Cynodon dactylon, Bermuda Grass

Dog’s Tooth Grass, Dog’s Tooth Couch Grass
Durva (Ayurveda)
Arugampallu (Siddha)
Duub, Doob (Unani)
Dur Wa དཱུར་ཝ (Tibetan)

Cynodon dactylon
J. Sibthrop, J.E. Smith, Flora Graeca, vol. 1 (1806)

Botanical name:

Cynodon dactylon (syn. Panicum dactylon)

Parts used:

Herb (whole plant); Root

Temperature & Taste:

Cool, dry. Sweet, Bitter

Uses:

1. Clears Heat and Damp, Promotes Urine:
-Cystitis, Difficult or Burning Urine, Edema (Ayurveda, Dioscorides)
-Nephritis
-Diarrhea
-Stones (Dioscorides)
2. Clears Heat, Stops Bleeding:
-Nosebleeding (as a snuff)
-Blood in the Urine
-Menorrhagia, Metrorrhagia
-applied to stop bleeding Wounds
3. Externally:
-Scabies, skin diseases
-beaten and applied to fresh Wounds (Dioscorides)
-applied to stop bleeding Wounds
-Eye diseases with redness and pain

Dose:

Herb in Decoction: 10–30 grams
Of the Juice of the Whole Plant: 10–20mls

Substitute:

1. Couch Grass
2. Carex arenaria

Main Combinations:

1. Fresh herb is cooked with Fish or Prawns for Kidney diseases and Edema. (Myanmar)

Major Formulas:

Cautions:

None noted

Cynodon dactylon, Bermuda Grass