Liber Herbarum Minor (English)
The incomplete reference-guide to Herbal medicine

Rev.03-10-2019

American bistort

Plant

Family

knotweed family, smartweed family, buckwheat family (Polygonaceae)

English

American bistort, Mountain buckwheat, Mountain meadow buckwheat, Mountain meadow knotweed, Smokeweed, Western bistort

Latin

Bistorta bistortoides (Pursh) Small, Polygonum bistortoides Pursh., Bistorta bistortoides, Polygonum bistortoides

Diseases & Uses

Ungrouped Diseases & Uses

Adstringent, Astrigent, astringent, Cataplasm, compress, fomentation, poultice

Source: LiberHerbarum/Pn4024

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