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Fagopyrum esculentum
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  • Physician Dr. Jean Valnet (1920-1995) was a French physician and surgeon, specializing in herbal medicine in the fields of phytotherapy and aromatherapy.
  • Physician Dr Jean Morel has been a doctor in Besançon since 1980. A student of Dr. Jean Valnet, he is president of the Franche-Comté Society of Société Franc-comtoise de Phytothérapie et d'Aromathérapie created in 1982. He has been using plants for more than thirty years and is a lecturer in the university degree in phytotherapy and aromatherapy at the faculty of Besançon.
  • Physician & Biologist Dr. Christof Jänicke (1953-2017), was a doctor and worked as a pediatric surgeon in a clinic in Berlin. Its co-author, Dr. Jörg Grünwald, worked in Germany as a biologist for medical research, he also specializes in herbal medicine.
  • Researcher, Pharmacist & Herbalist Dr Monique Simmonds is Deputy Director of Science at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and has over 30 years' experience in different aspects of medicinal plant research. Dr Melanie-Jayne Howes, a registered pharmacist and chemist, completed a PhD in pharmacognosy before being appointed Plant Chemist at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Jason Irving is an herbalist and over the past five years has taught hundreds of people how to find, identify and use wild plants at his foraging and herbal medicine courses in London.
  • Pharmacists Dr. Max Wichtl (1925-2019) was a chemist, biologist and pharmacist, he was also professor of pharmacognosy at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Vienna and then at the Philipps University of Marburg until his retirement. Dr. Robert Anton has a degree in pharmacy from the University of Strasbourg, he was professor of pharmacognosy and then director of the Pharmacognosy laboratory at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the same university.
  • Doctor of taxonomy & Pharmacist Dr. Sonny Larsson is a Swedish pharmacist with a PhD in pharmacognosy. He worked as a professor at Uppsala University and Lulea University of Technology, before accepting a position as a plant chemist. Her co-author, Dr. Elizabeth Dauncey, has a degree in botany, with a PhD in plant taxonomy. She has spent most of her career at the Poison Control Centre at Guy's & St Thomas Hospitals in London.
  • Pharmacist Dr Jean Bruneton, honorary university professor, taught pharmacognosy at the Faculty of Pharmacy in Angers for 30 years. He is also a specialist in phytochemistry and has co-authored a hundred international scientific publications.
  • Herbalist Pierre Lieutaghi (1939-2023) was pursuing research on the relationships between plants and societies in Western Europe. He was scientific manager of the Salagon ethnobotanical garden in Haute Provence. He was one of the best connoisseurs of traditional knowledge in the field of herbal remedies in France.
  • Herbalist Thomas Bartram is a medical herbalist. He has lived and worked in Christchurch, Dorset in England. A Fellow of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists, the Royal Society of Health and the Health Food Institute, he was also the Editor of the journal 'Health for Herbs'.
  • Herbalist Andrew Chevallier is an experienced medical herbalist and author of books on botanical medicine. He is a member and past president of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists and a member of the College of Practitioners of Herbal Medicine. He also helped found the Herbal Medicine Course at Middlesex University.
  • Herbalist Paul Iserin is head of the phytotherapy department at the Bobigny Faculty of Medicine.
  • Herbalist Sophia Emma Magdalene Grieve (1858-1941), aka Maud, Margaret, Maude or Mrs Grieve, was the founder and director of the Whins School of Medicinal and Commercial Herbalism at Chalfont St. Peter, in Buckinghamshire, England. She is best known today for her 1931 book, A Modern Herbal.
  • Herbalist Paul-Victor Fournier (1877-1964) was a French canon and botanist. His major work, 'Les quatre flores de France', published between 1934 and 1940, remains a reference work for the identification of plants in the field.
  • Herbalists Prof. Kerry Bone, an Australian clinical herbalist and associate professor of chemistry, holds a Master degree from Imperial College London, he has co-founded MediHerb, a leading company in herbal medicine; Simon Mills, a British medical herbalist, served as Special Adviser to the UK House of Lords Select Committee on Complementary and Alternative Medicine and co-founded the Centre for Complementary Health Studies at the University of Exeter.
