Luffa acutangula
Kingdom: Plantae
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Group: Angiosperms
Common name: Bitter Luffa
Synonymous names: Luffa amara, Luffa acutangula, Luffa actuangula, Luffa acutanguia
System of medicine: Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Siddha, Sowa Rigpa, Unani

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Indian medicinal plantPlant partTherapeutic useTherapeutic use identifiersReferences
Luffa acutangulaaerial partAntioxidantsMESH:D000975, UMLS:C0003402ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulafruitAnti-bacterial agentsMESH:D000900, UMLS:C0279516, ICD-11:XM8XH0ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulafruitAntifungal agentsMESH:D000935, UMLS:C0003308, ICD-11:XM83G4ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulafruitAppetite stimulantsMESH:D019167, UMLS:C0376447ISBN:9770972795006, ISBN:9788172361792
Luffa acutangulafruitBites and stingsMESH:D001733, UMLS:C0005659ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulafruitCardiotonic agentsMESH:D002316, UMLS:C0007209, ICD-11:XM91S1ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulafruitCatharticsMESH:D002400, UMLS:C0007422, ICD-11:XM6GE9ISBN:9770972795006, ISBN:9788172361266, ISBN:9788172361792, Pharmacognosy Of Indigenous Drugs Volume I
Luffa acutangulafruitCentral nervous system depressantsMESH:D002492, UMLS:C0007681, ICD-11:XM6QP4ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulafruitDemulcentsMESH:D065106, UMLS:C0302232ISBN:9770972795006, ISBN:9788172361792
Luffa acutangulafruitDiet, food, and nutritionMESH:D000066888, UMLS:C4042949ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulafruitDiureticsMESH:D004232, UMLS:C0012798, ICD-11:XM4D06ISBN:9770972795006, ISBN:9788172361792, ISBN:9788173717048
Luffa acutangulafruitEaracheMESH:D004433, UMLS:C0013456, ICD-11:AB70.2ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulafruitEmeticsMESH:D004639, UMLS:C0013973ISBN:9770972795006, ISBN:9788172361266, ISBN:9788172361792, Pharmacognosy Of Indigenous Drugs Volume I
Luffa acutangulafruitExpectorantsMESH:D005100, UMLS:C0015314Pharmacognosy Of Indigenous Drugs Volume I
Luffa acutangulafruitFurunculosisMESH:D005667, UMLS:C0016867, ICD-11:1B75.0ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulafruitGastric mucosaMESH:D005753, UMLS:C0017136ISBN:9788172362461
Luffa acutangulafruitHeadacheMESH:D006261, UMLS:C0018681, ICD-11:8A81.ZISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulafruitHemorrhageMESH:D006470, UMLS:C0019080, ICD-11:MG27ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulafruitHemorrhoidsMESH:D006484, UMLS:C0019112, DOID:9746, ICD-11:DB60.ZISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulafruitCounterirritantUMLS:C0010215ISBN:9788172362461
Luffa acutangulafruitJaundiceMESH:D007565, UMLS:C0022346, ICD-11:ME10.1ISBN:9770972795006, ISBN:9788171360536, Pharmacognosy Of Indigenous Drugs Volume I
Luffa acutangulafruitJoint diseasesMESH:D007592, UMLS:C0022408, DOID:381, ICD-11:FA5ZISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulafruitKidney diseasesMESH:D007674, UMLS:C0022658, DOID:557, ICD-11:GC2ZISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulafruitLaxativesMESH:D054368, UMLS:C0282090, ICD-11:XM62T3A Report On Medicinal Plants Of Kachchh (Gujarat)
Luffa acutangulafruitLiver diseasesMESH:D008107, UMLS:C0023895, DOID:409, ICD-11:SA0ZISBN:9770972795006, ISBN:9788172362461
Luffa acutangulafruitMigraine disordersMESH:D008881, UMLS:C0149931, DOID:6364, ICD-11:8A80.ZISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulafruitMiliariaMESH:D008883, UMLS:C0026113, DOID:1382, ICD-11:EE02ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulafruitSkin diseasesMESH:D012871, UMLS:C0037274, DOID:37, ICD-11:EM0ZISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulafruitSnake bitesMESH:D012909, UMLS:C0037379ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulafruitUlcerMESH:D014456, UMLS:C0041582ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulafruitUrination disordersMESH:D014555, UMLS:C0042035, ICD-11:GB0YISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaleafAmenorrheaMESH:D000568, UMLS:C0002453, DOID:13938, ICD-11:GA20.0ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaleafAnthelminticsMESH:D000871, UMLS:C0003158, ICD-11:XM4EC0ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaleafAnti-bacterial agentsMESH:D000900, UMLS:C0279516, ICD-11:XM8XH0ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaleafAntifungal agentsMESH:D000935, UMLS:C0003308, ICD-11:XM83G4ISBN:9788173717048
