Effects and functions of Japanese knotweed

Polygonum cuspidatum is a traditional Chinese medicinal material with the following practical effects: 1. It can clear away heat and dampness, and is generally used for symptoms such as stranguria. 2. It can treat cold and damp jaundice, as well as jaundiced hepatitis and cholecystitis. 3. It can treat bruises and promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. 4. It has certain practical effects on patients with amenorrhea and rheumatic arthralgia. 5. It is common in wind-heat cough and can relieve cough and reduce phlegm. 6. It can relieve heat and moisten the intestines, and has certain effects on patients with constipation and hemorrhoidal bleeding. 7. Can treat sore throat.

Polygonum cuspidatum is a traditional Chinese medicinal material which comes from the dried roots and rhizomes of the Polygonum cuspidatum plant of the Polygonaceae family. The Poria cocos of Polygonum cuspidatum has a slightly bitter and cold effect, and enters the liver meridian, liver-gallbladder meridian, and lung meridian. The effects and functions of Polygonum cuspidatum are clearing away heat, promoting dampness and relieving jaundice, clearing away heat and removing fire, dispersing blood stasis and relieving pain, and resolving phlegm and relieving cough. It is used to treat cold and dampness, jaundice, stranguria, clear water retention, rheumatism, arthralgia, sores, carbuncles, swelling and poison, burns from fire and water, liver depression and kidney deficiency in women, masses, bruises, wind-heat cough, etc.

Polygonum cuspidatum has a long history of application in our country. For example, Tao Hongjing's "Famous Doctors' Records" in the Wei and Jin Dynasties recorded that Polygonum cuspidatum is mainly used to promote menstruation and break up bleeding problems. In the "Compendium of Materia Medica" written by Li Shizhen of the Ming Dynasty, it is also recorded that Polygonum cuspidatum can treat gonorrhea in men and women, etc. Modern medical research also shows that Polygonum cuspidatum has the effects of stabilizing blood pressure, anti-shock, anti-myocardial ischemia and aortic atherosclerosis, as well as anti-thrombosis and anti-lung damage. It should be noted that pregnant women should use this product with caution. As a traditional Chinese medicine, it is recommended to use it effectively and dialectically under the guidance of a doctor.

The main effects of Polygonum cuspidatum are clearing away heat and dampness, relieving jaundice, clearing away heat and detoxifying, removing toxins, removing blood stasis, and relieving pain. It also has some effect of resolving phlegm and relieving cough. The details are as follows: 1. Polygonum cuspidatum is mainly used in clinical medicine to treat liver and gallbladder diseases, such as jaundice, gallstones, abnormal liver function, fatty liver and other symptoms; 2. Polygonum cuspidatum has the effect of dispersing blood stasis and relieving pain. It is used to treat joint pain and menstrual pain caused by blood stasis, qi stagnation and blood stasis. For bruises, Polygonum cuspidatum also has a certain therapeutic effect; 3. Polygonum cuspidatum has the effect of clearing heat and removing fire. It is used to treat wind-heat cough. The common symptoms are cough, spitting yellow sputum, sore throat, and it has the effect of resolving phlegm and relieving cough; 4. Polygonum cuspidatum has a certain laxative effect. Clinically, if the patient is constipated and accompanied by some liver and gallbladder diseases, it is best to use Polygonum cuspidatum for treatment.