Greater Burnet

OTHER NAME(S): Garden Burnet, Grand Boucage, Grand Burnet, Grande Pimprenelle, Sanguisorba, Sanguisorbe Officinale, Zi Yu, Sanguisorba officinalis, Poterium officinale, Sanguisorba carnea, Sanguisorba polygama, Pimpinela Mayor, Grande pimprenelle

Overview

Greater burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis) is a plant commonly found in Europe and Asia. The roots are used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).

Greater burnet might work as a drying agent to help stop bleeding. Some ingredients in greater burnet might also help reduce wrinkles and improve wound healing.

People use greater burnet for aging skin, varicose veins, wound healing, and many other conditions, but there is no good scientific evidence to support these uses.

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