Luffa cylindrica

Kingdom: Plantae
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Group: Angiosperms
Common name: Sponge Gourd
Synonymous names: Luffa aegyptiaca, Luffa cylindrica, Luffa pentandra
System of medicine: Ayurveda, Siddha, Sowa Rigpa, Unani
IMPPAT Plant identifier: IMPPAT3_PLTID001932

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Plant - Therapeutic use associations

Therapeutic uses reported for Luffa cylindrica


Indian medicinal plantPlant partTherapeutic useAssociated Ayurvedic term(s) for therapeutic use (in IAST)IMPPAT Therapeutic use identifierMapping to other databasesReferences
Luffa cylindricaabdominal painannadravaśūla, gulma, gulmaroga, koṣṭha śūla, kukṣi rujā, kukṣiśūla, sutikaśūla, udara, udara roga, udara śūla, udararoga, udararujā, udarasūla, udaravikāra, udaraśula, udaraśūla, udarroga, āmāsaya śūlaIMPPAT3_TPUID000017D015746, C0000737, SYMP:0000457, MD81ISBN:9788172362461
Luffa cylindricaanasarcasarvāṅga śopha, sarvāṅga śotha, sarvāṅgaśothaIMPPAT3_TPUID000075D004487, C0151603, MG29.1ISBN:9780387706375
Luffa cylindricaantineoplastic agentsIMPPAT3_TPUID000121D000970, C0003392ISBN:9788172362461
Luffa cylindricadiureticsmūtravirecanārthaIMPPAT3_TPUID000484D004232, C0012798, XM11B1ISBN:9788172361792
Luffa cylindricadysmenorrheaasṛgdara rujā, kṛcchrārtava, rajo śūlaIMPPAT3_TPUID000497D004412, C0013390, GA34.3ISBN:9788172362461
Luffa cylindricagalactogoguesIMPPAT3_TPUID000624D056669, C2717873ISBN:9788172361792
Luffa cylindricaimmunologic adjuvantsIMPPAT3_TPUID000787D000276, C0001551ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa cylindricamastitisIMPPAT3_TPUID000921D008413, C0024894, DOID:10690, GB21.ZISBN:9780387706375
Luffa cylindricaorchitisIMPPAT3_TPUID001064D009920, C0029191, DOID:2518, GB02ISBN:9788172362461
Luffa cylindricapharyngitisgala roga, galaroga, kanharoga, kanṭha roga, kanṭharoga, kaṇha roga, kaṇtharoga., kaṇṭha roga, kaṇṭharogaIMPPAT3_TPUID001127D010612, C0031350, DOID:2275, CA02.ZISBN:9780387706375
Luffa cylindricarhinitisjirnapratišyāya, pinasa, pratiṣyāya, p¤nasa, pīnasaIMPPAT3_TPUID001229D012220, C0035455, DOID:4483, CA09.0ISBN:9780387706375
Luffa cylindricatoothachedantapīḍā, dantaśula, dantaśśla, dantaśūla, dantašūlaIMPPAT3_TPUID001407D014098, C0040460, DA0A.YISBN:9788172362461
Luffa cylindricaaerial partalopeciaindralupta, keśa patana, keśapāta, khālityaIMPPAT3_TPUID000061D000505, C0497378, DOID:987, ED70ISBN:9788172362461
Luffa cylindricaaerial partanti-obesity agentsmedaroga, medodoṣa, medoroga, medovikāra, medroga, sthaulya, sthoulyaIMPPAT3_TPUID000103D019440, C0376607, 5B81ISBN:9788172362461
Luffa cylindricaaerial partantitussive agentskāsaharaIMPPAT3_TPUID000137D000996, C0003449ISBN:9788172362461
Luffa cylindricaaerial partskin diseasescarma roga, kustha, kuśṭha, kušṭha, kuṣṭha, mahākuṣtḥā, mahākuṣṭha, tvagroga, tvak roga, tvaka, tvakroga, tvakvikāra, tvara, vyanga, vyaṅga, dadru, dadrukuṣṭha, kuṣṭha without vraṇa, kṣudra kuṣṭha, siddhma, sidhma, sidhmakuṣṭha jvaraIMPPAT3_TPUID001280D012871, C0037274, ME67ISBN:9788172362461
