Persicaria hydropiper (L.) Delarbre .
| Synonym : | Polygonum hydropiper L. Polygonum schinzii J. Schust. |
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| Bangla Name : | Biskatali, Pakurmul, Panimarich. ,Uak Tong (Marma). |
| English Name : | Water Pepper, Pepperwort. |
| Family : | Polygonaceae |
| Disease : | Stimulant, diuretic , emmenagogue, ,menses , amenorrhoea, wounds, headache, intestinal worms, skin diseases, pain,toothache, gastric ulcer, dysentery, dysmenorrhoea, hemorrhage , pain, stimulant and tonic. |
| Description : | A stoutish annual, stem decumbent at base and ascending, 30-50 cm long. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 3.8-8 cm long, subsessile, stipules glabrous, with few and usually deciduous bristles mostly under 2.5 mm long. Flowers white, small, in rather lax, very slender or filiform racemes which are erect, flexuous, or decurved. |
| Distribution : | Throughout the country in wet places. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Aerial parts contain several flavonols and flanone glycosides, including quercetin, quercitrin, kaempferol, rutin, persicarin and its methyl ester, hyperoside (quercetin-3-galactoside), rhamnacin and its ester, a dialdehyde sesquiterpene, tadeonal (polygo |
| Uses : | The plant is stimulant, diuretic and emmenagogue, used principally in Europe for obstructions of the menses and amenorrhoea. Juice of the plant is a common remedy against the body lice of cattle and sheep and as a repellent of flies. It is reported to be |
| Habit : | Herb |