Cyperus, Cyperus, Xiang Fu Cyperus, Cyperus, Xiang Fu 香附 Nutgrass; Sweet Cyperus, GalingaleXiang Fu (TCM)Musta, Mustaka, Motha (Skt)Nagarmotha, Saad-e-Kufi (Unani) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1555 Krauterbuch,Lonitzer, 1578 Japanese Herbal, 17th(Welcome) Sibthrop & Smith, Flora Graeca, 1806 Cyperus rotundus root (Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Cyperus rotundus; C. scariosusTwo types were known, Long and Round: Round or English Cyperus: root is brown, full of little knots, grey within; sharp taste but almost without smell when taken from the ground. Grows along the banks of rivers with triangular stalks. Long Cyperus or Wild Galangal: knotty root, brown colored, grey within, pleasant scent when dried Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Neutral/Slightly Warm, dry. Pungent, slightly Bitter and Sweet. Classifications: 2A APERIENT.  2C INCIDERS.  2H. CARMINATIVE.  2I. ANTISPASMODIC.  2S. STRENGTHENING3E. DIURETIC.  3G. EMMENAGOGUE.  3H. LACTAGOGUE.    3M. ARTHRITIC4e. STOMACHIC.  4g. HEPATIC.  4k. ARTHRITICTCM:J. Regulate Qi Uses: 1. Moves Qi, Opens Obstructions of the Liver:-hypochondriac distention and pain, chest and abdominal fullness-Lumps and Tumors, especially of the Breast-‘deobstruent for the vessels’; ‘warming drug for the … Liver’. (Avicenna)-‘improves complexion and renders a pleasant odour to the body’. (Avicenna)-‘prevailing against inward passions caused of Wind’. (Border, 1651)2. Moves the Qi, Calms the Mind and Nerves:-Anxiety, Stress,…

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