Potentilla fruticosa, Spen nag སྤེན་ནག་

Bush Cinquefoil
Spen nag (Tibet)

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Potentilla fruticosa
Lindman, C.A.M., Bilder ur Nordens Flora (1922)

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Potentilla fruticosa
(Photo by Walter Siegmund) (Wikimedia)

Botanical name:

Potentilla spp.

  1. Span nag: P. fruticosa (Yellow variety) (syn. Dasiphora fruticosa, Pentaphylloides fruticosa)
  2. Span dkar: P. dahurica (White variety)

Parts used:

Herb in flower

Temperature & Taste:

Cool, dry. Bitter, Sweet

Uses:

1. Clears Heat, Resists Poison:

-Fever, Cold
-acute Cough; also Pulmonary Tuberculosis
-Rhinitis
-Skin eruptions
-Swollen and painful breasts, Mastitis
-Salmonella infections
-also stops bleeding from Heat and Tumors

2. Clears Damp, Promotes Urine:

-Damp / Serum diseases
-Edema, Ascites

3. Benefits Digestion, Clears Damp-Heat:

-indigestion, Vomiting
-Diarrhea, Gastroenteritis

4. Regulates Mensturation:

-said to regulate Menstruation (TCM)

5. Externally:

-used to stabilize teeth as toothpaste (white variety)

Dose:

Powder: 1–3 grams
Infusion: 2–5 grams
Decoction: 3–9 grams

Comment:

Young leaves are used as a tea substitute.

Preparation:

Ashes of Potentilla Spen nag.
  The herb is sealed between earthware pans, wrapped in mud, then burned. The ashes are used for Damp/Serum diseases in Tibet.

Main Combinations:

Major Formulas:

Cautions:

None noted

Main Preparations used:

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