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Bistorta major Gray.
Engl.: common bistort, adderwort, bistort, dragonwort, easter giants, easter mangiants, easter-ledge, easter-mangiant, meadow bistort, oderwort, osterick, passion dock, patience dock, snakeweed, twice writhen.
Deu.: Wiesenknöterich, Schlangen-Knöterich, Wiesen-Knöterich.
Sven.: stor ormrot, ormrot.
Suom.: konnantatar.
TCM: quan shen.

Pre-linnaean: [Salmon:]
Bistorta à convolutis & intortis radicibus (Ray)
Bistorta major vulgaris (Parkinson)
Bistorta major, radice minus intorta (the Bauhins)
Bistorta major rugosioribus foliis (J. Bauhin)
(The root:) Radix Colubrina, Fracastorius, Bulapathum, Bistorta.

Pre-linnaean: [Woodville:]
Bistorta. Pharm. Lond. & Edinb.
Bistorta major. Gerard, emac.
Bistorta major vulgaris. Park. Theat.
Bistorta major rugosioribus foliis. J. Bauh.
Bistorta radice minus intorta. Bauh. Pin.
Polygonum radice lignosa contorta, spica ovata, foliorum petiolis alatis. Hal. Stirp. Helv.

Bot. syn.: Persicaria bistorta (L.) Samp., Polygonum bistorta L.