Plant Details

Accepted name:: Bistorta officinalis Delarbre [Polygonaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Bistorta officinalis subsp. pacifica (Petrov ex Kom.) Yonek.

Bistorta officinalis subsp. officinalis

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
adderwort	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
anajabar	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
anjabaar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
anjabar	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
anjebar	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
anjebār	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
anjubar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
asar-rai	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
ban-natia	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
bandak	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
barsiān	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
bijband	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
bissstort	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
bistort	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bistort rhizome	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
bistorta	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
bistortae rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
bistorte	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
dragon wort	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
dragonwort	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
drop	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
easter-ledges	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
english serpentary	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
european bistorta	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hozar	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kuwar	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
machutie	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
meadow bistort	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
miromati	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
nisomali	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
odewort	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
quan shen	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
quanshen	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
quánshēn	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
renouée bistorte	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rhizoma bistortae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
rhizomata bistortae	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
schlangen-wiesenknöterich	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
serpentaire	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
snake weed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
snake-root	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
snakeweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
stor ormrot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
wiesen-knöterich	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
انجبار	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
برسیان	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
拳参	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
拳參	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome	dried rhizome	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
rhizome without adventitious roots		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
root		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
rhizome		Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Root		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
root		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
rhizome		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
rhizome		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Rhizomes		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
rhizome	whole or fragmented dried rhizomes	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
rhizome	whole or fragmented, dried rhizome	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
root	vegetal drug, fluid extract	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
rhizome	Whole or fragmented, dried rhizome, without adventitious roots	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
rhizome		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Persicaria bistorta (L.) Samp. Herb. Port.: 41 (1913).
Polygonum bistorta L. Sp. Pl.: 360 (1753).
Polygonon bistortum (L.) St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 113 (1880), orth. var.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Bistorta officinalis Delarbre	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Persicaria bistorta (L.) Samp.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Persicaria bistorta (L.) Sampaio	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Polygonum bistorta	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Polygonum bistorta L.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Polygonum bistorta Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Polygonum bistorta Linnaeus	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Polygonum bistorta auct. non L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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