Luffa echinata

Kingdom: Plantae
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Group: Angiosperms
Common name: Bitter Sponge Gourd
Synonymous names: Luffa echinata, Luffa enhinata
System of medicine: Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Siddha, Sowa Rigpa
IUCN Red List category: Least Concern
IMPPAT Plant identifier: IMPPAT3_PLTID001933

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Plant - Therapeutic use associations

Therapeutic uses reported for Luffa echinata


Indian medicinal plantPlant partTherapeutic useAssociated Ayurvedic term(s) for therapeutic use (in IAST)IMPPAT Therapeutic use identifierMapping to other databasesReferences
Luffa echinataabortifacient agentsIMPPAT3_TPUID000026D000019, C0000782, JA00.1ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa echinataanthelminticsduṣṭakṛmi, jantukṛmi, krimi, krm, krmi, krmi, k¨mi, kṛimiroga, kṛimiroga., kṛmi, sphita kṛmiIMPPAT3_TPUID000092D000871, C0003158, XM4EC0ISBN:9770972795006, ISBN:9788172361266, ISBN:9788172362461
Luffa echinatabronchitisIMPPAT3_TPUID000229D001991, C0006277, DOID:6132, CA20ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa echinatacatharticsused as virecaka, virecanārthaIMPPAT3_TPUID000274D002400, C0007422ISBN:9770972795006, Pharmacognosy Of Indigenous Drugs Volume I
Luffa echinatadiureticsmūtravirecanārthaIMPPAT3_TPUID000484D004232, C0012798, XM11B1Pharmacognosy Of Indigenous Drugs Volume I
Luffa echinataemeticsIMPPAT3_TPUID000521D004639, C0013973ISBN:9770972795006, ISBN:9788172361266, ISBN:9788172362461, Pharmacognosy Of Indigenous Drugs Volume I
Luffa echinataexpectorantsIMPPAT3_TPUID000557D005100, C0015314, XM44A1Pharmacognosy Of Indigenous Drugs Volume I
Luffa echinatafevercāturthikajvara, ivara, jirṇajvara, jvara, jvaropadrava, jīrṇa jvara, jīrṇajvara, prasūtījvara, purāṇajvara, sarva jvara, sarvajvara, sūtikā jvara, sūtikājvara, vātaja jvara, vātajvara, śūtajvaraIMPPAT3_TPUID000577D005334, C0015967, MG26ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa echinatagingivitisIMPPAT3_TPUID000653D005891, C0017574, DOID:3087, DA0B.YISBN:9770972795006
Luffa echinatahematologic diseasesrakta doṣa, rakta vikāra, raktadosa, raktadoàa, raktadoṣa, raktaduṣṭi, raktaroga, raktavikarā, raktavikāra, raktavāk¢ra, raktavīkāra, raktavṛkāra, raktavṛkīra, rāktadoṣaIMPPAT3_TPUID000693DOID:74ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa echinatahiccuphidhmā, hikka, hikkā, hikkā.chardiIMPPAT3_TPUID000726D006606, C0019521, MD11.6ISBN:9788172361266, ISBN:9788172362461
Luffa echinatajaundiceavarodhajanya kāmalā, kāmalāIMPPAT3_TPUID000845D007565, C0022346, ME10.1ISBN:9770972795006, ISBN:9788172361266
Luffa echinatalaxativesmalaśodhakaIMPPAT3_TPUID000864D054368, C0282090Pharmacognosy Of Indigenous Drugs Volume I
Luffa echinatalipid peroxidationIMPPAT3_TPUID000883D015227, C0023775ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa echinatasplenomegalyplihodara, plīhavṛddhi, plīhodara, plīhā vṛddhi, plīhāvṛddhi, plīohdaraIMPPAT3_TPUID001309D013163, C0038002, ME10.01Pharmacognosy Of Indigenous Drugs Volume I
