Wei Ling Cai 委陵菜 - (Fan Bai Cao - 翻白草) - Radix Potentillae Chinensis

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Radix Potentillae Chinensis Radix Potentillae Discoloris
Common English:	Silverweed

Properties

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Sweet Slightly Bitter Slightly Acrid	Cold Neutral	Liver Large Intestine	3-15g

Actions

Indications/Syndromes

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 for those with Yang Deficiency with Cold or Deficiency Cold of Spleen and Stomach.

INCOMPATIBILITIES

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai Rx. Pulsatillae Bai Tou Weng Hb. Portulacae Ma Chi Xian
Dysenteric diarrhea.

This herb is reported to stop bleeding by Cooling the Blood, although the source states that its hemostatic action comes from astringing.
Uterine bleeding calls for large doses (up to 30g).
It may be used as a single herb.