Taber's Medical Dictionary
Coccinia indica
(kok-sin′ē-ă in-di′kă)
The climbing ivy gourd, used in ayruvedic medicine to treat diabetes mellitus. Ingestion of an extract made from its dried leaves, often mixed with the dried roots of Devil's cotton (Abroma augusta), lowers blood sugars.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Coccinia Indica." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/756605/all/Coccinia_indica.
Coccinia indica. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/756605/all/Coccinia_indica. Accessed January 6, 2025.
Coccinia indica. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/756605/all/Coccinia_indica
Coccinia Indica [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2025 January 06]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/756605/all/Coccinia_indica.
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