甘，寒，无毒。利小便而止渴，消肿胀而逐水。除心胸烦热，解热毒痈肿。
甘，平，无毒。泽面除 ，润肌耐饥，祛烦解忧，补肝明目。
消渴不止，冬瓜一枚，烧熟绞汁饮之。（验方第一。）
诸般渴痢，肢肿口燥，泥包煨熟，取汁服。（第二。）
小儿渴痢，冬瓜取汁服。（第三。）
一切水气肿喘，冬瓜一枚去瓤，以赤小豆填满，泥纸固济，糯、粳糠煨熟，取出焙末丸
服，瓜子汤下。（第四。）
水病危急，冬瓜任意生食之，神效。（第五。）
发背欲死，冬瓜截去头，合疮上，瓜烂再截去。更合之，瓜未尽，疮已小愈矣。乃用膏
贴之。（第六。）
痔疮肿痛，冬瓜煎汤洗之。（第七。）
面黑令白，冬瓜一枚，竹刀去皮切片，酒水煮烂，去渣熬成膏，以瓶收之，每夜涂之。
（第八。）
明目悦颜，瓜仁净仁丸服。（第九。） 男子白浊，瓜子仁炒末，每米饮服五钱。（第十。）
白带。同上。（十一。）
甘，寒，有小毒。清热解渴，利水发疮。
小儿热痢，嫩黄瓜同蜜食之。（验方第一。）
水病肚胀，肢肿，黄瓜一枚切开，连子入醋煮一半至烂，空心两半俱食之。（第二。）
霜后者佳。丝瓜子最泻大便。
甘，平，无毒。凉血解毒，祛风化痰，下乳消肿，发痘退热。
痘出不快，老丝瓜烧末，砂糖水下。（验方第一。）
痈疽不敛，捣取汁频涂之。（第二。）
肺热面疮，同皂角烧末，油合敷。（第三。）
玉茎疮溃，取汁同五倍子末搽之。（第四。）
手足冻疮，烧末同猪脂合敷。（第五。）
肠风下血，霜后干丝瓜，烧末酒服。（第六。）
下血危笃，烧，同槐花共末，每米饮下二钱。（第七。）
酒痢脓血，烧末酒下。（第八。）
崩血不止，同棕烧末，盐酒下。（第九。）
乳胀不通，烧末酒下出汗。（第十。）
腹痛，绕脐冲心，小肠气也。烧末酒下。（十一。）
腰痛不止，用子仁烧末酒下，以渣敷之。又取根烧末酒下。（十二。）
化痰止嗽，烧末，枣肉丸弹大，每酒下一丸。（十三。）
风虫牙痛，霜丝瓜烧末搽之。（十四。）
小儿浮肿，同灯草、葱白煎服，煎洗之。（十五。）
偏坠，丝瓜叶、鸡子壳共烧末酒下。（十六。）
刀疮神药，古锻石、新锻石、丝瓜根叶、韭菜根等分，捣千下作饼阴干，为末搽之。止
血定痛生肌如神。（十七。）
鼻流臭黄，丝瓜藤烧末酒下。（十八。）
Winter Melon: Sweet in taste, cold in nature, non-toxic. It promotes urination and relieves thirst, reduces swelling and expels water. It clears vexing heat from the chest and heart, and resolves toxic heat sores and abscesses.
Luffa Fruit (Si Gua): Sweet in taste, neutral in nature, non-toxic. It moistens the face and removes dark spots, nourishes the skin and increases resistance to hunger, dispels vexation and relieves sorrow, tonifies the Liver and brightens the eyes.
For unrelenting Xiao Ke (Wasting-Thirst), take one Winter Melon, roast until cooked, squeeze out the juice and drink it. (Verified Formula 1.)
For various types of Ke Li (Thirsty Dysentery), limb edema, and dry mouth, wrap the melon in mud and bake/roast it, then take the juice. (Formula 2.)
For pediatric Ke Li, take Winter Melon juice and ingest it. (Formula 3.)
For all types of Water Qi Edema and wheezing, take one Winter Melon, remove the pulp, fill it with Adzuki Beans (Chi Xiao Dou), seal tightly with mud and paper, bake thoroughly using bran from glutinous rice and common rice, take out, dry, powder, and make into pills. Swallow with seed decoction. (Formula 4.)
For critical Water Disease (Edema), eat raw Winter Melon at will; the effect is miraculous. (Formula 5.)
