ancient wisdom · Herb
Rhizome of Gaint Knotweed; Giant Knotweed Rhizome
Rhizome of Gaint Knotweed; Giant Knotweed Rhizome. Class: Diuretic Dampness Excreting Drugs. Properties: Slightly Bitter; Slightly Cold. Meridians: Liver; Gallbladder; Lung
🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Hu Zhang
中文名 (Chinese)
虎杖
Latin Name
Polygoni Cuspidati Rhizoma et Radix; Rhizoma Polygoni Cuspidati
English Name
Rhizome of Gaint Knotweed; Giant Knotweed Rhizome
Alias Names
（艹涂）大虫杖苦杖酸杖斑杖苦杖根杜牛膝酸桶笋斑庄根酸杆斑根黄药子土地榆酸通雌黄连蛇总管大活血紫金龙酸汤杆黄地榆号筒草斑龙紫红贯脚阴阳莲活血龙猴竹根金锁王大叶蛇总管九龙根山茄子斑草搬倒甑九股牛大接骨老君丹
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Slightly Bitter; Slightly Cold
Meridians (归经)
Liver; Gallbladder; Lung
Part Used
Rhizome
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Diuretic Dampness Excreting Drugs
功效分类 (CN)
利水渗湿药
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
To dispel wind and damp, to eliminate blood stasis and alleviate pain, to relieve cough, and to resolve phlegm.
Indication (主治)
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.
Clinical Manifestations
1. an active component, polydatin,decreases the level of blood-fat.2. raising the level of white blood cells.3. inhibiting the growth of various gram-positive and gram negative bacteria, candida albicans, herpes virus, echo11 virus, and encephalitis b vir
🔗 External References
0
Clinical Trials
0
Meta-Analyses
1
PubMed References
📋 Sample Trials
None linked yet.
📊 Sample Meta-Analyses
None linked yet.
📚 Sample References
PMID 33255404
POCU1b, the n-Butanol Soluble Fraction of Polygoni Cuspidati Rhizoma et Radix, Attenuates Obesity, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver, and Insulin Resistance via Inhibitions of Pancreatic Lipase, cAMP-Dependent PDE Activity, AMPK Activation, and SOCS-3 Suppression
Nutrients · 2020
📜 Related Formulas 12 · contains this herb
Bi Yun Sha Yi Gan Granule
Bi Yun Sha Yi Gan Ke Li
Cang Lian Gan Mao Tablet
Cang Lian Gan Mao Pian
Dan Ning Tablet; Danning Tablet
Danning Pian
Dang Di Ling
Dang Di Ling
Chuan Jin Yi Gan Tablet
Chuan Jin Yi Gan Pian
Die Da Bang Medicated Wine
Die Da Bang Yao Jiu
Dieda Zhentong Plaster; Die Da Zhen Tong Plaster
Die Da Zhen Tong Gao
Fu Yan Shu Capsule
Fu Yan Shu Jiao Nang
Compound Gang Ren Tablet
Fu Fang Gang Ren Pian
Compound Hu Zhang Tablet
Fu Fang Hu Zhang Pian
Compound Huang Qin Tablet
Fu Fang Huang Qin Pian
Fei Xin Tablet
Fei Xin Pian