Botanical Index No. 945

Smooth Loofah, Luffa

luffa aegyptiaca

Medicinal Actions

Anticancer, Antileukemic, Antimelanomic, Antiribosomal, Antiseptic, Carminative, Choleretic, Cytotoxic, Diuretic, Emetic, Emmenagogue, Expectorant, Hemolytic, Lactagogue, Laxative, Piscicide, Tonic

Primary Conditions Treated

Aperitif Bitter Demulcent Pectoral Vermifuge Anorexia Apoplexy Asthma Biliousness Bleeding Boil Bronchosis Cancer nose Carbuncle Caries Catarrh Cold Constipation Cough Dermatosis Dysentery Dysmenorrhea Dysuria Enterosis Fever Filaria Gas Gonorrhea Headache Hematuria Hemorrhoid Hernia Infection Jaundice Leprosy Leukemia Melanoma Menorrhagia Orchosis Ozena Paralysis Parasite Respirosis Rhinosis Scarlet Fever Sinusosis Smallpox Sore Splenosis Swelling Syphilis VD Water Retention Worm Wound

Safety & Contraindications

Not covered. “Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages”. Extracts are antimelanomic, and inactivate ribosomes. Aqueous seed extract is active against leukemia at 4–8 mg/kg.

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