Tormentilla, Tormentil

Septfoil, Septifolium, Pentaphyllum, Heptaphyllum
Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563
Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599
Flora von Deutschland (25), Kohler, 1886
Botanical name:
Potentilla tormentilla
Wild and Alpine varieties were differentiated

Parts used:
Root

Temperature & Taste:
slightly Warm, very dry.

Classifications:
2N. REPELLENT.    2O. ASTRINGENT.    2P. HEMOSTATICS.    2T. GLUTINATE.    2Z. CICATRIZING

Uses:
1. Clears Heat, Stops Bleeding and Leakages:
-‘Tormentil is most excellent to stay all kinds of fluxes of blood or humours in man or woman, whether at nose, mouth or belly’ (Culpeper)
-Diarrhea, Dysentery, Gastroenteritis and Cholera etc.

2. Clears Heat, Resists Poison:
-expels all Venom and Poison;

3. Stops Leakage:
-prolapse of the Uterus, Leukorrhea.

4. Clears Heat and Damp, Opens the Liver:
-adjunct in Jaundice.

5. Kills Worms:
-Worms in children.

6. Externally:
-Bruising, Wounds, Sores, Ulcers, Running Sores, Itches, and Eruptions;
-strong decoction makes a very good gargle in Ulcerated Mouth and Throat.

Main Combinations:
Bistort & Tormentil

1. To stop all Leakages including Diarrhea, Dysentery, Incontinence, Leukorrhea, Tormentil has long been combined with Bistort
2. Diarrhea and Dysentery:
i. Tormentil with  ... available in PRO version
ii. Tormentil with ... available in PRO version
iii. diarrhea in children, Tormentil with ... available in PRO version
3. Threatened Miscarriage:
i. Tormentil with ... available in PRO version
ii. Tormentil with ... available in PRO version
4. Excessive Menstruation:
i. Tormentil with  ... available in PRO version
ii. Tormentil with ... available in PRO version
iii. Tormentil with  ... available in PRO version
5. Bleeding, Tormentil ... available in PRO version
6. Hemoptysis, Tormentil ... available in PRO version
7. Gastroenteritis, Tormentil ... available in PRO version
8. Stomach Ulcer, Tormentil ... available in PRO version
9. Hernia, Tormentil with ... available in PRO version
10. To preserve from Infection during epidemics:
i. Tormentil with ... available in PRO version
ii. Tormentil with ... available in PRO version

Major Formulas:
Decoction of Tormentil (Gabelhover)
Decoction for Excessive Menstruation
Decoction of Timaei (modified)
Astringent Decoction
Universal Vulnerary Decoction (Joseph Du Chesne)
Powder of Tormentil Compound (Grieves)
Powder Against Miscarriage
Powder Against Abortion (Corpus Pharmaceutico, 1697)
Powder for Excessive Menstruation (Wirtzung)
Powder of Nutmeg Compound
Orvietan Antidote


Cautions:
1. Not used in constipation
2. Not used in full doses on an extended basis

Main Preparations used:
Distilled Water of the whole Herb in flower