Botanical Index No. 557

Ivy Gourd

coccinia grandis

Medicinal Actions

Alexeteric, Amebicide, Antiemetic, Antipyretic, Antiseptic, Antispasmodic, Astringent, Depurative, Diaphoretic, Emetic, Expectorant, Hypoglycemic, Laxative, Parasiticide, Protisticide

Primary Conditions Treated

Aphrodisiac Bitter Adenopathy Ameba Anemia Asthma Biliousness Bronchosis Catarrh Constipation Convulsion Cramp Dermatosis Diabetes Dusgeusia Dysuria Earache Enterosis Fever Fungus Gas Glossosis Glycosuria Gonorrhea Gravel Halitosis Inflammation Itch Jaundice Leprosy Menorrhagia Mycosis Ophthalmia Parasite Parturition Psoriasis Ringworm Sinusosis Smallpox Snakebite Sore Sore Throat Stomatosis Syndrome-X Syphilis Tuberculosis Vomiting EP

General Dosage

10–20 ml tea; 3–6 g powdered root. 10–20 ml tea; 3–6 g powdered root.

Safety & Contraindications

Not covered. Even though various parts are consumed as food, I have trouble giving a clean bill of health to this noxious weed. Ethanol extracts at 200 mg/kg lowered blood sugar 23% and 27%, respectively, in normal and streptozotocin-induced diabetic male rats. Root extracts are antiprotozoal against Entamoeba histolytica. Not covered. Even though various parts are consumed as food, I have trouble giving a clean bill of health to this noxious weed. Ethanol extracts at 200 mg/kg lowered blood sugar 23% and 27%, respectively, in normal and streptozotocin-induced diabetic male rats. Root extracts are antiprotozoal against Entamoeba histolytica.

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