Xiao Bai Hua Di Yu

Name

Xiao Bai Hua Di Yu (Sanguisorbae Tenuifoliae Radix et Rhizoma)

Sources

The drug is the dried root and rhizome of Sanguisorba tenuifolia Fisch. var. alba. Trautv et Mey(Family Rosaceae),growing in dampy lands, grass lands, in or near forests, and distributed in Hei1ongjiang, Liaoning, Jilin and Nei Mongol of China.

Constituents

Whole herb contains flavonoids. Root contains saponins, tennins, leucoanthocyamins, etc.

The Effect of Xiao Bai Hua Di Yu

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Root and rhizome are used as blood purifying agent, hemostatic, astringent, antidiarrheal, antipyretic and anti inflammatory, for the treatment of hematemesis, epistaxis, metrorrhagia, gynecological disease, hematochezia, hemorrhoidal bleeding, chronic enteritis, boils and sores, ulcer, eczema, abdominal pain after Childbirth, arthritis and scalds.