Polygonum, Knotgrass, Bian Xu 萹蓄

Knotweed
Bian Xu (TCM)
Snyo lo སྙ་ལོ  (Tibetan Medicine)
Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640
Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599
Chaumeton, Flore médicale, 1829
Botanical name:
Polygonum aviculare
Greater and Lesser types were used

Parts used:
Herb

Temperature & Taste:
Cold, dry.

Classifications:
2T. GLUTINATE
4i. UTERINE

Uses:
1. Clears Heat and Damp, Promotes Urine (TCM, West):
-hot, painful urination, or Urinary Difficulty

2. Clears Heat, Resists Poison:
-acute Wind-Heat with Cough, Sore Throat, Fever

3. Clears Heat, Stops Leakage and Bleeding (TCM, West):
-Diarrhea, Dysentery

4. Clears Heat and Damp, Benefits the Joints and Bones:
-Lumbago

5. Kills Worms:
   
6. Externally:
-gargle for Mouth and Throat Inflammations, and Rotten Gums
-Eye wash (infusion) for red and sores eyes.
-swellings of the Breasts
-applied fresh to the wrists (pulses) for Tertian Agues.
-as a wash to hot, moist and itchy skin lesions, weeping Eczema, Tinea, damp Pruritus etc; also Eruptive diseases
-Wounds, old Ulcers, Abscesses.


Main Combinations:
1. Difficult and painful urination, Knotgrass with ... available in PRO version
2. Kidney and bladder diseases, and stomach ulcers, Knotgrass with ... available in PRO version
3. Incontinence, Knotgrass with ... available in PRO version
4. Stones, Knotgrass with ... available in PRO version
5. Gastric bleeding and Urinary Stones, Knotgrass with ... available in PRO version
6. Duodenal Ulcer, Knotgrass with ... available in PRO version
7. Arthritis, Knotgrass with ... available in PRO version
8. Cough with Mucus, Knotgrass with ... available in PRO version
9. Asthma, Knotgrass with ... available in PRO version
10. Hemoptysis:
i. Knotgrass with ... available in PRO version
ii. Knotgrass with ... available in PRO version
11. Tuberculosis:
i. Knotgrass with ... available in PRO version
ii. Knotgrass with ... available in PRO version
12. Douche for Leukorrhea, Knotgrass with ... available in PRO version
13. Cancer of the Uterus ... available in PRO version

Major Formulas:
Decoction for Stones
Decoction of Hemp Seed
Syrup of Comfrey Compound


Cautions:
Not used in difficult urination from marked weakness.

Main Preparations used:
Distilled Water of the Herb