Luffa echinatatuberculosisrajayakṣmā, rājayakṣmā, rājayjakṣmā, yaksmā, yakṣmāIMPPAT3_TPUID001420D014376, C0041296, DOID:399, 1B1ZISBN:9788172361266
Luffa echinatatuberculosis, pulmonaryIMPPAT3_TPUID001423D014397, C0041327, DOID:2957, 1B10.ZISBN:9788172362461
Luffa echinatafloweredemaIMPPAT3_TPUID000510D004487, C0013604, MG29ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa echinatafruitabortifacient agentsIMPPAT3_TPUID000026D000019, C0000782, JA00.1ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa echinatafruitanasarcasarvāṅga śopha, sarvāṅga śotha, sarvāṅgaśothaIMPPAT3_TPUID000075D004487, C0151603, MG29.1ISBN:9770972795006, ISBN:9788172361266
Luffa echinatafruitanti-bacterial agentsjirnapūyāmehaIMPPAT3_TPUID000096D000900, C0279516, XM8XH0ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa echinatafruitantioxidantsIMPPAT3_TPUID000122D000975, C0003402ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa echinatafruitascitesjalodara, udakodaraIMPPAT3_TPUID000166D001201, C0003962, ME04ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa echinatafruitbites and stingsdaṁśaviṣaIMPPAT3_TPUID000192D001733, C0005659, NE61ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa echinatafruitbronchitisIMPPAT3_TPUID000229D001991, C0006277, DOID:6132, CA20ISBN:9780387706375
Luffa echinatafruitcarbunclepiḍakā, prameha piḍakāIMPPAT3_TPUID000255D002270, C0007078, DOID:2176, 1B75.1ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa echinatafruitcatharticsused as virecaka, virecanārthaIMPPAT3_TPUID000274D002400, C0007422ISBN:9770972795006, ISBN:9780387706375, ISBN:9788172361266, ISBN:9788172362461, Pharmacognosy Of Indigenous Drugs Volume I
Luffa echinatafruitcholeraIMPPAT3_TPUID000301D002771, C0008354, DOID:1498, 1A00ISBN:9788172361266, ISBN:9788172362461
Luffa echinatafruitcholestasisIMPPAT3_TPUID000302D002779, C0008370, DOID:13580, DC10.02ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa echinatafruitcolickṛmi-śulaIMPPAT3_TPUID000325D003085, C0232488, MD81.4ISBN:9770972795006, ISBN:9788172361266, ISBN:9788172362461
Luffa echinatafruitdiureticsmūtravirecanārthaIMPPAT3_TPUID000484D004232, C0012798, XM11B1ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa echinatafruitemeticsIMPPAT3_TPUID000521D004639, C0013973Pharmacognosy Of Indigenous Drugs Volume I
Luffa echinatafruitexpectorantsIMPPAT3_TPUID000557D005100, C0015314, XM44A1Pharmacognosy Of Indigenous Drugs Volume I
Luffa echinatafruithemorrhoidsarsa, arśa, arśas, arṣa, ārśa, śuṣkārśaIMPPAT3_TPUID000709D006484, C0019112, DOID:9746, DB60.ZISBN:9770972795006
Luffa echinatafruithypertensionIMPPAT3_TPUID000761D006973, C0020538, DOID:10763, BA00.ZISBN:9770972795006
Luffa echinatafruitjaundiceavarodhajanya kāmalā, kāmalāIMPPAT3_TPUID000845D007565, C0022346, ME10.1ISBN:9770972795006, ISBN:9788172362461, Pharmacognosy Of Indigenous Drugs Volume I
