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White bloodroot is one of the plants of the family called Rosaceae, in Latin the name of this plant will sound like this: Potentilla alba L. As for the name of the Potentilla family itself, in Latin it will be like this: Rosaceae Juss.
Description of white cinquefoil
White cinquefoil is a perennial herb that will fluctuate in height between eight and twenty-five centimeters. The rhizome of this plant is thickened, and it will be painted in black-brown tones. The whole plant, with the exception of only the upper side of the leaves of adult specimens, is covered with adpressed silky hairs. The basal leaves of Potentilla white will be palmate, usually this plant is endowed with five oblong-lanceolate leaflets, which will have rather large stipules, painted in dark brown tones. The flowers of this plant are white in color, they are on long pedicels, they will be quite large in shape. The outer sepals of white cinquefoil are linear-lanceolate in shape, they will be shorter than the inner sepals, which are ovate-lanceolate, and the petals themselves will be broadly ovate.
The flowering of Potentilla white falls on the period from May to June. Under natural conditions, this plant is found on the territory of Ukraine in the Dnieper region and the Carpathians, as well as in the Upper Volga and Zavolzhsky regions of the European part of Russia, and besides this, also in the Crimea.
Description of the medicinal properties of white cinquefoil
White cinquefoil is endowed with very valuable healing properties, while it is recommended to use the rhizome of this plant for medicinal purposes. The presence of such valuable healing properties should be explained by the content of starch, phenolcarboxylic acids, saponins, iridoids, quercetin and tannins in this plant. It is noteworthy that the maximum of tannins is in the composition of the white cinquefoil during the flowering period. The aerial part of this plant contains tannins, phenol carboxylic acids, saponins, iridoids, and rutin. The leaves also contain phenol carboxylic acids and their derivatives, quercetin, cyanidin, kaempferol, coumaric and ellagic acids.
White cinquefoil will be endowed with antibacterial activity. As for traditional medicine, an infusion prepared on the basis of the roots of this plant is quite widespread here; such a healing agent is recommended for use in scurvy. A decoction of Potentilla roots is used for rheumatism, liver diseases, gastrointestinal colic, gout, jaundice, colitis, diarrhea, enterocolitis, stomach ulcer and dysentery. In addition, such medicinal agents are effective as astringents and hemostatic.
It is noteworthy that studies have shown the effectiveness of using such healing agents based on this plant for various diseases of the thyroid gland, especially thyrotoxicosis. It is worth noting that in addition to its such advantages, white cinquefoil is also an ornamental plant.
To prepare a decoction based on the roots of this plant, you will need to take eight to ten crushed dry roots of Potentilla white in half a liter of water. The resulting mixture should be boiled for about ten to twelve minutes over a fairly low heat, then leave to infuse for an hour and drain thoroughly. In addition, it is recommended to bring the volume of the mixture obtained by means of boiled water up to the original. Take the resulting healing agent based on white cinquefoil before the start of a meal three to four times a day.
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