What is Lalang Grass Rhizome? How to apply Cogongrass Root?
Contents:
- Basic Botanical Data and Identification of Lalang Grass Rhizome.
- Origin of Lalang Grass Rhizome.
- Phytochemicals and Constituents of Lalang Grass Rhizome.
- Pharmacology Actions.
- Properties and functions of Lalang Grass Rhizome.
- Applications of Lalang Grass Rhizome.
- Dosage and Administration.
- Reference Materials.
- Modern Researches and Research Update:Rhizoma Imperatae.
Applications of Lalang Grass Rhizome.
1. To treat bleeding syndromes due to invasion of pathogenic heat into the blood:
This food-herb can clear heat from the lung, stomach and urinary-bladder channels and remove heat from the blood to stop bleeding, so it is used for bleeding syndromes due to invasion of pathogenic heat into the blood, such as hemoptysis (expectoration of blood from some part of the respiratory tract), hematemesis (vomiting blood), epistaxis (nosebleed), hematuria (blood in urine), etc.
It can be used alone or in combination with other blood-cooling hemostats.
2. To treat strangury (slow and painful spasmodic discharge of urine drop by drop) caused by pathogenic heat, edema, etc.:
a) Strangury caused by pathogenic heat:
It is used in combination with fiveleaf akebia stem (Caulis Akebiae), talcum, etc., e.g., Maogen Yin in the book "General Collection for Holy Relief".
b) Edema and dysuria:
It is used together with Asiatic plantain seed (Semen Plantaginis), etc.
3. Miscellaneous:
This food-herb can also be used for the treatment of excessive thirst due to pathogenic warmth or heat, vomiting due to stomach-heat, coughing due to lung-heat, jaundice due to damp-heat, etc.
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1.What is Lalang Grass Rhizome? How to apply Cogongrass Root?
last edit date:8th,Mar.2010.
- Name:Lalang Grass Rhizome Extract
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