Polygonum, Knotgrass, Bian Xu 萹蓄 KnotweedBian Xu (TCM)Snyo lo སྙ་ལོ  (Tibetan Medicine) Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Polygonum aviculareChaumeton, Flore médicale, 1829 Botanical name: Polygonum aviculareGreater and Lesser types were usedThe Tibetan Medicine Snya lo incorporates P. aviculare, as well as a number of related speices: P. aviculare P. amphibium P. angustifolium P. divaricatum P. sibiricum and others Aconogonon rumicifolium (syn. Polyganum rumicifolium) Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter, astringent Classifications: 2T. GLUTINATE4i. UTERINE Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Damp, Promotes Urine (TCM, West):-hot, painful urination, or Urinary Difficulty from heat; Urethritis, acute Urinary tract infections-Strangury is treated with small repeated doses of the decoction-Urinary infection with difficult painful urination (Chinese Pharmacopoeia; Tibetan Medicine)-Rheumatic diseases, chronic Arthritis, Gout-Urinary or Gall Stones, Jaundice and Hypertension; especially useful for Kidney Stones2. Clears Heat, Resists Poison:-acute Wind-Heat with Cough, Sore Throat, Fever-Eczema (Chinese Pharmacopoeia); skin diseases (Tibetan Medicine)-‘principle to eradicate all internal and external heat’ (Matthiolus, New Kreuterbuch, 1626)-‘Boiled in wine and drunk, it is profitable for those Bitten or Stung by Venomous creatures’. (Culpeper)-Tertian Fever.3. Clears Heat, Stops Leakage and Bleeding (TCM, West):-stop all Fluxes, Diarrhea, Dysentery (West, TCM, Tibetan Medicine)-Uterine Bleeding, Vomiting Blood, and Blood Noses.-Urinary Incontinence-Leukorrhea (Chinese Pharmacopoeia)-Excessive Menstruation…

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