Quinquefoliae, Cinquefoil

Pentafillum, Five-leaved grass
Picture Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485

Picture Dioscorides Materia Medica, Ruellio, 1549

Picture Flora von Deutschland (25), Kohler, 1886

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Botanical name:


Potentilla reptans (syn. P. repens)

Parts used:


Herb in flower; Root

Temperature & Taste:


Temperate, very dry.

Classifications:


2K. RESOLVENT.    2N. REPELLENT.    2T. GLUTINATE
3C. ALEXIPHARMICS

Uses:


1. Stops Leakage and Bleeding:
-Diarrhea

2. Clears Wind-Damp:
-Joint pain

3. Clears Phlegm, Stops Cough:
-Cough

4. Promotes Healing, Moves the Blood::
-Trauma, Bruising etc

5. Clears Heat, Resists Poison:
-Cold, Influenza

6. Externally:
-Used for Hernias


Dose:


Herb and Root can be used in similar doses.
Herb or root in powder: 2–5 grams

Comment:


Traditionally used for Fevers, as a folk remedy, 3 leaves would be given for Tertian Fever (3-day fever), and 4 leaves for Quartan (4-day fever)

Substitutes:


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Main Combinations:


1. Convulsions, Epilepsy, Cinquefoil with … available in PRO version
2. Scrofula, Lymphatic swellings., Cinquefoil with … available in PRO version
3. Incontinence, Cinquefoil with … available in PRO version
4. Diarrhea or Dysentery with Blood, Cinquefoil, … available in PRO version
5. Herpes, Cinquefoil root … available in PRO version
6. Cancer, Cinquefoil with … available in PRO version
7. Fistulas, Cinquefoil … available in PRO version
8. Astringent Fomentation: Cinquefoil … available in PRO version
9. Topically for Pain: Cinquefoil, … available in PRO version

Major Formulas:


Decoction for Hernia
Syrup of Balm (Fernelius)
Wine for Incontinence
Powder Helpful for Epilepsy (Alexander)
Electuary of Figwort (Avicenna)
Electuary for a Duke (Electuarium Ducis) (Nicholas)
The Queen of Colen’s Electuary

Cautions:


None noted

Main Preparations used:


Distilled Water of the Herb
  • Extra Info

  • Research


ANTIBACTERIAL
–Antimicrobial assays of three native British plants used in Anglo-Saxon medicine for wound healing formulations in 10th century England.

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY
–Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity of Potentilla reptans L. 

ANTIOXIDANT
–Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity of Potentilla reptans L.

COVID
–Prediction of COVID-19 manipulation by selective ACE inhibitory compounds of Potentilla reptant root: In silico study and ADMET profile.
GASTROPROTECTIVE / ANTI-ULCER
–Anti-ulcerogenic activity of some plants used in folk medicine of Pinarbasi (Kayseri, Turkey).

CARDIOPROTECTIVE
–Six new triterpenoids from the root of Potentilla reptans and their cardioprotective effects in silico.
–Cardioprotective and anti-apoptotic effects of Potentilla reptans L. root via Nrf2 pathway in an isolated rat heart ischemia/reperfusion model.
–Prediction of COVID-19 manipulation by selective ACE inhibitory compounds of Potentilla reptant root: In silico study and ADMET profile.

CANCER
–Cytotoxic effect of Potentilla reptans L. rhizome and aerial part extracts.
–Cytotoxic and Enzyme Inhibitory Potential of Two Potentilla species (P. speciosa L. and P. reptans Willd.) and Their Chemical Composition.