Trichosanthes kirilowii
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| Trichosanthes kirilowii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Cucurbitaceae |
| Genus: | Trichosanthes |
| Species: | T. kirilowii |
| Binomial name | |
| Trichosanthes kirilowii Maxim.[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
Trichosanthes japonica Regel
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Trichosanthes kirilowii is a flowering plant in the family Cucurbitaceae found particularly in Henan, Shandong, Hebei, Shanxi, and Shaanxi. It is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine, where it shares the name guālóu (Chinese: 栝楼) with the related T. rosthornii. It is known as Chinese cucumber in English.
Traditional uses[edit]
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The tuber of this plant is known in Mandarin as tiān huā fěn (Chinese: 天花粉). In traditional Chinese medicine it is said to drain heat and generate fluids, clear and drain lung heat, transform phlegm, and moisten lung dryness, and resolve toxicity and expel pus.[2] The fruit of the plant, also referred to in Mandarin as guālóu (Chinese: 瓜蔞), is said to clear heat and transform phlegm-heat, unbind the chest and dissipate nodules, and reduces abscesses and dissipate nodules.[3] Both forms should be considered safe only for use with professional guidance by someone trained in their use, though this may be an unnecessary extrapolation from the toxicity of purified trichosanthin.
Chemical components[edit]
See also[edit]
- Chinese herbology 50 fundamental herbs
the t4 cells of the immune system from detecting and eliminating it. The alleged cure for aids lies in the
excrement of the white fungus that is grown from the chinese cucumber Trichosanthes Kirilowii Maxim
this excrement which develops in about 2 or 3 weeks is separated with hydrozine sulphate and in the acidification process which dissolves
the protein coat on the RNA and exposes the nucleus of the virus thus detected by the antibodies in the immune system
regardless of how the immune system is, the virus will be destroyed. No more than 20cc dose per 36 hour period
should be administered. No antibiotics should be used during this period. The 20cc are metabolised in 36 hour