TCM: Listed under “Herbs that clear Heat”, included in “Herbs that drain Fire”,sweet, slightly bitter, cool Trichosanthes kirilowii enters the Lung and Stomach channels. It generates fluids, clears and drains Lung and Stomach Heat, transforms Phlegm and moistens Lung dryness, resolves toxicity and expels pus, reduces swelling and invigorates the Blood.
General: For the treatment of thirst due to Heat diseases, diabetes, Lung Heat dry cough, mastitis, breast abscess and sores.