

Preferred

Name

Si Gua Zi

Role

pinyin

Source

itcmdb_public

Language

pinyin

Preferred

Name

Si Gua Zi

Role

pinyin

Source

HERB_v2

Language

pinyin

Preferred

Aliases

Additional names normalized into the restored final schema.

Fructus Luffae Cylindricae; Fructus Luffae AcutangulaeLuffa cylindrica (L.)Roem., Luffa acutangula (L.)Roxb.Semen Luffae Cylindricae; Semen Luffae AcutangulaeSi Gua ZiSuakwa Vegetablesponge Equivalent Plant: Luffa AcutangulaSuakwa Vegetablesponge Equivalent plant: Luffa acutangula;Suakwa VegetablespongeSuakwa Vegetablesponge Seed丝瓜子丝瓜籽乌牛子坭瓜天丝瓜天吊瓜天络丝天罗天罗布瓜天罗瓜天罗絮天骷髅布瓜水瓜洗锅罗瓜砌瓜絮瓜纯阳瓜纺线绵瓜缣瓜菜瓜虞刺蛮瓜鱼鲛

Cross References

Trusted external identifiers retained for this final record.

Herb

HERB005221HERB005223

Tcmid

60176635

Tcm Id

60176635

Tcmbank

TCMBANKHE003969TCMBANKHE006143

Etcm Herb

SiGua

Itcmdb Generated

ITX-HERB-FAC2E498D558

Attributes

Merged source attributes and domain-specific metadata.

Flavor

Sweet

Use Part

Dried vascular bundles of ripe fruitSeeddried vascular bundles of ripe fruitseed

Function

To clear heat and resolve phlegm, cool blood and resolve toxin.To clear heat, disinhibit water, free stool, expel worms.

Property

Cool

Meridians

Lung; Liver; Stomach; Large Intestine

Indication

Edema, stone strangury, lung heat cough, intestinal wind bleeding, hemorrhoids and fistulas, constipation, ascariasis.Febrile diseases with vexation and thirst, cough of phlegm asthma, intestinal wind bleeding, bleeding from hemorrhoids, blood strangury, flooding and spotting, sores with welling abscess and flat abscess, galactostasis, innominate toxin swelling, edema.

Properties

Sweet; CoolSweet; Neutral

Meridian Tropism

Lung meridian, Liver meridian, Stomach meridian, Large intestine meridian