For Fa Bei (Back Carbuncle) approaching death, cut off the head of the Winter Melon and apply it to the wound. When the melon rots, cut off the head again and reapply. As long as the melon is not exhausted, the sore will have shrunk and improved. Then apply a plaster. (Formula 6.)
For hemorrhoid swelling and pain, wash the area with decoction made from Winter Melon. (Formula 7.)
To lighten darkened skin, take one Winter Melon, peel with a bamboo knife, slice, boil until soft with wine and water, remove dregs, boil down into a paste, store in a jar, and apply every night. (Formula 8.)
To brighten the eyes and beautify the complexion, clean the seeds, make into pills, and swallow. (Formula 9.)
For male Bai Zhuo (White Turbidity/Urethral Discharge), stir-fry the seeds until powdered, take 5 qian each time with rice water. (Formula 10.)
For Le Dai (Leukorrhea). Same method as above. (Formula 11.)
Cucumber: Sweet in taste, cold in nature, slightly toxic. Clears heat and relieves thirst, promotes urination and induces eruption of sores.
For pediatric Re Li (Heat Dysentery), eat tender Cucumber with honey. (Verified Formula 1.)
For Water Disease causing abdominal distension and limb edema, take one Cucumber, cut open, cook half-way to softness with vinegar including the seeds, and eat both halves on an empty stomach. (Formula 2.)
Sponge Gourd (Si Gua) after frost is best. Sponge Gourd Seeds are most effective for purging the bowels.
Sponge Gourd Fruit: Sweet in taste, neutral in nature, non-toxic. Cools blood and resolves toxicity, dispels wind and transforms phlegm, promotes lactation and reduces swelling, induces eruption of smallpox and relieves fever.
For slow eruption of smallpox, burn old Luffa fruit to ash/powder, take with sugar water. (Verified Formula 1.)
For non-healing carbuncles and ulcers, crush to extract juice and apply frequently. (Formula 2.)
For facial acne due to Lung Heat, burn together with Soap Pod (Zao Jiao) to powder, mix with oil and apply. (Formula 3.)
For ulcerated sores on the penis, take juice mixed with Powdered Gallic Acid (Wu Bei Zi) and apply. (Formula 4.)
For chilblains on hands and feet, burn to powder, mix with lard and apply. (Formula 5.)
For Chang Feng Xia Xue (Wind-intestinal bleeding/hematochezia), take dried Sponge Gourd after frost, burn to powder, take with wine. (Formula 6.)
For critical lower bleeding, char it, mix with Sophora Flower (Huai Hua) powder, take 2 qian each time with rice water. (Formula 7.)
For Jiuli Nong Xue (Alcoholic dysentery with pus and blood), burn to powder, take with wine. (Formula 8.)
For continuous Beng Xue (Metrorrhagia/Metrorrhaxis), burn together with Palm Tree Stamen (Zong Lu) to powder, take with salted wine. (Formula 9.)
For breast distension and blockage, burn to powder, take with wine to induce sweating. (Formula 10.)
For abdominal pain radiating around the navel to the heart, known as Xiao Chang Qi (Small Intestine Qi disorder), burn to powder, take with wine. (Formula 11.)
For unremitting lower back pain, use Sponge Gourd Seed powder taken with wine, and apply the dregs topically. Also, take root powder with wine. (Formula 12.)
To transform phlegm and stop coughing, burn to powder, mix with jujube flesh to make pills the size of a bullet, take one pill with wine each time. (Formula 13.)
For Wind-Worm toothache, apply powder of Sponge Gourd after frost. (Formula 14.)
For pediatric edema, decoct together with Rush Pith (Deng Cao) and scallion white, drink the decoction and wash externally. (Formula 15.)
For Pian Zhui (Inguinal Hernia/Testicular Swelling), burn Sponge Gourd leaves and eggshell together to powder, take with wine. (Formula 16.)
Divine medicine for knife wounds: Equal parts of Ancient Calcined Iron Ore (Gu Duan Shi), New Calcined Iron Ore (Xin Duan Shi), Sponge Gourd root and leaves, and Chinese Chive root. Pound for a thousand times to form cakes, dry in shade, powder, and apply. Stops bleeding, alleviates pain, and generates tissue miraculously. (Formula 17.)
For foul-smelling yellow nasal discharge, burn Sponge Gourd vine to powder, take with wine. (Formula 18.)