| 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) |
