The efficacy and function of Potentilla alba

Potentilla alba is a very nutritious and precious medicinal material. Eating it regularly can have very good effects and functions. So how should we eat Potentilla alba? What specific benefits can eating Potentilla alba have for our body? We need to understand some professional knowledge of Potentilla alba to answer these questions.

【English Name】 Lanrgecalyx Cinquefoil

[Source] Medicinal material source: The root of Potentilla macrocalyx of the Rosaceae family.

[Original morphology] Potentilla large-calyx is a perennial herb. Root cylindrical, lignified. The flower stems are covered with short soft hairs and spreading white silky long hairs, which can be up to 3-4mm long. Basal leaves are pinnate compound leaves, with 3-6 pairs of leaflets, opposite or alternate; petioles are pubescent and spread out white silky long hairs; stipules are membranous, brown, sparsely pubescent on the outside, sometimes falling off; leaflets are lanceolate or oblong, 1-5cm long, 0.5-2cm wide, with obtuse or tongue-shaped apex, base often enlarged, leaf margin pinnately lobed or deeply lobed, but not reaching the midrib, lobes triangular, triangular lanceolate or ribbon-oblong, margins slightly curled downward or sometimes not obvious, green above, pubescent or nearly glabrous, grayish white pubescent below, with white silky long hairs spread out along the veins; stem leaves are similar to basal leaves, but with fewer pairs of leaflets, stipules herbaceous, often serrate or undivided, apex acuminate. Flowers bisexual; cymes, pedicels pubescent; flower diameter 1.2-1.5cm; sepals 5, triangular ovate or elliptic, apex acute or acuminate, epicalyx 5, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, apex obtuse or acute, slightly shorter than or nearly equal to sepals, significantly enlarged when fruiting; petals 5, obovate, apex obtuse or slightly concave, slightly longer than sepals, yellow; style conical, base swollen. Achenes are ovate or hemispherical, about 1mm in diameter, with wrinkles that are sparse and not obvious. Flowering period is from June to September.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: grows on the edge of cultivated land, hillside grasslands, valleys, meadows and bushes.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; sour; cool

【Meridian】 Liver; Kidney

【Functions and indications】Cooling blood and stopping bleeding. Mainly used for metrorrhagia and epistaxis

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 10-15g; or grind into powder, 3-6g.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica" Root: bitter and sour in taste, cool in nature. It has the function of stopping bleeding and cooling blood. Used for functional uterine bleeding.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Above we introduced what Potentilla alba is. We know that Potentilla alba can not only be used to treat diseases but also has good health benefits, so we must be good at using Potentilla alba to protect our health.