Luffa echinatafruitliver diseasesplīhā-yakṛdroga, yakrtdaurbalya, yakṛd roga, yakṛdroga, yakṛdvikāra, yakṛt evam plīhā roga, yakṛt roga, yakṛtplīhā vikāra, yakṛtplīhāroga, yakṛtvikāraIMPPAT3_TPUID000890D008107, C0023895, DOID:409, SA0ZISBN:9770972795006
Luffa echinatafruitnephritisIMPPAT3_TPUID001015D009393, C0027697, DOID:10952, GB40ISBN:9780387706375
Luffa echinatafruitrabiesalarka viṣa, alarkaviṣa, kukkuraviṣaIMPPAT3_TPUID001200D011818, C0034494, DOID:11260, 1C82ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa echinatafruitrejuvenationrasayana, rasāyanaIMPPAT3_TPUID001214D012060, C0035016ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa echinatafruitulcerdusta vrana, duṣṭa vraṇa, kṣata, vrana, vra¸a, vraṇa, vraṇa vikāra, vraṇa vikṇra, vātapittakapha vraṇaIMPPAT3_TPUID001426D014456, C0041582ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa echinataleafantirheumatic agentsIMPPAT3_TPUID000130D018501, C0003191, XM95N2ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa echinataleafcatharticsused as virecaka, virecanārthaIMPPAT3_TPUID000274D002400, C0007422Pharmacognosy Of Indigenous Drugs Volume I
Luffa echinataleafdysenterypravāhikā, pravīhikāIMPPAT3_TPUID000493D004403, C0277526, DOID:12384, 1A40.ZISBN:9770972795006
Luffa echinataleafemeticsIMPPAT3_TPUID000521D004639, C0013973Pharmacognosy Of Indigenous Drugs Volume I
Luffa echinataleafexpectorantsIMPPAT3_TPUID000557D005100, C0015314, XM44A1Pharmacognosy Of Indigenous Drugs Volume I
Luffa echinataleaffevercāturthikajvara, ivara, jirṇajvara, jvara, jvaropadrava, jīrṇa jvara, jīrṇajvara, prasūtījvara, purāṇajvara, sarva jvara, sarvajvara, sūtikā jvara, sūtikājvara, vātaja jvara, vātajvara, śūtajvaraIMPPAT3_TPUID000577D005334, C0015967, MG26ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa echinataleafhemorrhoidsarsa, arśa, arśas, arṣa, ārśa, śuṣkārśaIMPPAT3_TPUID000709D006484, C0019112, DOID:9746, DB60.ZPharmacognosy Of Indigenous Drugs Volume I
Luffa echinataleafleprosyIMPPAT3_TPUID000870D007918, C0023343, DOID:1024, 1B20Pharmacognosy Of Indigenous Drugs Volume I
Luffa echinatarootabnormal deliveryIMPPAT3_TPUID000024D004420, C0549629, JB02ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa echinatarootdisorder of ejaculationśukramehaIMPPAT3_TPUID000457C0235969ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa echinataroothemorrhageraktasruti, raktasrāvaIMPPAT3_TPUID000705D006470, C0019080, MG27ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa echinataroothemorrhoidsarsa, arśa, arśas, arṣa, ārśa, śuṣkārśaIMPPAT3_TPUID000709D006484, C0019112, DOID:9746, DB60.ZISBN:9770972795006
Luffa echinatarootleprosyIMPPAT3_TPUID000870D007918, C0023343, DOID:1024, 1B20ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa echinatarootliver diseasesplīhā-yakṛdroga, yakrtdaurbalya, yakṛd roga, yakṛdroga, yakṛdvikāra, yakṛt evam plīhā roga, yakṛt roga, yakṛtplīhā vikāra, yakṛtplīhāroga, yakṛtvikāraIMPPAT3_TPUID000890D008107, C0023895, DOID:409, SA0ZISBN:9770972795006
