Polygonum orientale

Background

Chinese Name (pinyin): Shuihonghuazi

Chinese Name  :

Common Name  :Frince's-feather Fruit

Specific Name  : Fructus polygoni orientalis

Scientific Name:
Collection  : The fruit spike is collected in autumn when the fruit is ripe, dried in the sun. The fruit is gathered and remove from foreign matter.

Description  : Oblate, 2 - 3.5mm in diameter, 1 - 1.5mm thick. Externally brownish black or reddish brown, lustrous, somewhat dented on both surface and slightly longitudinally raised in the middle with a protrudent remains of style at the apex and a pale brown, slightly protrudent fruit stalk scar at the base. Some with remains of membranous perianth, texture hard, odor slight and taste weak.Total ash: not more than 5.0%

Identification  :

Processing  :

Action  : To reduce masses by dissipating blood stasis, and to relieve pain by removing stagnancy of food.

Indication  : mass in the abdomen, goitre with pain, epigastric pain and distension due to indigestion

Precautions  :

Dosage  : 15 to 30 g; for external use, appropriate quantity to be made into plasters for topical application.

Storage  : Preserve in a dry place.

Background

Chinese Name (pinyin): Shuihonghuazi

Chinese Name  :

Common Name  :Frince's-feather Fruit

Specific Name  : Fructus polygoni orientalis

Scientific Name:
Collection  : The fruit spike is collected in autumn when the fruit is ripe, dried in the sun. The fruit is gathered and remove from foreign matter.

Description  : Oblate, 2 - 3.5mm in diameter, 1 - 1.5mm thick. Externally brownish black or reddish brown, lustrous, somewhat dented on both surface and slightly longitudinally raised in the middle with a protrudent remains of style at the apex and a pale brown, slightly protrudent fruit stalk scar at the base. Some with remains of membranous perianth, texture hard, odor slight and taste weak.Total ash: not more than 5.0%

Identification  :

Processing  :

Action  : To reduce masses by dissipating blood stasis, and to relieve pain by removing stagnancy of food.

Indication  : mass in the abdomen, goitre with pain, epigastric pain and distension due to indigestion

Precautions  :

Dosage  : 15 to 30 g; for external use, appropriate quantity to be made into plasters for topical application.

Storage  : Preserve in a dry place.

Background

Chinese Name (pinyin): Shuihonghuazi

Chinese Name  :

Common Name  :Frince's-feather Fruit

Specific Name  : Fructus polygoni orientalis

Scientific Name:
Collection  : The fruit spike is collected in autumn when the fruit is ripe, dried in the sun. The fruit is gathered and remove from foreign matter.

Description  : Oblate, 2 - 3.5mm in diameter, 1 - 1.5mm thick. Externally brownish black or reddish brown, lustrous, somewhat dented on both surface and slightly longitudinally raised in the middle with a protrudent remains of style at the apex and a pale brown, slightly protrudent fruit stalk scar at the base. Some with remains of membranous perianth, texture hard, odor slight and taste weak.Total ash: not more than 5.0%

Identification  :

Processing  :

Action  : To reduce masses by dissipating blood stasis, and to relieve pain by removing stagnancy of food.

Indication  : mass in the abdomen, goitre with pain, epigastric pain and distension due to indigestion

Precautions  :

Dosage  : 15 to 30 g; for external use, appropriate quantity to be made into plasters for topical application.

Storage  : Preserve in a dry place.

Evidence or the Use of Polygonum orientale in the Treatment of Epilepesy

1st Five Results: pubmed search

Changli Fu, Mingjin Wang, Yuan Lu, Jie Pan, Yueting Li, Yongjun Li, Yonglin Wang, Aimin Wang, Yong Huang, Jia Sun, Chunhua Liu
##Title##
Molecules: 2023, 28(9);
[PubMed:37175097] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)

Daihua Ye, Min Xie, Xizhou Zhang, Huagang Huang, Haiying Yu, Zicheng Zheng, Yongdong Wang, Tingxuan Li
Evaluation for phosphorus accumulation and removal capability of nine species in the Polygonaceae to excavate amphibious superstars used for phosphorus-phytoextraction.
Chemosphere: 2022, 308(Pt 2);136361
[PubMed:36113662] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Jin Cai, Shiqin Wang, Yichen Gao, Qi Wang
##Title##
Foods: 2022, 11(11);
[PubMed:35681334] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P e)

Shenghong Nie, Lizhi Zhou, Wenbin Xu
Effect of Seed Traits and Waterbird Species on the Dispersal Effectiveness of Wetland Plants.
Biology (Basel): 2022, 11(5);
[PubMed:35625357] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P e)

D M Yu
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Zhonghua Yi Shi Za Zhi: 2022, 52(2);75-83
[PubMed:35570342] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)