Plant |
Family | knotweed family, smartweed family, buckwheat family (Polygonaceae) |
English |
Tapertip smartweed |
Latin |
Persicaria acuminata (Kunth) M.Gómez, Polygonum acuminatum Kunth |
Plantparts | Entire plant, Unspecified |
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Ungrouped Diseases & Uses |
Anti-dysenteric, Anti-hemorrhoidal, Antiulcer, Bloody flux, dysentery, Earache, Ear pain, Ear pains, Haemorrhoids, Hemorrhoid, Hemorrhoids, Otalgia, otalgic, pain in ear, Piles, Ulcerous sores, ulcers |
Other uses |
Bed bugs, Cimicidae, driving out bedbugs, vermin |
Local (Geographical) use |
Phytomedical use in Brazil, Phytomedical use in the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana) |
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