Discolor Cinquefoil Herb, All-Grass of Discolor Cinquefoil
Potentillae Discoloris Herba, Herba Potentillae Discoloris
Fan Bai Cao

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Sweet; slightly bitter; calm

Part(s) used

Whole herb with root

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

1. to clear away heat and toxic material. 2. to cool the blood and stop bleeding.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Cough and asthma due to lung heat, diarrhea dysentery, malaria, hacking of blood, blood ejection, bloody stool, flooding and spotting [=metrorrhagia and metrostaxis], swelling toxin of welling abscess and sore, scrofula.