Polygonum multiflorum Thunb is a good medicine, which was often one of the treasures of town shops in ancient pharmacies. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. is mild in temperature, bitter and sweet in taste, and belongs to liver and kidney meridians, and has the effects of nourishing liver and kidney, nourishing essence and blood, strengthening bones and muscles, blackening hair, calming nerves and stopping sweating. Radix Polygoni Multiflori Preparata is bitter, sweet, astringent, warm in nature, and belongs to liver, kidney and heart meridian. It has the effects of nourishing liver and kidney, nourishing essence and blood, strengthening bones and muscles, and blackening hair. It is mainly used for liver. Deficiency of kidney essence and blood, dizziness, premature graying, soreness of waist and knees and nocturnal emission.

Pharmacological effects include: reducing blood lipid and anti-atherosclerosis; Anti-inflammatory and analgesic; Anti-genetic damage; Enhance immune function and delay aging. Polygonum multiflorum Thunb has a diarrhea effect, and it is not suitable for people with diarrhea. Polygonum multiflorum Thunb also has the function of strengthening nerves, strengthening the brain and improving intelligence, promoting the growth and development of blood cells, and has a significant anti-aging effect. Middle-aged people often eat Polygonum multiflorum Thunb, which can prevent the occurrence and development of premature aging. Detoxification, carbuncle elimination, malaria interception, laxative. Used for sores, boils, rubella, chronic malaria, intestinal dryness and constipation.

Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. can be used both raw and cooked (used with caution by pregnant and pregnant women): raw Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. can detoxify, stop malaria, eliminate carbuncle and moisten intestines to relieve constipation; Cooked Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. can nourish liver and kidney, nourish essence and blood, strengthen bones and muscles, blacken beard and hair, eliminate turbidity and reduce dampness, treat metrorrhagia and leukorrhagia and hyperlipidemia ... Its pharmacological effects mainly include antioxidation, anti-atherosclerosis, neuroprotection and so on, and it has potential in treating neurodegenerative diseases, preventing arteriosclerosis and lowering blood sugar. Black beard and hair are manifestations of nourishing the liver and kidney, and for the kidney, it is flourishing. The quality of hair is related to the kidney. When the kidney essence is insufficient, the blood is also insufficient, and the hair turns white early due to malnutrition. At this time, it is right to use Polygonum multiflorum Thunb.

Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. has the effect of blackening hair, which can make people's hair black and bright, and is used to treat premature gray hair. It has a good preventive and therapeutic effect on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and can prevent atherosclerosis. Regular consumption of Polygonum multiflorum Thunb can prevent premature senility, which can strengthen nerves and help brain development. Polygonum multiflorum Thunb is also used for hyperlipidemia, boils, scrofula, rubella itching, chronic malaria, constipation and other diseases.