Imperata, Bai Mao Gen Imperata, Bai Mao Gen 白茅根 Japanese Blood Grass, Lalang Grass, Woolly Grass, Thatch GrassBai Mao Gen (TCM)Darbha (Ayurveda) Jaume Saint-Hilaire, J.H., La flore et la pomone francaises, vol. 5  (1832) Imperata cylindrica(Photo by L. M. Marsh) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Imperata cylindrica var. majorThere are a number of synonyms: Imperata allang, I. angolensis, I. arundinacea, I. dinteri, I. filifolia Nees, I. koenigii, I. laguroides, I. latifolia, I. pedicellata, I.  praecoquis, I. robustior, I. sieberi, I. sisca, I. thunbergii, Saccharum cylindricum, S. diandrum, S. europaeum, S. indum, S. koenigii, S. laguroides Lagurus cylindricus; Arundo epigeios; Calamagrostis lagurus, 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…

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