Pugua is neutral in nature and sweet in taste; enters the lung, spleen, and kidney meridians; has the effects of diuresis and swelling, quenching thirst and irritability, and relieving stranguria and dissipating stagnation; it is mainly used to treat edema, ascites, irritability, thirst, and sores. Poison, jaundice, gonorrhea, carbuncle and other diseases.

The delicious dishes that can be made with Pu Gua include: Tomato Trunk Pu Gua Soup, Pu Gua Lean Meat and Sea Rice Soup, Homemade Pu Gua, Pu Gua Silk Cake, etc.