Luffa echinatarootmenstruation disturbancerajodoṣa, ārtavadoṣa, rajaḥkṛcchraIMPPAT3_TPUID000939D008599, C0025345, GA20ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa echinataseedanthelminticsduṣṭakṛmi, jantukṛmi, krimi, krm, krmi, krmi, k¨mi, kṛimiroga, kṛimiroga., kṛmi, sphita kṛmiIMPPAT3_TPUID000092D000871, C0003158, XM4EC0ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa echinataseedcatharticsused as virecaka, virecanārthaIMPPAT3_TPUID000274D002400, C0007422Pharmacognosy Of Indigenous Drugs Volume I
Luffa echinataseeddemulcentsIMPPAT3_TPUID000397D065106, C0302232Pharmacognosy Of Indigenous Drugs Volume I
Luffa echinataseeddysenterypravāhikā, pravīhikāIMPPAT3_TPUID000493D004403, C0277526, DOID:12384, 1A40.ZISBN:9770972795006
Luffa echinataseedelephantiasisIMPPAT3_TPUID000518D004604, C0013882, DOID:4976, 1F66.3ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa echinataseedemeticsIMPPAT3_TPUID000521D004639, C0013973Pharmacognosy Of Indigenous Drugs Volume I
Luffa echinataseedexpectorantsIMPPAT3_TPUID000557D005100, C0015314, XM44A1Pharmacognosy Of Indigenous Drugs Volume I
Luffa echinataseedhemorrhoidsarsa, arśa, arśas, arṣa, ārśa, śuṣkārśaIMPPAT3_TPUID000709D006484, C0019112, DOID:9746, DB60.ZISBN:9770972795006
Luffa echinataseedjaundiceavarodhajanya kāmalā, kāmalāIMPPAT3_TPUID000845D007565, C0022346, ME10.1ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa echinataseedrabiesalarka viṣa, alarkaviṣa, kukkuraviṣaIMPPAT3_TPUID001200D011818, C0034494, DOID:11260, 1C82ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa echinataseedskin 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 echinatastemfevercāturthikajvara, ivara, jirṇajvara, jvara, jvaropadrava, jīrṇa jvara, jīrṇajvara, prasūtījvara, purāṇajvara, sarva jvara, sarvajvara, sūtikā jvara, sūtikājvara, vātaja jvara, vātajvara, śūtajvaraIMPPAT3_TPUID000577D005334, C0015967, MG26ISBN:9770972795006
Luffa echinatawhole plantabdominal 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:9789327275590
Luffa echinatawhole plantanalgesicsIMPPAT3_TPUID000073D000700, C0002771, XM4KS4ISBN:9789327275590
Luffa echinatawhole plantanasarcasarvāṅga śopha, sarvāṅga śotha, sarvāṅgaśothaIMPPAT3_TPUID000075D004487, C0151603, MG29.1ISBN:9789327275590
Luffa echinatawhole plantanthelminticsduṣṭakṛmi, jantukṛmi, krimi, krm, krmi, krmi, k¨mi, kṛimiroga, kṛimiroga., kṛmi, sphita kṛmiIMPPAT3_TPUID000092D000871, C0003158, XM4EC0ISBN:9789327275590
Luffa echinatawhole plantanti-anxiety agentsIMPPAT3_TPUID000094D014151, C0040616ISBN:9789327275590
Luffa echinatawhole plantantineoplastic agentsIMPPAT3_TPUID000121D000970, C0003392ISBN:9789327275590
Luffa echinatawhole plantantirheumatic agentsIMPPAT3_TPUID000130D018501, C0003191, XM95N2ISBN:9789327275590
Luffa echinatawhole plantbronchitisIMPPAT3_TPUID000229D001991, C0006277, DOID:6132, CA20ISBN:9789327275590
Luffa echinatawhole plantcholestasisIMPPAT3_TPUID000302D002779, C0008370, DOID:13580, DC10.02ISBN:9789327275590
Luffa echinatawhole plantcolickṛmi-śulaIMPPAT3_TPUID000325D003085, C0232488, MD81.4ISBN:9788172362461, ISBN:9789327275590
