Polygonum, Knotgrass, Bian Xu 萹蓄

Knotweed
Bian Xu (TCM)
Snyo lo སྙ་ལོ  (Tibetan Medicine)
Picture Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599

Picture Chaumeton, Flore médicale, 1829

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Botanical name:


Polygonum aviculare
Greater and Lesser types were used

Parts used:


Herb

Temperature & Taste:


Cold, dry.

Classifications:


2T. GLUTINATE
4i. UTERINE

Uses:


1. Clears Heat and Damp, Promotes Urine (TCM, West):
–hot, painful urination, or Urinary Difficulty

2. Clears Heat, Resists Poison:
-acute Wind-Heat with Cough, Sore Throat, Fever

3. Clears Heat, Stops Leakage and Bleeding (TCM, West):
-Diarrhea, Dysentery

4. Clears Heat and Damp, Benefits the Joints and Bones:

5. Kills Worms:
   
6. Externally:


Dose:


Decoction: 9–15 grams
Powder: 1–4 grams Picture

Main Combinations:


1. Difficult and painful urination, Knotgrass with … available in PRO version
2. Kidney and bladder diseases, and stomach ulcers, Knotgrass with … available in PRO version
3. Incontinence, Knotgrass with … available in PRO version
4. Stones, Knotgrass with … available in PRO version
5. Gastric bleeding and Urinary Stones, Knotgrass with … available in PRO version
6. Duodenal Ulcer, Knotgrass with … available in PRO version
7. Arthritis, Knotgrass with … available in PRO version
8. Cough with Mucus, Knotgrass with … available in PRO version
9. Asthma, Knotgrass with … available in PRO version
10. Hemoptysis:
i. Knotgrass with … available in PRO version
ii. Knotgrass with … available in PRO version
11. Tuberculosis:
i. Knotgrass with … available in PRO version
ii. Knotgrass with … available in PRO version
12. Douche for Leukorrhea, Knotgrass with … available in PRO version
13. Cancer of the Uterus … available in PRO version

Major Formulas:


Decoction for Stones
Decoction of Hemp Seed
Syrup of Comfrey Compound

Cautions:


Not used in difficult urination from marked weakness.

Main Preparations used:


Distilled Water of the Herb