Knotweed Fruit (Polygonum aviculare)

蓼实liǎo shíLiaoshi

Polygonum aviculare · Plant

Polygonum aviculare
Photo: Johann Georg Sturm (Painter: Jacob Sturm), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications

Cautions

May increase bleeding risk; avoid with blood thinners; may affect kidney function; caution with kidney disorders.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Knotweed Fruit for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Concretion & Accumulation With Glomus DistentionEdemaInhibited UrinationScrofulaSwollen Welling Abscess & SoresVomiting Diarrhea With Abdominal Pain

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Knotweed Fruit does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Break Stasis & Dissipate BindsResolve ToxinTransform Damp & Disinhibit Water

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