Flaccid Knotweed
Herba Polygoni Salicifolii
La Liao Cao

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Acrid; warm

Part(s) used

Whole herb

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To resolve toxin, eliminate damp, dissipate stasis, stanch bleeding.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Dysentery, diarrhea, nipple moth, malaria, wind-damp impediment pain, painful swelling from knocks and falls, flooding and spotting [=metrorrhagia and metrostaxis], swollen welling abscess and clove sores, scrofula, poisonous snake bites, eczema, foot lichen.