Red-Knees Fruit
Polygonum Hydropiper
Liao Shi

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Acrid; warm

Part(s) used

Fruit

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To transform damp and disinhibit water, break stasis and dissipate binds, resolve toxin.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Vomiting diarrhea with abdominal pain, edema, inhibited urination [=dysuria], concretion and accumulation with glomus distention, swollen welling abscess and sores, scrofula.