Polygonum chinense L Chinese Knotweed whole plant traditional chinese herb eastern medicine Huo tan mu

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Polygonum chinense Linn./Polygonum chinensis L/Chinese Knotweed Herb

Polygonum chinense whole plant,Rhizome Grinding, decoction; Taken orally for diarrhea,enteritis, indigestion, hepatitis, pharyngitis.Pound fresh part applied on the affected area,treating for traumatic injury, furuncle, eczema,dermatitis, pruritus.

Chinese name:huo tan mu

Herbs used in China for years

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Plant introduction:
Herbs perennial. Rhizomes stout.
Stems erect, 70-100 cm tall, ligneous at base, much branched, striate, glabrous or retrorsely hispid. Petiole 1-2 cm, usually auriculate at base, upper leaves subsessile; leaf blade ovate, elliptic, or lanceolate, 4-16 × 1.5-8 cm, both surfaces glabrous or hispid, abaxially sometimes pubescent along veins, base truncate or broadly cordate, margin entire, apex shortly acuminate; ocrea tubular, 1.5-2.5 cm, membranous, glabrous, much veined, apex oblique, not ciliate.
Inflorescence terminal or axillary, capitate, 3-5 mm, usually several capitula aggregated and panicle-like; peduncle densely glandular hairy; bracts broadly ovate, each 1-3-flowered.
Perianth white or pinkish, 5-parted; tepals ovate, accrescent in fruit, becoming blue-black, fleshy.
Stamens 8, included. Styles 3, connate to below middle. Achenes included in persistent perianth, black, opaque, broadly ovoid, trigonous, 3-4 mm. Fl. Jul-Nov, fr. Jul-Dec. 2n = 22*.
Wet valleys, grassy slopes, mixed forests, thickets in valleys, mountain slopes; sea level to 3000 m.
Anhui, Fujian, S Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, S Shaanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sikkim, Thailand, Vietnam]