Plant |
Family | knotweed family, smartweed family, buckwheat family (Polygonaceae) |
English |
Common knotgrass, Allseed, Armstrong, Bird's tounge, Birdweed, Centinode, Cowgrass, Hogweed, Hundred jointed, Knotgras, Knotgrass, Knotweed, Lowgrass, Pigweed, Polygonum, Prostrate knotweed, Sparrow tounge, Wireweed, Yard knotweed |
Latin |
Polygonum aviculare Linne, Polygonum heterophyllum Lindm., Polygonum neglectum Besser, Polygonum aviculare L. sensu lato, Polygonum heterophyllum, Polygonum neglectum, Polygonum aviculare ssp. aviculare |
Plantparts | Aerial part, Blossom, Dried Aerial parts, Entire plant, Flower, foliage, Grass, Leaf, Plant stem, Unspecified, Whole herb |
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Ungrouped Diseases & Uses |
Adstringent, Anthelmintic, Anti-Bronchitic, Anti-diabetic, Antidiabetic activity, Anti-diarrheic, antidiarrhetic, Anti-diarrhoeal, Antidiarrhoeic, Antifebrile, Antifungal, Antifungal Agent, Anti-gout, Antihaemorrhagic, Antihemorrhagic, Anti-hemorrhoidal, Antihæmorrhagic, Antiinflammatory, antiinflammatory agent in digestive tract diseases, Antiphogistic, Antipyretic, Anti-Rheumatic, Aperient, arthritis, Assist healing of wounds, Astrigent, Astringent, Bacillary dysentery, Bacterial dysentery, Bladder infection, Bladder infections, Bladder inflammation, bladder stone, Bleeding, Bleeding Stancher, Blood circulation, Blood circulation problems, Blood cleanser, blood cleansing, Blood-purifier, Blood System Disorders, Bronchial catarrh, bronchitis, Bronquite, Calculous affections, cardiac, Cardiac tonic, Cardiac trophorestorative, Cardiotonic, catarrh of the bladder, catharic, Cathartic, check bleeding, cholagogic, Cholagogue, Choleretic, clean cuts, Cleanses the blood, cleansing cuts, cleansing wounds, colic, Coloenteritis, complaints of urinary system, cough, Coughing, Coughs, Cystitis, Cystitis acuta, Cystolith, cystolithiasis, deficient blood circulation, depurant, Depurative, Diabetes, diabetes mellitus, diaorrhea, diarrhea, diarrhoea, disorders of the urinary passage, Diuretic, Dysentery (bacillary), Dysphonia, emetic, emollient, Emollients, enteritis, enterocolitis, epistaxis, expectorant, Expellant of bile, Expellant of phlegm, Febrifugal, febrifuge, fungicide, Fungitoxic, fungus, Gastric catarrh, Gastric haemorrhage, Gastritis, Gastrorrhagia, good for the heart, gout, haemorrhage, haemorrhage from the stomach, Haemorrhagic conditions, Haemorrhaging, Haemorrhoids, haemostatic, healing, healing cuts, Healing wounds, heal wounds, Heart restorative, heart tonic, hemorrhage, hemorrhage from the stomach, Hemorrhaging, Hemorrhoid, hemorrhoids, Hemostat, hemostatic, hoarse, hoarseness, Hoarse voice, Hæmostatic, increase the bile secretion, Indolent ulcers, induce vomiting, Inflammation of bowels, Inflammation of the bladder, Inflammation of the digestive tract, inflammation of the mucous membrane of the mouth, Inflammatory states of intestines, inhibit bleeding, intestinal bleeding, intestinal catarrh, intestinale haemorrhage, intestinal inflammation, intestinal worm, Intestinal worms, laxative, Lung ailments, Lung complaints, lung disease, lung diseases, lung disorders, Lung problems, Marlow Syndrome, Moisturizers, movements of the bowel, Mucolytic agent, Narrows blood vessels, nasalbleeding, Nosebleed, Nosebleeding, nose-bleeds, Piles, poor blood circulation, problems in the urinary system, promotes healing of wounds, Pulmonary Conditions, pulmonary disease, Purgative, purify blood, purify the blood, Pyretic, reduce fevers, reduce inflammation, relieves fevers, respiratory catarrh, Rheumatic arthralgia, Rheumatic disorder, Rheumatism, Shigellosis, slow-healing sores, slow-healing wounds, Slow-to-heal wounds, sores, Stanches blood, staunches bleeding, Stimulates the flow of bile, Stimulates the gallbladder, Stiptic, Stomatitis, stones in the urinary tract, Stop bleeding, stops bleeding, styptic, suffer from stone, sugar diabetis, to cleanse the blood, Tooth Inflammation, Traumatic injury, Urinary bladder inflammation, Urinary diseases, urinary disorders, urinary problems, Urinary tract ailments, Urinary-tract diseases, Used in the treatment of cough, varicose veins, varicose vessel, varix, Vasoconstriction, Vasoconstrictive, Vasoconstrictor, vesical calculi, Vesical calculus, vomitive, Vulnerary, Weakness of the bladder, Weakness of the kidney, Wound, Wound bleeding, wound care, Wound healing, Wound repair, wounds, Wounds healing, wound treatment |
Women's diseases |
Dysmennorhoea, Dysmenorrhea, Dysmenorrhoea, excessive menstruation, excessive periods, Heavy periods, Menorrhagia, Menstrual cramp, Menstrual cramps, menstrual pain, Menstrual regulation, Menstrual regulator, Menstruation regulator, Pain during menstruation, painful periods, Period pain, profuse menstruation, regularise periods, regulate menstrual periods |
Foods |
tea substitute |
Other uses |
Bed bugs, Cimicidae, colouring, driving out bedbugs, Dye, Dyeing, Used to dye different types of fibres, vermin |
TCM - Traditional Chinese medicine |
TCM MERIDIAN: Bladder, Traditional Chinese medicine, Used in traditional Chinese medicin |
Local (Geographical) use |
Phytomedical used in Israel, the Golan Heights and the West Bank region, Phytomedical use in Brazil, Phytomedical use in Cyprus |
Ingredients |
| | Avicularin, calcium oxalate, Catechin, Chlorogenin, coumarin, Delphinidin, essential oil, flavonoid, hyperoside, mucilage, phenolic acid, Quercetin, quercitrin, rutin, salicylic acid, Scopoletin, Silicic acid, Tannic acid, Tanning agents, Vitamin C |
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