Liber Herbarum Minor (English)
The incomplete reference-guide to Herbal medicine

Rev.12-05-2020

Crimson beauty ↔ Cathartic

Plant

Family

knotweed family, smartweed family, buckwheat family (Polygonaceae)

English

Crimson beauty, Donkey rhubarb, German sausage, Hu zang, Japanese bamboo, Japanese fleece flower, Japanese knotweed, Kontiki bamboo, Mexican bamboo, Peashooter plant, Sally rhubarb

Latin

Reynoutria japonica Houtt., Fallopia japonica (Houtt.) Ronse Decr., Polygonum cuspidatum Siebold & Zucc., Reynoutria japonica, Fallopia japonica (Houtt.) Ronse Deer.

Plantparts

creeping rootstalks, foliage, Rhizome, Root, Underground stem, Unspecified

Diseases & Uses

Cathartic, laxative, aperient, catharic, movements of the bowel, purgative

Plantparts

Methods of Preparation

Methods of Use

--Not specified
Underground stem-Not specified
Source: LiberHerbarum/XPn6421Sn0018

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