Luffa cylindricafloweranasarcasarvāṅga śopha, sarvāṅga śotha, sarvāṅgaśothaIMPPAT3_TPUID000075D004487, C0151603, MG29.1ISBN:9788172362461
Luffa cylindricaflowerburn injuryagnidadha, agnidagdha, agnidaha, dagdhaka, agnidagdha vraṇa, atidagdha vraṇa, dagdhavraṇaIMPPAT3_TPUID000233D002056, C0006434, NE2ZISBN:9788172362461
Luffa cylindricaflowerdental cariesdantakṛmi, dantkṛimi, kṛmidantaIMPPAT3_TPUID000399D003731, C0011334, DOID:216, DA08.0ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa cylindricaflowermastitisIMPPAT3_TPUID000921D008413, C0024894, DOID:10690, GB21.ZISBN:9788172362461
Luffa cylindricaflowermigraine disordersIMPPAT3_TPUID000949D008881, C0149931, DOID:6364, 8A80.ZISBN:9780387706375
Luffa cylindricaflowerpharyngitisgala roga, galaroga, kanharoga, kanṭha roga, kanṭharoga, kaṇha roga, kaṇtharoga., kaṇṭha roga, kaṇṭharogaIMPPAT3_TPUID001127D010612, C0031350, DOID:2275, CA02.ZISBN:9788172362461
Luffa cylindricaflowerrhinitisjirnapratišyāya, pinasa, pratiṣyāya, p¤nasa, pīnasaIMPPAT3_TPUID001229D012220, C0035455, DOID:4483, CA09.0ISBN:9788172362461
Luffa cylindricaflowersinusitispratisyaya, pratisyāya, pratiśyāya, prātiśyāyaIMPPAT3_TPUID001275D012852, C0037199, DOID:0050127, CA0A.ZISBN:9788172362461
Luffa cylindricafruitanthelminticsduṣṭakṛmi, jantukṛmi, krimi, krm, krmi, krmi, k¨mi, kṛimiroga, kṛimiroga., kṛmi, sphita kṛmiIMPPAT3_TPUID000092D000871, C0003158, XM4EC0ISBN:9788172362461, ISBN:9788173717048
Luffa cylindricafruitanti-bacterial agentsjirnapūyāmehaIMPPAT3_TPUID000096D000900, C0279516, XM8XH0ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa cylindricafruitantipyreticsIMPPAT3_TPUID000129D058633, C0003419, XM1RS7ISBN:9788172362461
Luffa cylindricafruitbronchitisIMPPAT3_TPUID000229D001991, C0006277, DOID:6132, CA20ISBN:9788173717048
Luffa cylindricafruitcatharticsused as virecaka, virecanārthaIMPPAT3_TPUID000274D002400, C0007422ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa cylindricafruitcooling effect on bodyIMPPAT3_TPUID000360C0678568ISBN:9788172361792
Luffa cylindricafruitcoughjīrṇakāsa, kasanaroga, kaśa, kāsaIMPPAT3_TPUID000367D003371, C0010200, MD12ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa cylindricafruitdemulcentsIMPPAT3_TPUID000397D065106, C0302232ISBN:9788172361792
Luffa cylindricafruitdental cariesdantakṛmi, dantkṛimi, kṛmidantaIMPPAT3_TPUID000399D003731, C0011334, DOID:216, DA08.0ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa cylindricafruitdiureticsmūtravirecanārthaIMPPAT3_TPUID000484D004232, C0012798, XM11B1ISBN:9788173717048
Luffa cylindricafruitemollientsIMPPAT3_TPUID000522D004643, C0013983, XM1NY1ISBN:9788173717048
Luffa cylindricafruitexpectorantsIMPPAT3_TPUID000557D005100, C0015314, XM44A1ISBN:9788173717048
