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.