Alias: Tianxu, Bitter Melon, Shanjinxing, Guapi, Trichosanthes kirilowii, Guagua, Wild Gourd.

Meridian tropism: sweet, slightly bitter, cold, lung, stomach and large intestine meridians entered.

Indications: clearing away heat and resolving phlegm, relaxing the chest and resolving hard mass, moistening dryness and smoothing intestines, relieving swelling and pain, and detoxifying. Indications: fever, thirst, thirst quenching, excessive drinking, lung heat, dry cough, turbid yellow stomach, chest pain, carbuncle swelling, sore swelling and constipation.

Usage and dosage: 6- 10g daily, decocted, boiled, and made into pills.

Representative places of origin: Shandong, Henan and Hebei.

Taboo: it is not suitable to be used with aconite herbs.

Trichosanthes kirilowii began to bear fruit 2-3 years after planting. Trichosanthes kirilowii, Trichosanthes kirilowii bark, Trichosanthes kirilowii kernel and Trichosanthes kirilowii root are used as medicine. Hang the picked Trichosanthes in a ventilated place to dry, which will turn into melon wilt; After the melon is dried in the sun, when the skin turns orange-red, it is cut open to remove the pulp, and the skin is washed and dried to obtain the dead skin. The dug seeds are cleaned in water and dried into melon seeds. Trichosanthes root is used as medicine, smallpox and snowflake. Because its roots are as white as snow and full of powder, it is named Trichosanthes.

Trichosanthes kirilowii has the functions of moistening lung, resolving phlegm, widening chest, resolving hard mass, moistening dryness and smoothing intestine, and can be used for treating cough due to lung heat, constipation, lung swelling and intestinal carbuncle. Trichosanthes root can promote fluid production to quench thirst, reduce fire, moisten dryness, expel pus and reduce swelling, and can treat fever, thirst, lung heat, dry cough and lung ulcer. Recent studies have proved that Trichosanthes kirilowii can inhibit cancer cells, dilate cardiovascular system, resist myocardial ischemia, improve microcirculation, inhibit platelet aggregation, resist arrhythmia, and have anti-ulcer and diarrhea effects on digestive system.

Modern pharmacological research shows that Trichosanthes kirilowii bark is rich in triterpenoid saponins, organic acids, sugars and pigments, which has the functions of moistening lung and resolving phlegm, moistening intestine and resolving hard mass, and is a good medicine for treating cold and cough. Trichosanthes contains anticancer components. Guaweizi is the best of melon seeds, rich in fatty oil and protein, containing 17 amino acids, vitamins and 16 trace elements such as calcium, iron, zinc and selenium. After eating, it can make people relax bowels, clear away heat and phlegm, improve the immune function of the body, and has a good effect on dry stool, cough due to lung heat, thick phlegm and so on. And cure thirst and phlegm. And has the effects of slimming and beautifying.