Fagopyrum esculentum.   Buckwheat   Family: Polygonaceae      
PART USED: Leaves and flowers
STORAGE: Should be stored in the dark.
ACTIONS
GROUP: The circulation system- Herbs for the veins & peripheral circulation.
1. Capillary tonic.
2. Hemostatic.[1,2]
3. Hypotensive.[1,2]
4. Rutin supplement.
INDICATIONS
1. Hypertension especially with capillary bleeding.[1,2] Purpura.[1,2] Poor capillary permeability. Petechiae due to capillary fragility.[1,2]
2. Frostbite.[1,2] Chilblains.[1,2]
3. Retinal hemorrhage.[1,2]
4. Radiation damage.[1,2]
COMBINATIONS
- Reduce capillary permeability to stop bleeding- with Vitamin C.
PREPARATIONS   3 X /day
Dried Leaf and Flowers   2-4 g or by infusion  40-80 ml.
Compressed tablets. [1,2]
Growing and harvesting Buckwheat- Peter Weeks- Daily Gardener
     
Fagopyrum esculentumDESCRIPTION: An erect little-branched nearly glabrous annual about 50cm high. Indigenous to central Asia, though also in Europe.  Cultivated as a substitute for green crops or cereals
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Constituents
Flavonoid glycosides quercetrin and rutin (Vitamin P)  3 - 8%.
A red pigment fagopyrin (not found in seeds).