Plant |
Family | knotweed family, smartweed family, buckwheat family (Polygonaceae) |
English |
Bistort, Adderwort, Bistort root, Common bistort, Dragonwort, Easter giants, Easter-ledges, Easterman giants, English serpentary, European bistort, Meadow bistort, Oderwort, Osterick, Passion dock, Patience dock, Penicuir kale, Pink pokers, Poor man's cabbage, Pudding grass, Snakeroot, Snakeweed, Sweet dock, Twice writhen |
Latin |
Bistorta officinalis Delarbre, Bistorta major S.F.Gray, Persicaria bistorta (L.) Samp., Polygonum bistorta L., Persicaria bistorta, Polygonum bistorta, Bistorta officinalis, Bistorta major (L.) S. F. Gray |
Plantparts | creeping rootstalks, Root, Unspecified |
Diseases & Uses |
| Cathartic, laxative, aperient, catharic, movements of the bowel, purgative |
Plantparts | Methods of Preparation | Methods of Use |
| - | - | Not specified |
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