Luffa cylindricafruitfevercāturthikajvara, ivara, jirṇajvara, jvara, jvaropadrava, jīrṇa jvara, jīrṇajvara, prasūtījvara, purāṇajvara, sarva jvara, sarvajvara, sūtikā jvara, sūtikājvara, vātaja jvara, vātajvara, śūtajvaraIMPPAT3_TPUID000577D005334, C0015967, MG26ISBN:9770972795006, ISBN:9788173717048
Luffa cylindricafruitflatulenceIMPPAT3_TPUID000610D005414, C0016204, ME08ISBN:9788173717048
Luffa cylindricafruitgalactogoguesIMPPAT3_TPUID000624D056669, C2717873ISBN:9788173717048
Luffa cylindricafruithematuriamūtraraktaIMPPAT3_TPUID000696D006417, C0018965, MF50.4ZISBN:9788173717048
Luffa cylindricafruithemorrhageraktasruti, raktasrāvaIMPPAT3_TPUID000705D006470, C0019080, MG27ISBN:9788173717048
Luffa cylindricafruitjaundiceavarodhajanya kāmalā, kāmalāIMPPAT3_TPUID000845D007565, C0022346, ME10.1ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa cylindricafruitlaxativesmalaśodhakaIMPPAT3_TPUID000864D054368, C0282090ISBN:9788173717048
Luffa cylindricafruitleprosyIMPPAT3_TPUID000870D007918, C0023343, DOID:1024, 1B20ISBN:9788172362461, ISBN:9788173717048
Luffa cylindricafruitneoplasmsarbudaIMPPAT3_TPUID001013D009369, C0027651, DOID:162, 2E2ZISBN:9788173717048
Luffa cylindricafruitskin diseasescarma roga, kustha, kuśṭha, kušṭha, kuṣṭha, mahākuṣtḥā, mahākuṣṭha, tvagroga, tvak roga, tvaka, tvakroga, tvakvikāra, tvara, vyanga, vyaṅga, dadru, dadrukuṣṭha, kuṣṭha without vraṇa, kṣudra kuṣṭha, siddhma, sidhma, sidhmakuṣṭha jvaraIMPPAT3_TPUID001280D012871, C0037274, ME67ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa cylindricafruitsplenic diseasespliha, plihā, plīha-roga, plīhagulma, plīharoga, plīhā, plīhā roga, plīhāroga, plīhīroga, pīhā, pīhā rogaIMPPAT3_TPUID001306D013158, C0037997, DOID:2529, 3B8ZISBN:9788173717048
Luffa cylindricafruitstomach diseasesIMPPAT3_TPUID001325D013272, C0038354, DOID:76, DA4YISBN:9770972795006
Luffa cylindricafruitsyphilisphiraṅgaIMPPAT3_TPUID001365D013587, C0039128, DOID:4166, 1A6ZISBN:9788172362461, ISBN:9788173717048
Luffa cylindricafruiturination disordersmūtra dāha, mūtradāha, sikatāmehaIMPPAT3_TPUID001453D014555, C0042035, GB0YISBN:9770972795006
Luffa cylindricafruitvomitingchardi, chrdi, vamiIMPPAT3_TPUID001515D014839, C0042963, MD90.1ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa cylindricaleafamenorrheaanārtava, naṣārtava, naṣṭa puṣpa, naṣṭārtavaIMPPAT3_TPUID000066D000568, C0002453, DOID:13938, GA20.0ISBN:9780387706375, ISBN:9788172362461
Luffa cylindricaleafanasarcasarvāṅga śopha, sarvāṅga śotha, sarvāṅgaśothaIMPPAT3_TPUID000075D004487, C0151603, MG29.1ISBN:9770972795006, ISBN:9788172362461
Luffa cylindricaleafantioxidantsIMPPAT3_TPUID000122D000975, C0003402ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa cylindricaleafbronchitisIMPPAT3_TPUID000229D001991, C0006277, DOID:6132, CA20ISBN:9780387706375, ISBN:9788172362461
Luffa cylindricaleafburn injuryagnidadha, agnidagdha, agnidaha, dagdhaka, agnidagdha vraṇa, atidagdha vraṇa, dagdhavraṇaIMPPAT3_TPUID000233D002056, C0006434, NE2ZISBN:9788172362461
