Is the question "Is bitter gourd poisonous"? Yes. Gourd is also called gourd is a high-yield melon vegetable, belongs to the gourd family. The first thing you need to do is to find a way to get the best out of your gourd, and then you'll be able to get the best out of your gourd. Bitter gourd contains alkali glycoside biotoxins, toxic. Eating it is easy to be poisoned, the patient will also appear nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea and other symptoms, serious will lead to liver and kidney damage.