Latin name： Polygonum multiflorum Thunb.

Family： Polygonaceae

Part Used： Tuber, processed tuber

Properties： Taste bitter, sweet, harsh, little warm in nature

Actions：Tuber: detoxifying, dispersing abscesses, Treat malaria, moisting the intestines and promote bowel movements; Processed tuber: Tonifying the liver and the kidneys, boosting essence and blood, hair darkening, sinew and bone strengthening, transform turbidity and reduce lipids

Usage：Tuber: Scrofula, sores and anthracia, bastard measles and pruritus, constipation induced by dryness of the intestine, hyperlidemia; Processed tuber: vertigo and tinnitus, early graying of beard and hair, relative weakness in the loins and knees, limb numbness, neurasthenia, hyperlipemia