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	AllRefer.com - gourd, Plant (Plants) - Encyclopedia
		Luffa cylindrica is the loofah, dishcloth gourd, or vegetable sponge; when the edible fruit : called California okra in the S United States : is bleached dry, the inner fibrous network is used as a filter or a scrubbing sponge.
		Among the many other gourds are the serpent, or snake, gourd (Trichosanthes anguina) of Indomalaysia, whose slender fruit reaches 6 ft (1.8 m) in length.
		Many of the edible members of the family have been cultivated for so long : often since prehistoric times : that a single species may include several quite different varieties.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/G/gourd.html (482 words)

	The 5 Organs Network of Chinese Medicine - Spleen/Stomach
		Nourish stomach yin (yang wei yin): ophiopogon (maimendong), yu-chu (yuzhu), trichosanthes root (tianhuafen), dendrobium (shihu).
		The tongue typically presents with a red body and a mirror surface without coating, or with a red body and little coating, or with a dry tongue and little moisture; the pulse tends to be fine and rapid.
		Representative Herbs: glehnia (bei shashen), ophiopogon (maimendong), yu-chu (yuzhu), dendrobium (shihu), raw rehmannia (sheng dihuang), trichosanthes root (tianhuafen), Asian pear juice (li zhi), sugar cane juice (ganzhe zhi); bamboo skin (zhuru).
	www.itmonline.org /5organs/spleen.htm (4916 words)

	Tillotson Institute of Natural Health - The Big Picture
		Mucus reducing group (Herbs that remove thick mucus accumulations)
		Black pepper, long pepper, bromelain, guggul gum, tangerine peel, turmeric root, fritillaria bulb (chuan bei mu / F. cirrhosa), arisaema (tian nan xing /A. species), trichosanthes fruit (gou lou / T. kirilowii), acorus rhizome.
		Diuretic group (Herbs that promote urination and eliminate retention of watery fluids)
	oneearthherbs.squarespace.com /big-picture (9929 words)

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