Luffa cylindrica

Traditional uses

China

• Carminative
• Purgative
• Vermifuge

Elsewhere

• Cathartic
• Diuretic
• Lactagogue
• Emetic

Samoa

• Emetic
• Purgative

Sudan

• Emetic
• Cathartic

Japan

• Phlegm
• Respiratory
• Cough

Java

• Amenorrhea

Gabon

• Cancer(Nose)

Sumatra

• Sponge