Fleeceflower Root
Polygoni Multiflori Radix, Radix Polygoni Multiflori
He Shou Wu

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Bitter; sweet; astringent; slightly warm

Part(s) used

Tuberoid

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To lower cholesterol, enrich yin and nourish blood, moisten intestines and free stool, interrupt malaria, dispel wind, resolve toxin.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Backache, neurasthenia, hyperlipemia, neurosis, insomnia, dizziness due to anemia, palpitation, limp aching lumbus and knees due to liver kidney yin vacuity, premature graying in beard and hair, tinnitus, emission, intestinal dry and constipation, enduring malaria, wind papule itching, sore and welling abscess, scrofula, hemorrhoids.