Luffa echinatawhole plantcommon coldIMPPAT3_TPUID000330D003139, C0009443, DOID:10459, CA00ISBN:9788172362461
Luffa echinatawhole plantdiabetes mellitusmadhumeha, prameha, pramrha, pramēha, premeha, prmehaIMPPAT3_TPUID000413D003920, C0011849, DOID:9351, 5A14ISBN:9789327275590
Luffa echinatawhole plantdiarrheaatisāra, atisīra, at¢s¡ra, atīsāra, atīīsāra, sarvātisāraIMPPAT3_TPUID000416D003967, C0011991, DOID:13250, ME05.1ISBN:9789327275590
Luffa echinatawhole plantfevercāturthikajvara, ivara, jirṇajvara, jvara, jvaropadrava, jīrṇa jvara, jīrṇajvara, prasūtījvara, purāṇajvara, sarva jvara, sarvajvara, sūtikā jvara, sūtikājvara, vātaja jvara, vātajvara, śūtajvaraIMPPAT3_TPUID000577D005334, C0015967, MG26ISBN:9789327275590
Luffa echinatawhole plantfibrosisIMPPAT3_TPUID000598D005355, C0016059ISBN:9789327275590
Luffa echinatawhole plantgallbladder diseasesIMPPAT3_TPUID000626D005705, C0016977, DOID:0060262, DC1ZISBN:9788172362461
Luffa echinatawhole planthemorrhoidsarsa, arśa, arśas, arṣa, ārśa, śuṣkārśaIMPPAT3_TPUID000709D006484, C0019112, DOID:9746, DB60.ZISBN:9788172362461
Luffa echinatawhole planthepatomegalyyakṛtodaraIMPPAT3_TPUID000716D006529, C0019209, ME10.00ISBN:9789327275590
Luffa echinatawhole planthypoglycemic agentsIMPPAT3_TPUID000770D007004, C0020616, XM8S35ISBN:9788172362461
Luffa echinatawhole plantinjury of liveryakṛtIMPPAT3_TPUID000821D008099, C0160390, NB91.1ISBN:9788172362461
Luffa echinatawhole plantjaundiceavarodhajanya kāmalā, kāmalāIMPPAT3_TPUID000845D007565, C0022346, ME10.1ISBN:9789327275590
Luffa echinatawhole plantleprosyIMPPAT3_TPUID000870D007918, C0023343, DOID:1024, 1B20ISBN:9789327275590
Luffa echinatawhole plantliver diseasesplīhā-yakṛdroga, yakrtdaurbalya, yakṛd roga, yakṛdroga, yakṛdvikāra, yakṛt evam plīhā roga, yakṛt roga, yakṛtplīhā vikāra, yakṛtplīhāroga, yakṛtvikāraIMPPAT3_TPUID000890D008107, C0023895, DOID:409, SA0ZISBN:9788172362461, ISBN:9789327275590
Luffa echinatawhole plantmalariavisamajvara, viṣama jvara, viṣamajavara, viṣamajvara, viṣamjvara, viṣmajvaraIMPPAT3_TPUID000915D008288, C0024530, DOID:12365, 1F4ZISBN:9788172362461
Luffa echinatawhole plantnephritisIMPPAT3_TPUID001015D009393, C0027697, DOID:10952, GB40ISBN:9789327275590
Luffa echinatawhole plantsnake bitessarpadamśa, sarpadaṁśa, sarpdanśaIMPPAT3_TPUID001296D012909, C0037379, PA75&XE9H6ISBN:9789327275590
Luffa echinatawhole plantsplenic diseasespliha, plihā, plīha-roga, plīhagulma, plīharoga, plīhā, plīhā roga, plīhāroga, plīhīroga, pīhā, pīhā rogaIMPPAT3_TPUID001306D013158, C0037997, DOID:2529, 3B8ZISBN:9788172362461
Luffa echinatawhole plantsplenomegalyplihodara, plīhavṛddhi, plīhodara, plīhā vṛddhi, plīhāvṛddhi, plīohdaraIMPPAT3_TPUID001309D013163, C0038002, ME10.01ISBN:9789327275590
Luffa echinatawhole plantulcerdusta vrana, duṣṭa vraṇa, kṣata, vrana, vra¸a, vraṇa, vraṇa vikāra, vraṇa vikṇra, vātapittakapha vraṇaIMPPAT3_TPUID001426D014456, C0041582ISBN:9789327275590
Luffa echinatawhole plant excluding roothypoglycemic agentsIMPPAT3_TPUID000770D007004, C0020616, XM8S35ISBN:9770972795006