The efficacy and function of floating corpse grass

Traditional Chinese medicine has always been the best choice for many people to treat diseases. It is very helpful in treating diseases and you can rest assured when choosing it. Today we will introduce a Chinese medicinal material, Corpse Grass.

【English name】 Silky Cinquefoil

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of Potentilla xiajiangensis of the Rosaceae family.

[Original form] Potentilla xiajiangensis is a perennial herb, 15-30cm tall. The roots are thick and cylindrical. The flower stem is slender, with a curved and ascending base, sparsely spread, and covered with sparse soft hairs and sparse cottony hairs. The lower part often falls off and is almost glabrous. The basal leaves are pinnate compound leaves with 4-8 pairs of leaflets, 6-20cm long including petiole, petiole covered with sparse soft hairs and white silky hairs; leaflets are opposite and rarely alternate, with short petioles or nearly sessile; stipules are membranous, light brown, covered with sparse soft hairs on the outside, often falling off, nearly glabrous; leaflets are ovate, elliptic-ovate or oblong-obovate, 1-2.5cm long, 0.5-1.5cm wide, with 4-7 toothed lobes or serrations on the leaf margin, cuneate or broadly cuneate at the base, the lowest leaflet has only 2-3 toothed lobes, sparsely pubescent or falling off nearly glabrous on the upper side, and covered with grayish-white cotton hairs and sparse soft hairs on the lower side, papery; stem leaves are palmately 3-leaved, the shape of the leaflets is similar to that of the basal upper leaflets, and the stipules are papery, ovate, and entire. Flowers bisexual; inflorescence sparse, pedicels slender, sparsely pubescent or woolly; flower diameter 1-1.5cm; sepals 5, triangular ovate, apex acuminate or acute, epicalyx 5, strap-lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, shorter than sepals, rarely nearly equal in length. The outside is covered with sparse soft hairs and white wool; the petals are 5, obovate, slightly concave at the tip, 0.5-1 times longer than the sepals, and yellow; the style is nearly terminal. Achenes smooth. Flowering and fruiting period is October.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: grows in the cracks of rocks by the river.

【Nature and flavor】 sweet; warm

【Meridian】 Kidney meridian

【Functions and indications】 Strengthens the spleen and kidneys, restrains sweat and stops bleeding. Mainly used for chronic illness, weak constitution, night sweats due to yin deficiency, metrorrhagia, leucorrhea

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 30-60g; stew with chicken or meat.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica" The whole plant: sweet in taste, warm in nature, non-toxic. Used for men's weakness and women's uterine bleeding.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above is an introduction to the effects and functions of floating corpse grass. If you want to eat floating corpse grass, it is best to consult a Chinese medicine doctor. I hope this helps you all.