Luffa acutangulaleafAnti-infective agents, localMESH:D000891, UMLS:C0003205, ICD-11:XM4VG4ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaleafAntineoplastic agentsMESH:D000970, UMLS:C0003392ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaleafCatharticsMESH:D002400, UMLS:C0007422, ICD-11:XM6GE9ISBN:9770972795006, Pharmacognosy Of Indigenous Drugs Volume I
Luffa acutangulaleafConjunctivitisMESH:D003231, UMLS:C0009763, DOID:6195, ICD-11:9A60ISBN:9770972795006, ISBN:9788172361266, Medicinal Plants Of Nagpur And Wardha Forest Divisions (Maharashtra)
Luffa acutangulaleafDyspepsiaMESH:D004415, UMLS:C0013395, ICD-11:DD90.3ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaleafEdemaMESH:D004487, UMLS:C0013604, ICD-11:MG29.1ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaleafEmeticsMESH:D004639, UMLS:C0013973ISBN:9770972795006, Pharmacognosy Of Indigenous Drugs Volume I
Luffa acutangulaleafExpectorantsMESH:D005100, UMLS:C0015314Pharmacognosy Of Indigenous Drugs Volume I
Luffa acutangulaleafHemorrhageMESH:D006470, UMLS:C0019080, ICD-11:MG27ISBN:9770972795006, ISBN:9788172361266, ISBN:9788172361792, ISBN:9788173717048, Medicinal Plants Of Nagpur And Wardha Forest Divisions (Maharashtra)
Luffa acutangulaleafHemorrhoidsMESH:D006484, UMLS:C0019112, DOID:9746, ICD-11:DB60.ZISBN:9770972795006, Pharmacognosy Of Indigenous Drugs Volume I
Luffa acutangulaleafInsecticidesMESH:D007306, UMLS:C0021576, ICD-11:XM3K66ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaleafJaundiceMESH:D007565, UMLS:C0022346, ICD-11:ME10.1ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaleafKidney diseasesMESH:D007674, UMLS:C0022658, DOID:557, ICD-11:GC2ZISBN:9770972795006, Medicinal Plants Of Nagpur And Wardha Forest Divisions (Maharashtra)
Luffa acutangulaleafLeprosyMESH:D007918, UMLS:C0023343, DOID:1024, ICD-11:1B20ISBN:9770972795006, ISBN:9788172361266, ISBN:9788172361792, ISBN:9788173717048, Pharmacognosy Of Indigenous Drugs Volume I
Luffa acutangulaleafNeuralgiaMESH:D009437, UMLS:C0027796, ICD-11:MG30.5ZISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaleafScorpion stingsMESH:D065008, UMLS:C0238417, ICD-11:NE61ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaleafSnake bitesMESH:D012909, UMLS:C0037379ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaleafSplenomegalyMESH:D013163, UMLS:C0038002, ICD-11:ME10.01ISBN:9770972795006, ISBN:9788172361266, ISBN:9788172361792, ISBN:9788173717048
Luffa acutangulaleafToothacheMESH:D014098, UMLS:C0040460, ICD-11:DA0A.YISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaleafTrachomaMESH:D014141, UMLS:C0040592, DOID:11265, ICD-11:1C23ISBN:9788173717048
Luffa acutangulaleafWounds and injuriesMESH:D014947, UMLS:C0043251ISBN:9770972795006, Medicinal Plants Of Nagpur And Wardha Forest Divisions (Maharashtra)
Luffa acutangularootCalculiMESH:D002137, UMLS:C0006736ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangularootEdemaMESH:D004487, UMLS:C0013604, ICD-11:MG29.1ISBN:9770972795006, ISBN:9788172361792
Luffa acutangularootFemale urogenital diseasesMESH:D052776, UMLS:C1720887ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangularootGonorrheaMESH:D006069, UMLS:C0018081, DOID:7551, ICD-11:1A7ZISBN:9788171360536
