Benincasa Exocarpium, Dong Gua Pi 冬瓜皮

Winter Melon, Wax Gourd, White Gourd
Dong Gua Pi (TCM)

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Benincasa
Revue horticole, serié 4, vol. 59: (1887)

Botanical name:

Benincasa hispida (syn. B. cerifera)

Parts used:

Fruit peel

Temperature & Taste:

Cool, Sweet.

Uses:

1. Clears Damp-Heat, Promotes Urine:

-Edema, Urinary difficulty, Strangury
-Abdominal distention

2. Clears Summer-Heat:

-used for Summer-heat (Heat disorders in Summer), especially with Damp-Heat

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Dose:

Decoction: 15–30 grams

Main Combinations:

1. Edema from Damp-Heat:
i. with Coix Yi Yi Ren (Job’s Tears), Adzuli Bean (Chi Xiao Dou)

Cautions:

None noted.

Main Preparations used:


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