The effects of Polygonum multiflorum include moving stagnation and removing dampness, dispersing blood stasis and stopping bleeding, dispelling wind and relieving itching (relieving itching by removing the wind that invades the surface of the muscles), and detoxifying the body, and it is useful in treating a wide range of conditions such as stagnation of dampness and internal obstruction, and stuffy epigastric and abdominal pains.
Polygonum aquilinum is a Chinese herbal medicine made from the above-ground part of Polygonum aquilinum in the family Polygonaceae, with pungent and bitter flavor, flat in nature, and can be applied to the spleen, stomach and large intestine meridians.
This herb is suitable for the treatment of diarrhea, dysentery, noma (a chronic disease of children, manifested by emaciation, abnormal diet, abdominal distension, thinning and yellowing of hair, etc.), dysmenorrhea, metrorrhagia (excessive menstruation or dribbling), blood stagnation and menstrual occlusion, itching of the skin, eczema, eczema, bruises, rheumatism paralysis, ringworm of the feet, and blood in the stools.
It should be used with caution in pregnant women. Specific use of the drug should be under the guidance of a specialist, not unauthorized use of drugs.