Vetiveria, Ushira

Vetiver, Cuscus, Khus-Khus
Ushira (Ayurveda)
Khas (Unani)
Vattiver (Siddha)
Yan Lan Cao (TCM)

Vetiveria zizanioides
Rheede tot Drakestein, H.A. van, Hortus Indicus Malabaricus, (1703)

Bunches of Vetiveria zizanioides root for sale at Réunion Island
(Photo by David Monniaux) (Wikimedia)

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Botanical name:

Vetiveria zizanioides (syn. Chrysopogon zizanioides, Andropogon muricatus, A. squarrosus, Anatherum zizanioides)

Parts used:

Dried root; also the Herb

Temperature & Taste:

Cool, dry. Pungent, Aromatic

Uses:

1. Clears Heat and Poison:
-useful for clearing excess Heat of Bile and Blood Humor
-Fever, Bilious Fever
-Toxicosis, chronic skin diseases, Prickly Heat, Boils
-Burning sensation, Excess Sweating, Thirst
-Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Syphilis (stage 3 and 4)
-Hemorrhage, Hemoptysis from Heat
-helps remove foul body odor
-regarded as useful to counter effects of pollution

2. Benefits the Heart, Clears Heart Fire:
-Palpitations, Cardiac Debility, Fainting
-used when Heart and Mind are affected by excess Heat
-regarded as Exhilarant in Unani; regarded as having a brain and memory tonic effect

3. Moves the Qi, Opens Obstructions:
-Colic, Flatulence, obstinate Vomiting
-Dysuria, Strangury

4. Externally:
-applied to heat-type pain including Rheumatism, Lumbago as well as Strains
-inhaled for Bilious Headache

Dose:

Powder: 3–6 grams

Correctives:

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Substitutes:

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Main Combinations:

1. Burning sensations, Bilious Fever, Thirst, Vetiveria with … available in PRO version
2. Enterotoxic Diarrhea, Vetiveria with … available in PRO version
3. Thirst in Children, Vetiveria with … available in PRO version
4. As an exhilarant, Vetiveria with … available in PRO version
5. As a digestive tonic, to increase strength and immunity, Vetiveria with … available in PRO version
6. Syphilis, Vetiver … available in PRO version
7. Diabetes from Bile Humor:
i. Vetiveria with … available in PRO version
ii. Vetiveria with … available in PRO version
iii. Vetiver, … available in PRO version
8. Leaf fumes with … available in PRO version