Kazan medical journalKazan medical journal0368-48142587-9359Eco-Vector7201310.17816/kazmj72013Research ArticleWater pepper (polygonum hydropiper) as a stypticRossiyskiyD. M.info@eco-vector.com140519343054484492306202123062021Copyright © 1934, Rossiyskiy D.M.1934<p>Water pepper (Polygonum Hydropiper, family Polygoneae), popularly known as ichneumon peppers, chechin, dog pepper or hemorrhoid grass, grows throughout the USSR, best of all on humus soil in damp places in meadows and near rivers. In folk medicine, water pepper herb has long been renowned as a styptic, and is used mainly for hemorrhoidal bleeding.</p>Kazan Medical archiveКазанский медицинский архив