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What is Polygonum cuspidatum / knotweed extract? What are its benefits?

March 5, 2021

What is Polygonum cuspidatum extract or knotweed  extract?

Polygonum cuspidatum is a traditional Chinese medicinal material. The most useful thing is its rhizome, which has the effects of promoting blood circulation and dispersing phlegm, dispelling wind and dampness. Polygonum cuspidatum root contains a large amount of emodin and other ingredients, and is generally used to treat women's menstrual disorders such as amenorrhea and low menstrual flow. It can mainly play the role of invigorating blood and replenishing blood and dredging blood stasis. It can help regulate menstruation and make it recover as soon as possible, and will not cause the patient to suffer from obesity and other adverse reactions. It can be taken for a long time for thorough conditioning. In addition, the root of Polygonum cuspidatum has other curative effects. It can also relieve the symptoms of joint swelling and pain. It is very effective in treating bruises and rheumatoid arthritis.

What are the benefits of cuspidatum extract or knotweed  extract?

1. Promoting blood circulation and dispersing blood stasis

Polygonum cuspidatum has a good effect of promoting blood circulation and dispersing blood stasis. It can also dredge menstruation, relieve cough, and treat cough and amenorrhea.

2. Dispelling wind and dampness

Polygonum cuspidatum can dispel wind and dampness, and also has a good effect of dispersing blood stasis and relieving pain. It can be generally used to treat arthralgia, and has a good therapeutic effect on damp heat jaundice. If you are accidentally scalded by water and fire, or injured by falls, you can also use Polygonum cuspidatum to treat it.

3. Lowering blood pressure

Polygonum cuspidatum can reduce the content of cholesterol and triglyceride after people eat it, so as to reduce blood pressure and blood lipid.

4. Stop bleeding
Polygonum cuspidatum is a kind of natural hemostatic medicine. Its hemostatic function is not for trauma, but for people's gastrointestinal bleeding.

5. Anti inflammatory and analgesic
Polygonum cuspidatum can be used as external medicine. People can make Polygonum cuspidatum Baijiu with Baijiu and Polygonum cuspidatum, and then smear it on the part where pain occurs due to arthritis. It can play a very good anti-inflammatory and analgesic effect.

6. Treat hepatitis
Polygonum cuspidatum is a kind of Chinese medicine with outstanding curative effect on hepatitis. Whether it is directly taken Chinese medicine or the extract of Polygonum cuspidatum, it can quickly reduce the enzymes in people's liver. In addition, Polygonum cuspidatum has an excellent jaundice-lowering effect on icteric hepatitis. Therefore, whether it is chronic hepatitis or icteric hepatitis, the effect of using Polygonum cuspidatum is relatively good.