Luffa cylindricaleafdental cariesdantakṛmi, dantkṛimi, kṛmidantaIMPPAT3_TPUID000399D003731, C0011334, DOID:216, DA08.0ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa cylindricaleafeye diseasesaksīroga, akṣi roga, akṣiroga, cakṣusrāva, netra roga, netraroga, netravikāraIMPPAT3_TPUID000561D005128, C0015397, DOID:5614, 9E1ZISBN:9770972795006
Luffa cylindricaleaffevercāturthikajvara, ivara, jirṇajvara, jvara, jvaropadrava, jīrṇa jvara, jīrṇajvara, prasūtījvara, purāṇajvara, sarva jvara, sarvajvara, sūtikā jvara, sūtikājvara, vātaja jvara, vātajvara, śūtajvaraIMPPAT3_TPUID000577D005334, C0015967, MG26ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa cylindricaleaffurunculosisaruṁṣikaIMPPAT3_TPUID000623D005667, C0016867, 1B75.0ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa cylindricaleafhemorrhageraktasruti, raktasrāvaIMPPAT3_TPUID000705D006470, C0019080, MG27ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa cylindricaleafleprosyIMPPAT3_TPUID000870D007918, C0023343, DOID:1024, 1B20ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa cylindricaleafmastitisIMPPAT3_TPUID000921D008413, C0024894, DOID:10690, GB21.ZISBN:9788172362461
Luffa cylindricaleafpharyngitisgala roga, galaroga, kanharoga, kanṭha roga, kanṭharoga, kaṇha roga, kaṇtharoga., kaṇṭha roga, kaṇṭharogaIMPPAT3_TPUID001127D010612, C0031350, DOID:2275, CA02.ZISBN:9788172362461
Luffa cylindricaleafrhinitisjirnapratišyāya, pinasa, pratiṣyāya, p¤nasa, pīnasaIMPPAT3_TPUID001229D012220, C0035455, DOID:4483, CA09.0ISBN:9788172362461
Luffa cylindricaleafulcerdusta vrana, duṣṭa vraṇa, kṣata, vrana, vra¸a, vraṇa, vraṇa vikāra, vraṇa vikṇra, vātapittakapha vraṇaIMPPAT3_TPUID001426D014456, C0041582ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa cylindricaleafwounds and injuries/traumapūyasrāva, vraṇa kṛmi, abhighātaIMPPAT3_TPUID001540D014947, C0043251, ND56ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa cylindricarootanasarcasarvāṅga śopha, sarvāṅga śotha, sarvāṅgaśothaIMPPAT3_TPUID000075D004487, C0151603, MG29.1ISBN:9788172362461
Luffa cylindricarootanti-inflammatory agentsoedema and kāsa, sopha, áotha, śopha, śophaghna, śopharoga, śotha, śvayathuIMPPAT3_TPUID000101D000893, C0003209, XM4KS4ISBN:9788172362461
Luffa cylindricarootburn injuryagnidadha, agnidagdha, agnidaha, dagdhaka, agnidagdha vraṇa, atidagdha vraṇa, dagdhavraṇaIMPPAT3_TPUID000233D002056, C0006434, NE2ZISBN:9788172362461
Luffa cylindricaroothypersensitivityIMPPAT3_TPUID000759D006967, C0020517, 4B07ISBN:9788172362461
Luffa cylindricarootleprosyIMPPAT3_TPUID000870D007918, C0023343, DOID:1024, 1B20ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa cylindricarootmastitisIMPPAT3_TPUID000921D008413, C0024894, DOID:10690, GB21.ZISBN:9788172362461
Luffa cylindricarootmigraine disordersIMPPAT3_TPUID000949D008881, C0149931, DOID:6364, 8A80.ZISBN:9788172362461
Luffa cylindricarootpharyngitisgala roga, galaroga, kanharoga, kanṭha roga, kanṭharoga, kaṇha roga, kaṇtharoga., kaṇṭha roga, kaṇṭharogaIMPPAT3_TPUID001127D010612, C0031350, DOID:2275, CA02.ZISBN:9788172362461
