TCM: Listed under ‘Herbs that drain Dampness’, bitter, cool Polygonum aviculare enters the Bladder channel. It clears Damp-Heat and facilitates urination.
General: Used in the treatment of urinary tract infections with difficult and painful urination, dribbling of urine, jaundice, eczema, trichomonas vaginalis, vulval itching with leucorrhoea,, ringworm.