Wei Ling Cai委陵菜
Radix Potentillae ChinensisSilverweed
Also known asRadix Potentillae Discoloris
- Category
- Herbs that clear Heat
- Nature
- cold, neutral
- Taste
- sweet, slightly bitter, slightly pungent
- Channels entered
- Liver, Large Intestine
- Dosage
- 3–15 g
Actions & indications
- Clears Heat, detoxifies, clears Wind-Dampness and resolve swelling
- Chronic red dysentery, jaundice, swollen, toxic sores and abscesses
- Pain in the bones and sinews, seizures and paralysis due to Wind-Dampness
- Cools the Blood and stops bleeding
- Heavy menstruation due to Heat
- Swollen hemorrhoidal bleeding
- Hemoptysis, hematochezia
- Topically as a powder or macerated fresh herb
Contraindications
Contraindicated in Yang Deficiency with Cold, or in Deficiency Cold of the Spleen and Stomach.
Notes
- This herb is credited with cooling the Blood to stop bleeding, though the source material instead describes it as astringing to stem bleeding.
- For uterine bleeding, larger doses of up to 30g are used.
- It may be used alone, without other herbs.