WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only. Many of these treatments are now known to be harmful and possibly fatal. Do not consume any plant, chemical, drug or otherwise without first consulting a licensed physician that practices medine in the appropriate field.
Physician's Materia Medica on Bistort
BISTORT
   The root of POLYGONUM BrsronrA, Lin. Astringent. Used in ternally in fluxes, topically as an astringent gargleor wash.1
   The root of POLYGONUM BrsronrA, Lin. Astringent. Used in ternally in fluxes, topically as an astringent gargleor wash.1
References
1) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.
