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Non-scientific name:

he shou wu

1 Accepted name(s) for "he shou wu":

Accepted name
Reynoutria multiflora (Thunb.) Moldenke

8 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources: Scientific names as used in medicinal source: MPNS matched scientific names: Accepted name: Trade forms: Plant parts:
Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polygonum multiflorum Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. Reynoutria multiflora (Thunb.) Moldenke root tuber, tuberous root
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. Reynoutria multiflora (Thunb.) Moldenke dried root tuber, cured root tuber, stem, stem
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. Reynoutria multiflora (Thunb.) Moldenke dried root tuber, cured root tuber, stem, stem
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Polygonum multiflorum Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. Reynoutria multiflora (Thunb.) Moldenke
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. Reynoutria multiflora (Thunb.) Moldenke dried root root
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) Reynoutria multiflora (Thunb.) Moldenke Reynoutria multiflora (Thunb.) Moldenke Reynoutria multiflora (Thunb.) Moldenke dried root root
TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. Reynoutria multiflora (Thunb.) Moldenke
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. Reynoutria multiflora (Thunb.) Moldenke dried root tuber root tuber
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Reynoutria multiflora (Thunb.) Moldenke Reynoutria multiflora (Thunb.) Moldenke Reynoutria multiflora (Thunb.) Moldenke
Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. Reynoutria multiflora (Thunb.) Moldenke tuberous root tuberous root

33 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "he shou wu":

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
chinese fleeceflower Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chinese fleeceflower root Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
chinese knotweed Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chinesischer flügelknöterich Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
fleece flower root Other Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
fleeceflower Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
flowery knotweed Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
fo-ti Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
hasuo Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hé shǒu wū Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jiāo téng Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jiǔ zhēn téng Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kinabinda Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
polygoni multiflori radix Pharmaceutical Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
polygonum multiflorum root Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
radix polygoni multiflori Pharmaceutical Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
raiz de fo-ti Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
shou wu teng Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
shǒu wū Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tsuru-dokudami Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ye jiao teng Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
yè hé Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
zhi he shou wu Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
zǐ téng wū Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
カシュウ Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
九真藤 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
交藤 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
何首乌 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
何首烏 Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
夜合 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
紫藤乌 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
首乌 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
하수오 Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)