What is Lalang Grass Rhizome? How to apply Cogongrass Root?

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Lalang Grass Rhizome Extract Cogongrass Root Rhizoma Imperatae photo picture image Other Medical Records of Famous Physicians:
 "Relieving five types of strangury, removing exogenous heat from the stomach and intestines and quenching thirst."
 Lalang Grass Rhizome Extract Cogongrass Root Rhizoma Imperatae photo picture image

 Original Meaning of Materia Medica:

 "Cold or cool in nature and very sweet in taste, cogongrass root (Rhizoma Imperatae) can clear heat from the blood system and prevent the system from impairment by dryness. Also, it is not sticky, so there should be no concern about stagnancy or stasis although it can remove heat from the blood. It takes very quick effect in lowering and purging adversely ascending heat."
 Lalang Grass Rhizome Extract Cogongrass Root Rhizoma Imperatae photo picture image

 Modern Researches:

 This food-herb contains cylindrin, glucose, sucrose, coixol, arundoin, serotonin, potassium, calcium, etc.

 The decoction of this food-herb has diuretic and antipyretic (reduces fever) effects. It can promote blood coagulation.

 Many reports revealed that cogongrass root is a rather effective remedy for acute nephritis (acute or chronic inflammation of the kidney caused by infection). It was reported that a group of 70 cases of acute nephritis had total daily urine volume of 1,500-3,000 ml 1-5 days after cogongrass administration. Laboratory exams showed normal urine. Blood pressure returned to normal, too.
 Lalang Grass Rhizome Extract Cogongrass Root Rhizoma Imperatae photo picture image

 It also possesses some antipyretic action. The flower cools the blood with some hemostatic action. It was also reported that 21 cases of acute hepatitis (type A) out of 28 were cured with a daily dose of 100 g of cogongrass decoction. All the symptoms subsided within a period of 45 days. The other 7 cases were markedly ameliorated.

 It also has some antibiotic action. Its decoction has mild inhibitory effects on Shigella sonnei and Shigella flexneri.

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