Pharmaceutical Name: |
Rhizoma Imperatae |
Botanical Name: |
Imperata cylindrical Beauv. Var. major (Nees.) C. E. Hubb. |
Common Name: |
Imperata rhizome Woolly grass |
Source of Earliest Record: |
Shennong Bencao Jing |
art Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: |
The rhizomes are dug in spring or autumn, cleaned, dried in the sun and cut into small pieces. |
Properties and Taste: |
Sweet and cold |
Meridian: |
Lung, stomach, and urinary bladder |
Functions: |
To cool blood and stop bleeding To clear heat and promote urination |
Indications and Combinations: |
1. Hemorrhages due to extravasation of blood by heat. *Use with Biota tops (Cebaiye), Smell thistle (Xiaoji) and Cattail pollen (Puhuang).
2. Hot urination, edema and damp-heat jaundice. *Use with Plantain seed (Cheqianzi) and Lysimachia (Jinqiancao). |
Dosage: |
15-30 g (30-60 g. if fresh herb) |