He Shou Wu Extract Tincture, Prepared Root

He Shou Wu is one of the best-known herbs of traditional Chinese herbalism, prepared from the root of a climbing vine in the buckwheat family (Polygonaceae). For a long time the plant was known botanically as Polygonum multiflorum, and that name is still the most common on labels and in the trade. Under modern botanical classification, however, the accepted name is Reynoutria multiflora, and you will also see the synonym Fallopia multiflora in many references - all three names refer to the same plant. In the West the herb is widely sold under the trade name "Fo-Ti," while its other common names include Chinese knotweed, flowery knotweed and tuber fleeceflower. Our extract is made specifically from the prepared root, the traditionally processed form known in Chinese as zhi shou wu, rather than the raw root. Each batch is prepared as a concentrated liquid and offered in two forms - a traditional alcohol-based tincture and an alcohol-free glycerite. This is a whole-root liquid extract carrying the plant's natural spectrum of constituents, not an isolated or standardized single-compound product.