Imperata, Bai Mao Gen 白茅根

Japanese Blood Grass, Lalang Grass, Woolly Grass, Thatch Grass
Bai Mao Gen (TCM)
Darbha (Ayurveda)
Picture Imperata cylindrica
Jaume Saint-Hilaire, J.H., La flore et la pomone francaises, vol. 5  (1832)

Picture Imperata cylindrica
(Photo by L. M. Marsh) (Wikimedia)

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Botanical name:


Imperata cylindrica var. major

Parts used:


Root; also the fresh herb

Temperature & Taste:


Cold, dry. Sweet

Classifications:


L. Stop Bleeding

Uses:


1. Clears Heat, Stops Bleeding:
-various types of Bleeding from Heat
-Coughing or Vomiting Blood, Blood in the Urine, Blood nose (TCM, Ayurveda)
-Internal Abscess (Sushruta)

2. Clear Heat from the Lungs and Stomach:
-Heat diseases with Thirst
-Nausea and Thirst from Stomach heat
-Fever, with dark Urine and Thirst
-Diarrhea, Dysentery (Ayurveda)

3. Clears Heat and Damp, Promotes Urine:
-Urinary Tract Infection; difficult, painful Urination; Dysuria (TCM, Ayurveda)
-Edema in acute Nephritis (Chinese Pharmacopoeia)
-Jaundice (Chinese Pharmacopoeia)
Charaka recommended the flowers for Stones; used for Kidney and Gall Stones in Thailand
-used for Gonorrhea and Obesity in Ayurveda


Comment:


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Dose:


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Substitutes:


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Preparation:


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Main Combinations:


1. Bleeding:
i. Coughing Blood, Blood in the Urine from Heat, Imperata Bai Mao Gen with … available in PRO version
ii. Bleeding in the Upper Body, Imperata Bai Mao Gen with … available in PRO version
iii. Blood in the Urine, Imperata Bai Mao Gen with … available in PRO version
2. Urinary diseases:
i. Hot, painful Urine, Imperata Bai Mao Gen with … available in PRO version
ii. Difficulty Urinating, Imperata Bai Mao Gen with … available in PRO version
iii. Stranguria, suppressed Urine, Imperata Bai Mao Gen with … available in PRO version
iv. Dysuria, Urinary Stones, Burning Urine, Imperata Bai Mao Gen with … available in PRO version
3. Edema:
i. Imperata Bai Mao Gen with … available in PRO version
ii. from Damp-Heat and deficiency, Imperata Bai Mao Gen with … available in PRO version
iii. from Deficiency, Imperata Bai Mao Gen with … available in PRO version
4. Nephritis, Imperata Bai Mao Gen with … available in PRO version
5. Fever, with dark Urine and Thirst, Imperata Bai Mao Gen with … available in PRO version
6. Jaundice from Damp-Heat:
i. Imperata Bai Mao Gen with … available in PRO version
ii. Imperata Bai Mao Gen with … available in PRO version

Major Formulas:


Brahma Rasayana

Cautions:


1. Not for Cold-type Bleeding
2. Use cautiously in those with Cold and Weak Stomach and Spleen with Diarrhea

Main Preparations used: