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Botanical name: Polygonum multiflorum

Other names:
He-shou-wu

Polygonum multiflorum

Healing power:
- to restore liver,
- kidneys,
- blood.
It is prescribed for conditions
- as vertigo,
- lumbago,
- insomnia,
- constipation,
- against high blood pressure and
- hardening of the veins and arteries.

How to use:
extracts from the roots.

Description of the plant:
Fo-Ti is perennial and can withstand frost. In winter the green foliage dies but in spring it grows again. Fo-Ti climbs incredible quickly and needs a climbing help. The location should be sunny to halfshady in a normal soil.
Fo Ti is used in traditional Chinese medicine.

Propagation:
By layers. You cut the stem into pieces of 10 cm and lay them into water. They build roots.