Encyclopedia of Traditional Chinese Medicines

533T5101 Polygonum cuspidatum (Polygonaceae); HU ZHANG; JapaneseFleeceflower. Used part: rhizome. TCM Effects: To lower cholesterol,quicken blood and dissipate stasis, dispel wind and free networkvessels, clear heat and disinhibit damp, resolve toxin. TCM Indications:Hyperlipemia, impediment pain in joints, damp-heat jaundice, toxicjaundice, child jaundice, amenorrhea, hepatitis, appendicitis, candidavaginitis, concretion and conglomeration, cough with profuse phlegm,burns and scalds, knocks and falls, swelling toxin of welling abscessand sore. Isolated compounds: 1362, 1363, 1367, 1476, 3308, 3315,3615, 3674, 3765, 5762, 5763, 5964, 6087, 6360, 6776, 6778, 7710,8095, 8622, 9043, 10419, 10432, 11483, 13254, 13832, 17247, 17251,17283, 18317, 18407, 18411, 18416, 18417, 18643, 18759, 21157,21453, 22060.T5102 Polygonum cuspidatum (Polygonaceae); HU ZHANG YE; JapaneseFleeceflower Leaf. Used part: leaf. TCM Effects: To dispel wind-damp,resolve heat toxin. TCM Indications: Painful joints due torheumatalgia, snake bite, lacquer sore. Isolated compounds: 2039,3766, 10887, 11642, 13419, 18411, 19087, 20715.Polygonum cymosum = Fagopyrum cymosumPolygonum flaccidum = Polygonum hydropiper var. flaccidumT5103 Polygonum hydropiper (Polygonaceae); LIAO SHI; Red-knees Fruit.Used part: fruit. TCM Effects: To transform damp and disinhibit water,break stasis and dissipate binds, resolve toxin. TCM Indications:Vomiting diarrhea with abdominal pain, edema, inhibited urination[=dysuria], concretion and accumulation with glomus distention,swollen welling abscess and sores, scrofula. Isolated compounds:11403, 17642.T5104 Polygonum hydropiper (Polygonaceae); SHUI LIAO; Red-knees. Usedpart: herb. TCM Effects: To move stagnation and transform damp,stanch bleeding and dissipate stasis, dispel wind and relieve itch,resolve toxin. TCM Indications: Damp-stagnation obstructinginternally, 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, footlichen, swollen welling abscess, poisonous snake bite. Isolatedcompounds: 3971, 9737, 11403, 11609, 11610, 16884, 16990, 16991,17640, 17641, 17647, 17648, 17649, 18281, 18399, 18411, 20659,22310, 22638.T5105 Polygonum hydropiper var. flaccidum [Syn. Polygonum flaccidum](Polygonaceae); LA LIAO; Flaccid Knotweed. Used part: whole herb.TCM Effects: To resolve toxin, eliminate damp, dissipate stasis, stanchbleeding. TCM Indications: Dysentery, diarrhea, nipple moth, malaria,wind-damp impediment pain, painful swelling from knocks and falls,flooding and spotting [=metrorrhagia and metrostaxis], swollenwelling abscess and clove sores, scrofula, poisonous snake bites,eczema, foot lichen. Isolated compounds: 16991, 17647.T5106 Polygonum lapathifolium (Polygonaceae); YU LIAO; DockleavedKnotweed. Used part: whole herb. TCM Effects: To resolve toxin,eliminate damp, quicken blood. TCM Indications: Swelling pain ofsores, scrofula, diarrhea, dysentery, eczema, gan accumulation,wind-damp impediment pain, knocks and falls, menstrual disorder.Isolated compounds: 1187, 9737, 12049, 12504, 12505, 12506, 12507,12508, 13653, 14017, 18360, 22309, 22330.T5107 Polygonum multiflorum (Polygonaceae); HE SHOU WU; TuberFleeceflower. Used part: tuberoid. TCM Effects: To lower cholesterol,enrich yin and nourish blood, moisten intestines and free stool,interrupt malaria, dispel wind, resolve toxin. TCM Indications:Backache, neurasthenia, hyperlipemia, neurosis, insomnia, dizzinessdue to anemia, palpitation, limp aching lumbus and knees due to liverkidney yin vacuity, premature graying in beard and hair, tinnitus,emission, intestinal dry and constipation, enduring malaria, windpapule itching, sore and welling abscess, scrofula, hemorrhoids.Isolated compounds: 3598, 3615, 5863, 6776, 7788, 9043, 13833,17247, 17283, 17639, 17877, 18416, 18643, 18759, 19983, 21154,21156, 21157, 21159.T5108 Polygonum multiflorum (Polygonaceae); YE JIAO TENG; TuberFleeceflower Stem. Used part: stem. TCM Effects: To nourish heartand quiet spirit, dispel wind and free network vessels. TCMIndications: Insomnia, frequent dreaming, anemia and generalizedpain, muscle numbness, wind-damp impediment pain, wind papuleitching. Isolated compounds: 17247, 18416.T5109 Polygonum nodosum (Polygonaceae); JIE LIAO; Pale Persicaria. Usedpart: whole herb. TCM Effects: To clear heat and resolve toxin, stanchbleeding, quicken blood and dissipate stasis. TCM Indications:Swelling of sores, yin flat abscess, scrofula, poisonous snake bite,toothache, summerheat stroke, dysentery, knocks and falls, bleedingdue to external injury. Isolated compounds: 12049, 17399, 18360.T5110 Polygonum orientale (Polygonaceae); HONG CAO; Prince’s-feather.Used part: herb. TCM Effects: To dispel wind and eliminate damp,clear heat and resolve toxin, quicken blood, interrupt malaria. TCMIndications: Infections, rheumatic arthritis, malaria, mounting qi,beriberi, swelling of sores. Isolated compounds: 9616, 16196, 17515.T5111 Polygonum perfoliatum (Polygonaceae); GANG BAN GUI GEN;Perfoliate Knotweed Root. Used part: root. TCM Effects: To resolvetoxin and disperse swelling. TCM Indications: Mouth-level nape sore,hemorrhoids and fistulas. Isolated compounds: 6776, 11014.T5112 Polygonum periginatoris (Polygonaceae); NI A LUO. Used part:rhizome. TCM Effects: To astringe intestines and check dysentery.TCM Indications: Dysentery, diarrhea. Isolated compounds: 16925.T5113 Polygonum persicaria (Polygonaceae); TAO YE LIAO; SpringKnotweed. Used part: herb. TCM Effects: To effuse sweat and removedamp, disperse food, kill worms. TCM Indications: Wind-coldcommon cold, wind-cold-damp impediment, food damage diarrhea,intestinal parasitic disease. Isolated compounds: 11642, 16884, 18281.T5114 Polygonum polystachyum (Polygonaceae); DUO SUI LIAO;Manyspike Knotweed. Used part: herb. TCM Effects: To clear heatand resolve toxin, dispel wind and disinhibit damp. TCM Indications:Dysentery, diarrhea, child indigestion, wind-damp impediment pain,knocks and falls. Isolated compounds: 2039, 11642, 18317, 18342,18411, 18674.T5115 Polygonum sibiricum [Syn. Persicaria sibirica] (Polygonaceae); XIBO LI YA LIAO[yn; Siberian Knotweed*. Used part: rhizome. TCMEffects: To course wind and clear heat, disinhibit water and disperseedema. TCM Indications: Red eyes with gall, damp itchy skin, edema,ascites (hydroperitoneum). Isolated compounds: 15450.