Luffa acutangularootHemorrhageMESH:D006470, UMLS:C0019080, ICD-11:MG27ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangularootHemorrhoidsMESH:D006484, UMLS:C0019112, DOID:9746, ICD-11:DB60.ZISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangularootLaxativesMESH:D054368, UMLS:C0282090, ICD-11:XM62T3ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaseedAbdominal painMESH:D015746, UMLS:C0000737, SYMP:0000457, ICD-11:MD81.4ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaseedAnalgesicsMESH:D000700, UMLS:C0002771, ICD-11:XM49F7ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaseedAnthelminticsMESH:D000871, UMLS:C0003158, ICD-11:XM4EC0ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaseedAntifungal agentsMESH:D000935, UMLS:C0003308, ICD-11:XM83G4ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaseedAnti-inflammatory agentsMESH:D000893, UMLS:C0003209, ICD-11:XM7XD1ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaseedAntioxidantsMESH:D000975, UMLS:C0003402ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaseedCatharticsMESH:D002400, UMLS:C0007422, ICD-11:XM6GE9ISBN:9770972795006, ISBN:9788172361266, ISBN:9788172361792, Pharmacognosy Of Indigenous Drugs Volume I
Luffa acutangulaseedDemulcentsMESH:D065106, UMLS:C0302232ISBN:9770972795006, Pharmacognosy Of Indigenous Drugs Volume I
Luffa acutangulaseedDysenteryMESH:D004403, UMLS:C0277526, DOID:12384, ICD-11:1A40.ZISBN:9770972795006, ISBN:9788171360536, ISBN:9788172361266, ISBN:9788172361792
Luffa acutangulaseedDyspepsiaMESH:D004415, UMLS:C0013395, ICD-11:DD90.3ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaseedEmeticsMESH:D004639, UMLS:C0013973ISBN:9770972795006, ISBN:9780387706375, ISBN:9788172361266, ISBN:9788172361792, ISBN:9788173717048, Pharmacognosy Of Indigenous Drugs Volume I
Luffa acutangulaseedExpectorantsMESH:D005100, UMLS:C0015314ISBN:9770972795006, ISBN:9788172361792, ISBN:9788173717048, Pharmacognosy Of Indigenous Drugs Volume I
Luffa acutangulaseedEye painMESH:D058447, UMLS:C0151827, ICD-11:MC16ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaseedHemorrhageMESH:D006470, UMLS:C0019080, ICD-11:MG27ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaseedJaundiceMESH:D007565, UMLS:C0022346, ICD-11:ME10.1ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaseedLeprosyMESH:D007918, UMLS:C0023343, DOID:1024, ICD-11:1B20ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaseedSkin diseasesMESH:D012871, UMLS:C0037274, DOID:37, ICD-11:EM0ZISBN:9770972795006, ISBN:9788171360536, ISBN:9788173717048
Luffa acutangulaseedSkin diseases, infectiousMESH:D012874, UMLS:C0037278ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaseedSplenomegalyMESH:D013163, UMLS:C0038002, ICD-11:ME10.01ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaseedTooth diseasesMESH:D014076, UMLS:C0040435, DOID:1091, ICD-11:DA07.ZISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaseedUrinary bladder diseasesMESH:D001745, UMLS:C0005686, DOID:365ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaseedVomitingMESH:D014839, UMLS:C0042963, ICD-11:MD90.1ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulastemDiureticsMESH:D004232, UMLS:C0012798, ICD-11:XM4D06ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulastemJaundiceMESH:D007565, UMLS:C0022346, ICD-11:ME10.1ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulawhole plantAppetite stimulantsMESH:D019167, UMLS:C0376447ISBN:9788172361792
Luffa acutangulawhole plantAsthmaMESH:D001249, UMLS:C0004096, DOID:2841, ICD-11:CA23ISBN:9788172361792
Luffa acutangulawhole plantDiureticsMESH:D004232, UMLS:C0012798, ICD-11:XM4D06ISBN:9788172361792
Luffa acutangulawhole plantLaxativesMESH:D054368, UMLS:C0282090, ICD-11:XM62T3ISBN:9788172361792
Luffa acutangulawhole plantSkin diseasesMESH:D012871, UMLS:C0037274, DOID:37, ICD-11:EM0ZISBN:9788172361792
Luffa acutangulawhole plantSplenomegalyMESH:D013163, UMLS:C0038002, ICD-11:ME10.01ISBN:9788172361792
Luffa acutangulawhole plant excluding rootDiabetes mellitusMESH:D003920, UMLS:C0011849, DOID:9351, ICD-11:5A14ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulawhole plant excluding rootHypoglycemic agentsMESH:D007004, UMLS:C0020616ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaAbdominal painMESH:D015746, UMLS:C0000737, SYMP:0000457, ICD-11:MD81.4ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaAmenorrheaMESH:D000568, UMLS:C0002453, DOID:13938, ICD-11:GA20.0ISBN:9788172361792
Luffa acutangulaAnemiaMESH:D000740, UMLS:C0002871, DOID:2355, ICD-11:3A9ZISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaAnticonvulsantsMESH:D000927, UMLS:C0003286, ICD-11:XM07T3ISBN:9788172361792
