الوصف

The grass and rhizomes of goose cinquefoil contain tannins and bitter substances, vitamin C, essential oils, wax, starch, quinic acid and various pigments.

The drugs have astringent, anti-inflammatory and wound healing effects. Infusion and decoction of the plant is used as a hemostatic agent for various internal bleeding, as well as for some skin diseases.

In folk medicine, it is used for various colds, inflammatory processes of the mucous membrane of the gastrointestinal tract, for washing difficult-to-heal wounds, for boils, abscesses, boils and other skin diseases associated with metabolic disorders.