Plant |
Family | knotweed family, smartweed family, buckwheat family (Polygonaceae) |
English |
Water-pepper, Common smartweed, Knot-grass, Marshpepper knotweed, Marshpepper smartweed, Pale persicaria, Smartweed |
Latin |
Persicaria hydropiper (L.) DELARBRE, Polygonum hydropiper LINN., Persicaria hydropiper (L.) Spach, Polygonum hydropiper |
Plantparts | foliage, Fruits, Grass, Leaf, Unspecified, Whole herb |
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Ungrouped Diseases & Uses |
Abdominal trouble, Adstringent, Affections of the liver, Aids digestion, Anti-edemic, Anti-gout, Antihaemorrhagic, Anti-hemorrhagic, Antihæmorrhagic, Antiinflammatory, antiinflammatory agent, Anti-scorbutic, Asthenia of liver, Astrigent, Astringent, bad digestion, benificial effect on the digestion, bleeding, Bleeding Stancher, Carminative, Carminativum, check bleeding, Clears gas, complaints of the stomach, Contraception, contraceptive, Diaphoretic, Digestive, Digestive stimulant, digestive trouble, Digestive weakness, disease of the liver, disease of the stomach, disorders of the liver, dispepsia, diuretic, dropsy, dyspepsia, Edema, Eupeptic, Fart, flatulence, flatulency, flatus, fluid accumulation, Gas, Gastropathy, General inflammation, General inflammations, Good for digestion, good for the stomach, Gout, haemorrhage, Haemorrhagic conditions, Haemorrhaging, haemostatic, hemorrhage, Hemorrhaging, Hemostat, Hemostatic, hepatic disease, Hepatic disorders, hepatic problems, hidrotic, Hydropsy, Hæmostatic, Icterus, improves digestion, indigestion, Induce sweating, Inflammation, inflammation in general, inflammations, Inflammations in general, inhibit bleeding, intestinal gas, jaundice, Liver ailments, liver complaints, liver diseases, Liver disorders, Liverishness, liver problems, oedema, Pick-me-up, Poor digestion, Promotes digestion, Psychostimulants, Rheumatic arthralgia, Rheumatism, scorbutus, scurvy, sores, Stanches blood, staunches bleeding, stimulant, Stimulants, stimulates digestion, stimulating, Stiptic, Stomach aliment, stomach atony, stomach complaints, stomach debility, Stomach disease, stomach disorders, Stomachic, stomach lassitude, stomach problems, stomach tonic, stomach trouble, Stop bleeding, stops bleeding, styptic, sudorific, sweat-inducing, Traumatic injury, Used as a stimulant, Used in the treatment of liver disorders, Warming digestive, weak stomach, wind, Wound, wound care, wounds, wound treatment |
Women's diseases |
Absence of a menstrual period, Amenorrhea, Amenorrhoea, Amenorrhœa, Amenorrhoea, Amenorrhœa, encourages menstruation, excessive menstruation, excessive periods, Heavy periods, Menorrhagia, profuse menstruation, promote the onset of menstruation |
Homoeopathically uses |
homoeopathically use, Homoeopathically uses |
Foods |
Condiment, culinary, Culinary herb, spice |
Other uses |
colouring, Dye, Dyeing, Used to dye different types of fibres |
TCM - Traditional Chinese medicine |
TCM: Swollen poison, TCM MERIDIAN: NA, Traditional Chinese medicine, Used in traditional Chinese medicin |
Local (Geographical) use |
Phytomedical used in Chaoshan, China, Phytomedical use in Brazil, Phytomedical use in Cyprus |
Ingredients |
| | 1,4-Cineole, acetic acid, Alpha-Pinene, Beta-Pinene, borneol, Bornyl acetate, camphor, carvone, Cinnamic-Acid-Methyl-Ester, Cinnamyl alcohol, Daucosterol, Ellagic acid, Fenchone, formic acid, fructose, gallic acid, glucose, Isorhamnetin, Kaempferol, malic acid, Melissic acid, mucilage, P-Cymol, phellandrene, potassium nitrate, Quercetin, quercitrin, rutin, Sitosterol, Tannic acid, tannin, terpineol, valeric acid |
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