Red-Knees
Herba Polygoni Hydropiperis
Shui Liao

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Acrid; bitter; neutral

Part(s) used

Herb

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To move stagnation and transform damp, stanch bleeding and dissipate stasis, dispel wind and relieve itch, resolve toxin.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Damp-stagnation obstructing internally, diarrhea, dysentery, enteritis, child gan accumulation, flooding and spotting, amenorrhea due to blood stasis, dysmenorrhea, knocks and falls, wind-damp impediment pain, hematochezia, bleeding due to external injury, itchy skin, eczema, wind papules, foot lichen, swollen welling abscess, poisonous snake bite.