  • Researchers Dr Lauranne Aubert, Dr Christian Decamps, Dr Guillaume Jacquemin and Dr Muriel Quinet are researchers in biology in Louvain-la-Neuve and Gembloux, Belgium.

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Polygonaceae

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28 traditional uses

Ache 1
  • Contemporary French doctor of pharmacy Bruneton, J. (2016). Pharmacognosie: phytochimie, plantes médicinales (5e éd.) [p. 480, "douleurs"]. Lavoisier.
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Arthritis 1
  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 824, "arthritiques"]. Omnibus.
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Asthenia 1
  • Contemporary French herbalist and ethnobotanist Lieutaghi, P. (1996). Le livre des bonnes herbes [p. 385, "surmenés"]. Actes Sud.
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Blood vessel disorder 7
  • Contemporary English herbalist Bartram, T. (1998). Bartram's encyclopedia of herbal medicine: the definitive guide to the herbal treatment of diseases [p. 75, "circulatory stasis"]. Robinson.
  • Contemporary English herbalist Chevallier, A. (2013). Encyclopedia of herbal medicine [p. 215, "circulatory problems"]. Penguin Random House.
  • Contemporary German physician & biologist Grünwald, J., & Jänicke, C. (2006). Guide de la phytothérapie [p. 271, "problèmes […] circulatoires"]. Marabout.
  • Contemporary French herbalist Iserin, P. et al. (2017). Larousse des plantes médicinales: identification, préparation, soins [p. 210, "troubles circulatoires"]. Larousse.
  • Contemporary French physician Morel, J.-M. (2018). Traité pratique de phytothérapie. [p. 552, "troubles circulatoires"]. Editions Grancher.
  • Contemporary English Researcher, Doctor of Pharmacy and Herbalist Simmonds, M., Howes, M.-J., & Irving, J. (2016). The gardener's companion to medicinal plants: an A-Z of healing plants and home remedies [p. 79, "circulation problems"]. Frances Lincoln.
  • Twentieth century French physician Valnet, J. (1985). Se soigner par les légumes, les fruits et les céréales [p. 413, "fragilité vasculaire"]. Maloine editions.
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Capillary fragility 3
  • Contemporary English herbalist Bartram, T. (1998). Bartram's encyclopedia of herbal medicine: the definitive guide to the herbal treatment of diseases [p. 75, "capillary fragility"]. Robinson.
  • Contemporary English herbalist Chevallier, A. (2013). Encyclopedia of herbal medicine [p. 215, "fragile capillaries"]. Penguin Random House.
  • Contemporary Austrian Doctor of Pharmacy and French Doctor of Pharmacy Wichtl, M., & Anton, R. (2003). Plantes thérapeutiques: tradition, pratique officinale, science et thérapeutique (2e éd.) [p. 207, "fragilité capillaire"]. Editions TEC & DOC.
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Convalescence 1
  • Contemporary German physician & biologist Grünwald, J., & Jänicke, C. (2006). Guide de la phytothérapie [p. 271, "convalescence"]. Marabout.
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Diabetic retinopathy 1
  • Contemporary German physician & biologist Grünwald, J., & Jänicke, C. (2006). Guide de la phytothérapie [p. 271, "rétinite diabétique"]. Marabout.
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Dyspepsia 1
  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 824, "dyspeptiques"]. Omnibus.
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Edema 3
  • Contemporary French doctor of pharmacy Bruneton, J. (2016). Pharmacognosie: phytochimie, plantes médicinales (5e éd.) [p. 480, "oedèmes"]. Lavoisier.
  • Contemporary German physician & biologist Grünwald, J., & Jänicke, C. (2006). Guide de la phytothérapie [p. 270, "rétention d’eau"]. Marabout.
  • Contemporary French herbalist Iserin, P. et al. (2017). Larousse des plantes médicinales: identification, préparation, soins [p. 210, "oedèmes cutanés légers"]. Larousse.
