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Latin pharmacognostic name: Polygoni Vivipari Rhizoma

Alternate English names: alpine bistort [root]

Kingdom: Plant

Origin (other sources): Polygonum viviparum L.; Polygonum sphaerostachyum Meissn.; Polygonum taipaishanense Kung; Polygonum macrophyllum D. Don

Use: Medicinal

Category:

Properties: Bitter and astringent*; cool*.

Indications:

Stanches bleeding, quickens the blood, and checks diarrhea.

vomiting of blood (blood ejection); nosebleed (nǜ xuè); flooding and spotting; vaginal discharge; dysentery; injury from knocks and falls.

Notes: Compare bistort (拳参 quán shēn).XXX

See also: Quán shēn (拳参 Bistortae Rhizoma, bistort [root])

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