Plant |
Family | knotweed family, smartweed family, buckwheat family (Polygonaceae) |
English |
Mild smartweed, Mild water-pepper, Swamp smartweed |
Latin |
Persicaria hydropiperoides (Michx.) Small, Polygonum hydropiperoides Michx. |
Plantparts | Entire plant, Unspecified |
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Ungrouped Diseases & Uses |
Anti-diarrheic, antidiarrhetic, Anti-diarrhoeal, Antidiarrhoeic, Anti-gonorrhea, Antihaemorrhagic, Anti-hemorrhagic, Anti-hemorrhoidal, Antiulcer, bleeding, clap, diaorrhea, diarrhea, diarrhoea, Erysipelas, Gonorrhea, Gonorrhoea, haemorrhage, Haemorrhagic conditions, Haemorrhaging, Haemorrhoids, hemorrhage, Hemorrhaging, Hemorrhoid, Hemorrhoids, Ignis sacer, Piles, St. Anthony's fire, St Anthony's fire, the rose, Ulcerous sores, ulcers |
Other uses |
Bed bugs, Cimicidae, driving out bedbugs, vermin |
Local (Geographical) use |
Phytomedical use in Brazil |
Ingredients |
| | 4-Hydroxybenzoic acid, gallic acid, Isorhamnetin, Kaempferol, malic acid, oxalic acid, P-hydroxycinnamic acid, Protocatechuic acid, Quercetin, tartaric acid, Vanillic acid |
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