Plant |
Family | knotweed family, smartweed family, buckwheat family (Polygonaceae) |
English |
Dotted smartweed, Dotted knotweed, Water smartweed |
Latin |
Persicaria punctata (Elliott) Small, Polygonum punctatum Elliott, Persicaria punctata, Polygonum punctatum |
Plantparts | Bough, Entire plant, foliage, Unspecified |
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Ungrouped Diseases & Uses |
Adstringent, Anthelmintic, Anthelmintics, Antiarthritic, Anti-bacterial, Antibacterial Agent, Anti-helminthic, Antihelminthics, antihelmintic, Anti-hemorrhoidal, Anti-hypertensive, Antihypotensive agent, Antiinflammatory, antiinflammatory agent, Anti-Rheumatic, Antiseptic, Antiulcer, Arterial hypertension, arthritis, Arthrosis, Astrigent, astringent, Bactericidal, Bactericide, Bacteriostatic, baktericidal, blood cleanser, blood cleansing, Blood-purifier, cardiac, Cardiac tonic, Cardiac trophorestorative, Cardiotonic, Cleanses the blood, depurant, Depurative, disinfectant, dispel worms, diuretic, erysipelas, expel worms, General inflammation, General inflammations, good for the heart, haemorrhoids, Heart restorative, heart tonic, helmint, Hemorrhoid, hemorrhoids, high blood pressure, Hypertension, Hyper tensive, Hypotension, Hypotensive, Ignis sacer, inflammation, inflammation in general, inflammations, Inflammations in general, Inflammed joints, Joint inflammation, Joint inflammations, Low blood pressure, Lowers bloodpressure, Piles, Pressor, purify blood, purify the blood, reduce blood pressure, reduce high bloodpressure, Rheumatic disorder, rheumatism, St. Anthony's fire, St Anthony's fire, the rose, to cleanse the blood, treatment for worms, Ulcerous sores, ulcers, Used as an antiseptic, Vasopressor, Vasopressor agent, Vermicide, vermifugal, vermifuge, worm, worms |
Women's diseases |
Metrorrhagia, stops bleeding of the uterus, uterine bleeding, Uterine haemorrhage, Uterine hemorrhage, Vaginal bleeding, Vaginal hemorrhage |
Other uses |
Bed bugs, Cimicidae, driving out bedbugs, vermin |
Local (Geographical) use |
Phytomedical used by Ribeirinhos in the North Araguaia microregion, Mato Grosso, Brazil, Phytomedical use in Brazil |
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