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Polygonum aviculare

Common Name
Miti-Yanagi; Hemero Tea; Knowgrass; T'Ieh Sien Ts'Ao; Kus Karabugdayi; Centinodia; Pien Hsu; Knotweed; Nana Shwana; Habbat Al Rae'Y; Asa Al Rae'Y

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Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Hemostat Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Hemostat Elsewhere *
Internulcer Elsewhere *
Jaundice China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Kidney Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Laxative Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
Lung Europe Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Malaria Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Menorrhagia Elsewhere *
Piles China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Piles Elsewhere *
Piles China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Piles Europe Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Pruritis China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Rheumatism Elsewhere *
Rheumatism Europe Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Roundworms China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Sore Elsewhere *
Sore China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Stone China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.