Rhizome of Gaint Knotweed, Giant Knotweed Rhizome
Polygoni Cuspidati Rhizoma et Radix, Rhizoma Polygoni Cuspidati
Hu Zhang

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Slightly bitter; slightly cold

Part(s) used

Rhizome

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To dispel wind and damp, to eliminate blood stasis and alleviate pain, to relieve cough, and to resolve phlegm.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Hyperlipemia, impediment pain in joints, damp-heat jaundice, toxic jaundice, child jaundice, amenorrhea, hepatitis, appendicitis, candida vaginitis, concretion and conglomeration, cough with profuse phlegm, burns and scalds, knocks and falls, swelling toxin of welling abscess and sore.