Chinese: he shou wu
English: Chinese knotweed root, Fleeceflower root, Flowery knotweed root
Pharmaceutical: Polygoni Multiflori Radix
Properties: Sweet, bitter, balanced
Standard Species: Polygonum multiforum Thunb.
Herb store in Hangzhou, China
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Diagnosis
- Diagnosis
- Abdominal Diagnosis
- Abdominal Fullness (Fukuman)
- Blood Stasis signs (Oketsuten)
- Fullness in the chest and hypochondrium (Kyokyokuman)
- Lower abdominal contracture (Shofukukokyu)
- Lower Abdominal Cramp (Shofukukyuketsu)
- Lower Abdominal Fullness (Shofukuman)
- Lower Abdominal Hardness and Fullness (Shofukukoman)
- Lower abdominal numbness (Shofukufujin)
- Midline Lead (Seichushin)
- Palpitations above/besides/below (Saijyoki, Saiboki, Saikaki)
- Pressure Tenderness on Umbilicus (Saitsu)
- Rectus tension (Fukuchokukinrenkyu)
- Stomach splashing sound (Shinsuion)
- Stuffiness and rigidity below the heart (Shinkahiko)
- Visible Peristalsis (Zendofuon)
- Pulse Diagnosis
- Tongue Diagnosis
- Abdominal Diagnosis
- Diagnosis
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