Luffa Operculata – Sponge Gourd/Purging Luffa

The attenuations are prepared from the dried fruit of the plant, Luffa operculata [L.] Cogn. (= L. purgans Mart.), which is found in Guyana, Brazil and Paraguay.

N.O. Cucurbitaceae.

The main indications are:

Purgative action, diuretic in oedema, cachexia, anaemia. Also in herpes zoster, amenorrhoea and catarrhs of all kinds. Rhinitis.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Luffa operculata, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for luffa operculata: common cold; hay fever; digestive insufficiency.