Bistorta, Bistort Also called Snakeweed, Snake-root; Columbrina, Serpentaria, Serpentaria vulgaris, DracunculusQuan Shen  拳参 (TCM)Gla sgang གླ་སྒང༌  (Tibetan) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Hortus Medicus, Graves, 1834 Bistort rootNotes on Pharmacognosy,Otto Augustus Wall, 1902Bistort rootA Manual of Organic Materia Medica,Maisch, 1882 Botanical name: Bistorta officinalis (syn. Polygonum bistorta, Persicaria bistorta) (West, TCM)Bistorta vivipara (syn. P. viviparum) (Alpine Bistort) is also used as a source of the drug in Unani.B. amplexicaulis, B. affinis (Himalayan Bistort) and B. macrophyllum (syn. P. sphaerostachyum) are used in Tibet.Salmon listed several varieties: Greater Bistort Lesser Bistort Broad-leaved Bistort Greater Mountain Bistort Lesser Alpine Bistort Low-leafed Bistort Parts used: Root; also the Leaf and juice of the herb Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter(Neutral in Tibetan Medicine) Classifications: 2N. REPELLENT.   2O. ASTRINGENT.   2P. HEMOSTATIC3C. ALEXIPHARMIC Uses: Clears Heat, stops Leakage: Diarrhea, Dysentery, Colitis, Diverticulitisexcess SweatingRuptures, Hernia in Children or the Elderlyprevents MiscarriageDiabetes, Incontinence (powdered Leaf can be used also)Consumption and Night-sweats Cools the Blood, Clears Stasis, Stops Bleeding: bleeding from the Stomach, Lungs, Hemorrhoids, or excessive Menstruationpowder can be used topically to stop bleedingdecoction in wine (or the Essence or tincture) ‘dissolves congealed Blood’ (Salmon)whole plant decocted in equal parts wine and water stops Bleeding and resolves Bruising after…

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