Luffa cylindricarootrhinitisjirnapratišyāya, pinasa, pratiṣyāya, p¤nasa, pīnasaIMPPAT3_TPUID001229D012220, C0035455, DOID:4483, CA09.0ISBN:9788172362461
Luffa cylindricaseedanasarcasarvāṅga śopha, sarvāṅga śotha, sarvāṅgaśothaIMPPAT3_TPUID000075D004487, C0151603, MG29.1ISBN:9788172362461
Luffa cylindricaseedanti-inflammatory agentsoedema and kāsa, sopha, áotha, śopha, śophaghna, śopharoga, śotha, śvayathuIMPPAT3_TPUID000101D000893, C0003209, XM4KS4ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa cylindricaseedantifungal agentsIMPPAT3_TPUID000113D000935, C0718566, XM7S10ISBN:9788172362461
Luffa cylindricaseedantineoplastic agentsIMPPAT3_TPUID000121D000970, C0003392ISBN:9770972795006, ISBN:9788172362461
Luffa cylindricaseedburn injuryagnidadha, agnidagdha, agnidaha, dagdhaka, agnidagdha vraṇa, atidagdha vraṇa, dagdhavraṇaIMPPAT3_TPUID000233D002056, C0006434, NE2ZISBN:9788172362461
Luffa cylindricaseedcatharticsused as virecaka, virecanārthaIMPPAT3_TPUID000274D002400, C0007422ISBN:9770972795006, ISBN:9788172361266, ISBN:9788172361792, ISBN:9788173717048
Luffa cylindricaseedemeticsIMPPAT3_TPUID000521D004639, C0013973ISBN:9788172361266, ISBN:9788172361792, ISBN:9788173717048
Luffa cylindricaseedfibrinolysisIMPPAT3_TPUID000594D005342, C0016017, 3B20ISBN:9788172362461
Luffa cylindricaseedmastitisIMPPAT3_TPUID000921D008413, C0024894, DOID:10690, GB21.ZISBN:9788172362461
Luffa cylindricaseedpharyngitisgala roga, galaroga, kanharoga, kanṭha roga, kanṭharoga, kaṇha roga, kaṇtharoga., kaṇṭha roga, kaṇṭharogaIMPPAT3_TPUID001127D010612, C0031350, DOID:2275, CA02.ZISBN:9788172362461
Luffa cylindricaseedrhinitisjirnapratišyāya, pinasa, pratiṣyāya, p¤nasa, pīnasaIMPPAT3_TPUID001229D012220, C0035455, DOID:4483, CA09.0ISBN:9788172362461
Luffa cylindricaseedskin diseasescarma roga, kustha, kuśṭha, kušṭha, kuṣṭha, mahākuṣtḥā, mahākuṣṭha, tvagroga, tvak roga, tvaka, tvakroga, tvakvikāra, tvara, vyanga, vyaṅga, dadru, dadrukuṣṭha, kuṣṭha without vraṇa, kṣudra kuṣṭha, siddhma, sidhma, sidhmakuṣṭha jvaraIMPPAT3_TPUID001280D012871, C0037274, ME67ISBN:9770972795006, ISBN:9788173717048
Luffa cylindricaseedskin diseases, infectiouspādadariIMPPAT3_TPUID001283D012874, C0037278ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa cylindricaseedvomitingchardi, chrdi, vamiIMPPAT3_TPUID001515D014839, C0042963, MD90.1ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa cylindricaseedlingantifungal agentsIMPPAT3_TPUID000113D000935, C0718566, XM7S10ISBN:9788172362461
Luffa cylindricastemskin diseasescarma roga, kustha, kuśṭha, kušṭha, kuṣṭha, mahākuṣtḥā, mahākuṣṭha, tvagroga, tvak roga, tvaka, tvakroga, tvakvikāra, tvara, vyanga, vyaṅga, dadru, dadrukuṣṭha, kuṣṭha without vraṇa, kṣudra kuṣṭha, siddhma, sidhma, sidhmakuṣṭha jvaraIMPPAT3_TPUID001280D012871, C0037274, ME67ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa cylindricawhole plantantifungal agentsIMPPAT3_TPUID000113D000935, C0718566, XM7S10ISBN:9770972795006