Ua ho'ākāka'ia nā mea kūpono o ka moekolohe i nā manawa o nā kaukani Helene kahiko, a me nā'oihana olakino Slavic kahiko. 'O kēia hua kanu mai ka'ohana buckwheat ma ka'āina e ulu nei ma kahi o nā wahi a pau: ma nā ululā'au koa, nā lau nahele, ma nā alanui. Hiki ke loa'a iā ia ma kahi kokoke i nā māla'ai a me nā hale'āina. 'O nā pono kūpono o ke ke'oke'o ka mea like'ole i loko o ke kōla'au a pau: kona mau a'a, lau, ka'ī, nā hua a me nā pua. 'O kona inoa kaulana'o ka wai'ona,'oiai he hewa kēia. Kūkulu'ia i 1.5 mika, ua kū pono ke kumu o ka mea kanu, ua nui ke po'o o ka rhizome. He palahalaha nā lau ha'aha'a a ua li'ili'i nā lālani luna. He mana ka pakiaka, kahi pālahalaha. He'ōma'oma'o a li'ili'i ka pua.
'O nā mea kūpono o ke kūkole ka mea i loko o ia mea. Ma kona lau, aia nā flavonoids, hyperoside a me ke kuluma e loa'a ana i ka hua P-vitamin, potassium, phosphorus, iron, manganese, copper, fluorine, molybdenum, strontium, nickel, arsenic, acorbic acid. Ua waiwai pū nā a'a i nā kumukānāwai kūpono. Ka mea, e komo i loko emodin hrizafanol (anthraquinone eiiiiiaiou), tannins, rumitsin, flavonoids a me nepodin nepozid. Nā māhele o ka mea kanu i kii onohi, lemona, kope, a me ka oxalicʻakika. Mau noonoo E e lio kikokiko, o ka waiwai ka hoola ana o ka mea i manaoia e ia i ka ikaika no ka mea, iloko o lakou he nui ke ano o ka wikamina C a me ka nui mea kāhinu,.
No nā lā'au la'au, nā'ōpala a me nā a'a i hō'ili'ili'ia i ka'auwai. I nā lā'au lapa'au kūikawā, ho'ohana'ia nā'āpana waiwai o ke kūko'o e hakakā i ka ha'iku'i o ka papa mua a me ka lua. I loko o nā li'ili'i li'ili'i, nui kāna hana, a ma nā kau nui he laxative. Ua Ua hoakaka ia ma spastic colitis (maʻi), e kōkua i ka noho ma ka anus māwae pōhaku o Puna, hemorrhoids, e pale aku constipation ma muli o ke intestinal atony. I nā ho'omākaukau'ana no ka mālama'ana i nā ma'i o ka ma'i, ka wīwī, ka gingivitis, me ka ho'okupu o ke'ano o ke'ano o nā lā'au lapa'au o kēia mea kanu.
I loko o nā lā'au lapa'au, ua ho'ohana nui'ia kēia mea kanu. Kūpono'ia no nā scabies, e like me ka antihelminthic a me astringent no ka wī. Ho'ohana'ia nā'ōpiopio o nā a'a o ke'ano hakoko e hakakā i nā ma'i o ka ma'i, ka palahū, nā wela, nā ma'i ma'i, e like me ka ho'oponopono'ana i nā ma'i. 'O kona kūpono he mea ki'eki'e ia no ka mālama'ana i ka diahū koko a me nā keiki. Eia kekahi, ho'onani'ia ka ho'ohinu'ana mai ke kumu e ho'onāukiuki i ka larynx, ka pu'u, ka catarrh o ka'ōhū o ke alahaka ki'eki'e, ka ihu ihu, ka hō'ī, ka mua.
Ho'ohana'ia ka'ōpū o nā'ano'ano i mea hō'ailona antisepic a me anti-inflammatory agent. Eia hou, ua mana'o'ia'o ka ho'omākaukau'ana mai ke kūpa'a ke koko i ka hopena o ke koko. Ma nā diathesis a me ke kīkō e hiki ke ho'ohana'ia iā ia he mea hō'ailona. Loa'a nā ha'awina e hō'oia ana i nā lā'au mai ke kūpa'a ke kāko'o i ka hana'ana o ka papailamatosis, anemia, ma'i a me ke kino kīnā, ka wai'ona, pellagra, neoplasms (me ka ma'i), syphilis, a me ka hapa o ka waikawa nicotinic. 'O nā mea hō'ailona o Tibet e ho'ohana nei i ke kelehe no flatulence, polyarthritis, edema, hō'ili'ili wai i loko o ka lua.
He mau hō'ai'ē nō ho'i, inā he nui ka ho'ohana'ana i ka ma'i nui, hiki i ka hō'eha'ana i ke kālepa'ana o nā minela i loko o ke kino, ka paila, urolithiasis i'oi a'e ka'ino. Mai'ōlelo'oe i nā lā'au lapa'au mai ia mea a i ka wā o ka hānau'ana.