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Flaccid Knotweed
Flaccid Knotweed. Properties: Acrid; Warm
🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
La Liao Cao
中文名 (Chinese)
辣蓼草
Latin Name
Herba Polygoni Salicifolii
English Name
Flaccid Knotweed
Alias Names
辣蓼酸模叶蓼旱苗蓼苦蓼大马蓼白辣蓼
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Acrid; Warm
Part Used
Whole herb
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
To resolve toxin, eliminate damp, dissipate stasis, stanch bleeding.
Indication (主治)
Dysentery, diarrhea, nipple moth, malaria, wind-damp impediment pain, painful swelling from knocks and falls, flooding and spotting [=metrorrhagia and metrostaxis], swollen welling abscess and clove sores, scrofula, poisonous snake bites, eczema, foot lichen.
🔗 External References
HERB DB
TCMID
1661