Plant Details

Accepted name:: Bistorta officinalis Delarbre [Polygonaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
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 Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
anjabaar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
anjabar	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
anjebar	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
anjebār	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
anjoobar	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
anjubar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
asar-rai	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
ban-natia	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
bandak	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
barsiān	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
bijband	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
bissstort	Other	Unani Pharmacop. 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) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) 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 Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
bistorta	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tlayeyecolpahtli. Med. Experim., Mexico (Fernández Martínez et al., 2021)
bistortae rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
bistorte	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
ch'uan shen	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
dragon wort	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
dragonwort	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
drop	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
easter-ledges	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
english serpentary	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
enjebar	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
european bistorta	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hozar	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
ibuki-tora-no-o	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
kurtpencesi	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
kuwar	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
machutie	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
meadow bistort	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
miromati	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
mou meng	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
naterwurz	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
nisomali	Other	Unani Pharmacop. 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 Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
quanshen	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. 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) Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
snakeroot	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
snakeweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
stor ormrot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tzu shen	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
wiesen-knöterich	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
انجبار	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
برسیان	Other	Trad. 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 Pl. 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	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
rhizome without adventitious roots		British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
root		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
rhizome		Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Root		Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
roots		Tlayeyecolpahtli. Med. Experim., Mexico (Fernández Martínez et al., 2021)
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	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
rhizome	whole or fragmented dried rhizomes	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
rhizome	whole or fragmented, dried rhizome	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
root		Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
rhizome	Whole or fragmented, dried rhizome, without adventitious roots	European Pharmacop., 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 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Persicaria bistorta (L.) Samp.	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 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	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2004) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Tlayeyecolpahtli. Med. Experim., Mexico (Fernández Martínez et al., 2021) Trad. 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) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 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) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) TCM Pl. 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 Pharmacop. 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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