Herb

Fan bai cao (Potentilla)

翻白草fan bai cao
1 sourcePotentilla discolor Bunge

Recorded for vomiting and bleeding, flooding, malaria and abscess sores, clearing heat, resolving toxin, cooling and staunching blood, and checking dysentery.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷二十七·柔滑·翻白草·主治

References
  • functions_en self-translated from 本草纲目 traditional_functions (public domain; the Chinese tf carries verbatim excerpt_hash citations). No modern work consulted.
  • WHO IST-TCM terminology-aligned for the English rendering.
  • public pharmacopoeia & botanical facts (public-domain reference facts; no proprietary modern source).
Traditional functions

Classical source text (Chinese) — English summary above.

传统中医记载：主吐血、下血、崩中、疟疾、痈疮；清热解毒、凉血止血、止痢。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 甘、微苦，平，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十七·柔滑·翻白草·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十七·柔滑·翻白草·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十七·柔滑·翻白草·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.