Plant |
Family | knotweed family, smartweed family, buckwheat family (Polygonaceae) |
English |
Himalayan rhubarb, Rubarb |
Latin |
Rheum australe D.Don, Rheum emodi Wall. ex Meisn., Rheum australe D. Don., Rheum emodi Wall. Ex Meisn |
Plantparts | creeping rootstalks, Flower, Fruit, Leaf-stalk, Unspecified |
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Ungrouped Diseases & Uses |
Adstringent, Aids digestion, Aperient, Astrigent, Astringent, bad digestion, benificial effect on the digestion, catharic, Cathartic, Digestive, Digestive stimulant, digestive trouble, Digestive weakness, dispepsia, dyspepsia, Eupeptic, Good for digestion, good for the stomach, Herbal tonic, improves digestion, indigestion, Laxative, movements of the bowel, Poor digestion, Promotes digestion, purgative, stimulates digestion, stomach atony, stomach debility, Stomachic, stomach lassitude, stomach tonic, Tonic, Warming digestive, weak stomach |
Foods |
Vegetable, Vegetables |
TCM - Traditional Chinese medicine |
Traditional Chinese medicine, Used in traditional Chinese medicin |
Local (Geographical) use |
Phytomedical use in Nepal |
Ingredients |
| | Calcium, Chrysophanic acid, emodin, Oxalate, resin, rutin, starch |
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