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)
Cautions:
None noted
