Fallopia multiflora

Vielblütiger knotweed ( Polygonum multiflorum )

The Vielblütiger knotweed ( Fallopia multiflora, Syn. Polygonum multiflorum Thunb ) is a native to China plant from the family of the buckwheat family ( Polygonaceae ).

Description

The Vielblütige knotweed is a climbing plant that climbs to about 4.5 m in height.

Bloom time is from September to October. The hermaphrodite flowers are pollinated by insects. The seeds mature in October to November.

Dissemination

The Vielblütige knotweed is native to the Chinese provinces of Guangdong, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan and Yunnan. In Japan, the species is now before wild.

Ingredients

Recent studies show that in particular contains the root of Polygonum multiflorum lecithin.

Traditional use

In China, the plant is called he shou wu (Chinese何首乌). It is traditionally used as a medicinal plant. To this end, a preparation of the root of the plant is used, which is known as Fo Ti or Ti Teng Fo and is considered a rejuvenating cure.

Ho Shou Wu

According to a Chinese legend Ho Shou Wu was ( " The black-haired man " ) with 60 years of a very sick man. After he discovered the plant and regularly occupied, he shall tapers massive, have regained his potency and fathered four children. According to legend, the Fo-Ti - Teng- consumer died at the age of 132 years.