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Enteritis 1
  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 824, "entérites"]. Omnibus.
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Erysipelas 1
  • 20th century English herbalist Grieve, M. (1931). A modern herbal: the medicinal, culinary, cosmetic, and economic properties, cultivation, and folklore of herbs, grasses, fungi, shrubs, and trees with all their modern scientific uses. [p. 139, "erysipelas"]. Tiger Books International.
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Frostbite 5
  • Contemporary English herbalist Bartram, T. (1998). Bartram's encyclopedia of herbal medicine: the definitive guide to the herbal treatment of diseases [p. 75, "chilblains"]. Robinson.
  • Contemporary English herbalist Chevallier, A. (2013). Encyclopedia of herbal medicine [p. 215, "chilblains"]. Penguin Random House.
  • Contemporary German physician & biologist Grünwald, J., & Jänicke, C. (2006). Guide de la phytothérapie [p. 271, "gelure"]. Marabout.
  • Contemporary French herbalist Iserin, P. et al. (2017). Larousse des plantes médicinales: identification, préparation, soins [p. 210, "engelures"]. Larousse.
  • Contemporary Austrian Doctor of Pharmacy and French Doctor of Pharmacy Wichtl, M., & Anton, R. (2003). Plantes thérapeutiques: tradition, pratique officinale, science et thérapeutique (2e éd.) [p. 207, "engelures"]. Editions TEC & DOC.
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Headache 1
  • Contemporary German physician & biologist Grünwald, J., & Jänicke, C. (2006). Guide de la phytothérapie [p. 271, "céphalées"]. Marabout.
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Hemoptysis 1
  • Contemporary German physician & biologist Grünwald, J., & Jänicke, C. (2006). Guide de la phytothérapie [p. 271, "saignements pulmonaires"]. Marabout.
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Hemorrhoids 2
  • Contemporary German physician & biologist Grünwald, J., & Jänicke, C. (2006). Guide de la phytothérapie [p. 271, "hémorroïdes"]. Marabout.
  • Contemporary Austrian Doctor of Pharmacy and French Doctor of Pharmacy Wichtl, M., & Anton, R. (2003). Plantes thérapeutiques: tradition, pratique officinale, science et thérapeutique (2e éd.) [p. 207, "hémorroïdes"]. Editions TEC & DOC.
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Hypercholesterolemia 3
  • Contemporary Belgian researchers in biology Aubert, L., Decamps, C., Jacquemin, G., & Quinet. M. (2021). Comparison of plant morphology, yield and nutritional quality of Fagopyrum esculentum and Fagopyrum tataricum grown under field conditions in Belgium [p. 2, "hypocholesterolemic activities"]. Plants, MDPI. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10020258
  • Contemporary French physician Morel, J.-M. (2018). Traité pratique de phytothérapie. [p. 169, "cholestérol"]. Editions Grancher.
  • Contemporary English Researcher, Doctor of Pharmacy and Herbalist Simmonds, M., Howes, M.-J., & Irving, J. (2016). The gardener's companion to medicinal plants: an A-Z of healing plants and home remedies [p. 79, "cholesterol"]. Frances Lincoln.
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Hypertension 4
  • Contemporary English herbalist Bartram, T. (1998). Bartram's encyclopedia of herbal medicine: the definitive guide to the herbal treatment of diseases [p. 75, "high blood pressure"]. Robinson.
  • Contemporary English herbalist Chevallier, A. (2013). Encyclopedia of herbal medicine [p. 215, "high blood pressure"]. Penguin Random House.
  • Contemporary German physician & biologist Grünwald, J., & Jänicke, C. (2006). Guide de la phytothérapie [p. 271, "hypertension"]. Marabout.
  • Contemporary French herbalist Iserin, P. et al. (2017). Larousse des plantes médicinales: identification, préparation, soins [p. 210, "tension artérielle trop élevée"]. Larousse.