Luffa acutangulaAntidotesMESH:D000931, UMLS:C0003295, ICD-11:XM1S43ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaAntineoplastic agentsMESH:D000970, UMLS:C0003392ISBN:9788172362461
Luffa acutangulaAppetite stimulantsMESH:D019167, UMLS:C0376447ISBN:9770972795006, ISBN:9788172361266
Luffa acutangulaAscitesMESH:D001201, UMLS:C0003962, ICD-11:ME04ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaAsthmaMESH:D001249, UMLS:C0004096, DOID:2841, ICD-11:CA23ISBN:9770972795006, ISBN:9780387706375, ISBN:9788171360536, ISBN:9788172361266
Luffa acutangulaBronchitisMESH:D001991, UMLS:C0006277, DOID:6132, ICD-11:CA20ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaCatharticsMESH:D002400, UMLS:C0007422, ICD-11:XM6GE9ISBN:9770972795006, ISBN:9780387706375, ISBN:9788172361266, Pharmacognosy Of Indigenous Drugs Volume I
Luffa acutangulaConjunctivitisMESH:D003231, UMLS:C0009763, DOID:6195, ICD-11:9A60ISBN:9788172361792
Luffa acutangulaConstipationMESH:D003248, UMLS:C0009806, DOID:2089, ICD-11:ME05.0ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaCoughMESH:D003371, UMLS:C0010200, ICD-11:MD12ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaDiureticsMESH:D004232, UMLS:C0012798, ICD-11:XM4D06ISBN:9770972795006, ISBN:9780387706375, ISBN:9788172361266, Pharmacognosy Of Indigenous Drugs Volume I
Luffa acutangulaEdemaMESH:D004487, UMLS:C0013604, ICD-11:MG29.1ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaEmeticsMESH:D004639, UMLS:C0013973Pharmacognosy Of Indigenous Drugs Volume I
Luffa acutangulaExpectorantsMESH:D005100, UMLS:C0015314Pharmacognosy Of Indigenous Drugs Volume I
Luffa acutangulaFeverMESH:D005334, UMLS:C0015967, ICD-11:MG26ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaFoodborne diseasesMESH:D005517, UMLS:C0679360ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaHemorrhageMESH:D006470, UMLS:C0019080, ICD-11:MG27ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaHemorrhoidsMESH:D006484, UMLS:C0019112, DOID:9746, ICD-11:DB60.ZISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaHyperbilirubinemiaMESH:D006932, UMLS:C0020433, ICD-11:5C58.0YISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaInflammationMESH:D007249, UMLS:C0021368ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaJaundiceMESH:D007565, UMLS:C0022346, ICD-11:ME10.1ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaKidney diseasesMESH:D007674, UMLS:C0022658, DOID:557, ICD-11:GC2ZISBN:9788172361792
Luffa acutangulaLaxativesMESH:D054368, UMLS:C0282090, ICD-11:XM62T3ISBN:9770972795006, ISBN:9788172361266, ISBN:9788172361792, Pharmacognosy Of Indigenous Drugs Volume I
Luffa acutangulaLeprosyMESH:D007918, UMLS:C0023343, DOID:1024, ICD-11:1B20ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaLymphadenitisMESH:D008199, UMLS:C0024205, DOID:1602, ICD-11:BD90ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaMuscle crampMESH:D009120, UMLS:C0026821, ICD-11:MB47.3ISBN:9788172361792
Luffa acutangulaOtitis mediaMESH:D010033, UMLS:C0029882, DOID:10754, ICD-11:AA3ZISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaScabiesMESH:D012532, UMLS:C0036262, DOID:8295, ICD-11:1G04ISBN:9788172361792
Luffa acutangulaSkin diseasesMESH:D012871, UMLS:C0037274, DOID:37, ICD-11:EM0ZA Report On Medicinal Plants Of Kachchh (Gujarat), ISBN:9770972795006, ISBN:9788172361266, ISBN:9788172361792
Luffa acutangulaSkin diseases, infectiousMESH:D012874, UMLS:C0037278ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaSnake bitesMESH:D012909, UMLS:C0037379ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaSplenic diseasesMESH:D013158, UMLS:C0037997, DOID:2529, ICD-11:3B8ZISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaSplenomegalyMESH:D013163, UMLS:C0038002, ICD-11:ME10.01ISBN:9770972795006, ISBN:9780387706375, ISBN:9788172361266, Pharmacognosy Of Indigenous Drugs Volume I
Luffa acutangulaTonsillitisMESH:D014069, UMLS:C0040425, DOID:10456, ICD-11:CA03.ZISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaTuberculosis, lymph nodeMESH:D014388, UMLS:C0041316, DOID:4889, ICD-11:1B12.6ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa acutangulaWounds and injuriesMESH:D014947, UMLS:C0043251ISBN:9770972795006, ISBN:9788172361792