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Hypertonia 1
  • Contemporary Austrian Doctor of Pharmacy and French Doctor of Pharmacy Wichtl, M., & Anton, R. (2003). Plantes thérapeutiques: tradition, pratique officinale, science et thérapeutique (2e éd.) [p. 207, "hypertonie"]. Editions TEC & DOC.
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Liver disease 1
  • Contemporary German physician & biologist Grünwald, J., & Jänicke, C. (2006). Guide de la phytothérapie [p. 271, "affections hépatiques"]. Marabout.
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Microcirculation disorder 1
  • Contemporary Austrian Doctor of Pharmacy and French Doctor of Pharmacy Wichtl, M., & Anton, R. (2003). Plantes thérapeutiques: tradition, pratique officinale, science et thérapeutique (2e éd.) [p. 207, "troubles de la micro-circulation"]. Editions TEC & DOC.
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Neurasthenia 2
  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 824, "surmenage intellectuel"]. Omnibus.
  • Contemporary French herbalist and ethnobotanist Lieutaghi, P. (1996). Le livre des bonnes herbes [p. 385, "travailleurs intellectuels"]. Actes Sud.
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Radiodermatitis 1
  • Contemporary English herbalist Bartram, T. (1998). Bartram's encyclopedia of herbal medicine: the definitive guide to the herbal treatment of diseases [p. 75, "radiation damage"]. Robinson.
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Restless legs syndrome 1
  • Contemporary French doctor of pharmacy Bruneton, J. (2016). Pharmacognosie: phytochimie, plantes médicinales (5e éd.) [p. 480, "impatiences du primo-décubitus"]. Lavoisier.
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Retinal hemorrhage 2
  • Contemporary English herbalist Bartram, T. (1998). Bartram's encyclopedia of herbal medicine: the definitive guide to the herbal treatment of diseases [p. 75, "retinal haemorrhages"]. Robinson.
  • Contemporary French herbalist Iserin, P. et al. (2017). Larousse des plantes médicinales: identification, préparation, soins [p. 210, "hémorragie de la rétine"]. Larousse.
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Temporal arteritis 1
  • Contemporary English herbalist Bartram, T. (1998). Bartram's encyclopedia of herbal medicine: the definitive guide to the herbal treatment of diseases [p. 75, "temporal arteritis"]. Robinson.
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Varicose vein 3
  • Contemporary English herbalist Bartram, T. (1998). Bartram's encyclopedia of herbal medicine: the definitive guide to the herbal treatment of diseases [p. 75, "varicose veins"]. Robinson.
  • Contemporary English herbalist Chevallier, A. (2013). Encyclopedia of herbal medicine [p. 215, "varicose veins"]. Penguin Random House.
  • Contemporary French herbalist Iserin, P. et al. (2017). Larousse des plantes médicinales: identification, préparation, soins [p. 210, "varices"]. Larousse.
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Venolymphatic insufficiency 1
  • Contemporary French doctor of pharmacy Bruneton, J. (2016). Pharmacognosie: phytochimie, plantes médicinales (5e éd.) [p. 480, "insuffisance veinolymphatique"]. Lavoisier.
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Venous insufficiency 4
  • Contemporary Australian and British herbalists Bone, K., & Mills, S. (2013). Principles and Practice of Phytotherapy (2nd edition) [p. 224, "venous insufficiency"]. Churchill Livingstone Elsevier.
  • Contemporary French doctor of pharmacy Bruneton, J. (2016). Pharmacognosie: phytochimie, plantes médicinales (5e éd.) [p. 480, "jambes lourdes"]. Lavoisier.
  • Contemporary German physician & biologist Grünwald, J., & Jänicke, C. (2006). Guide de la phytothérapie [p. 270, "troubles veineux"]. Marabout.
  • Contemporary Austrian Doctor of Pharmacy and French Doctor of Pharmacy Wichtl, M., & Anton, R. (2003). Plantes thérapeutiques: tradition, pratique officinale, science et thérapeutique (2e éd.) [p. 207, "insuffisance veineuse"]. Editions TEC & DOC.
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80 constituents

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4 scientific names

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