Imperata, Bai Mao Gen 白茅根
Japanese Blood Grass, Lalang Grass, Woolly Grass, Thatch Grass
Bai Mao Gen (TCM)
Darbha (Ayurveda)
Imperata cylindrica
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. major
Parts used:
Root; also the fresh herb
Temperature & Taste:
Cold, dry. Sweet
Classifications:
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 Obesity in Ayurveda
Dose:
Substitutes:
Comment:
Preparation:
Main Combinations:
1. Bleeding:
i. Coughing Blood, Blood in the Urine from Heat, Imperata Bai Mao Gen with … available in PRO version
ii. Bleeding in the Upper Body, Imperata Bai Mao Gen with … available in PRO version
iii. Blood in the Urine, Imperata Bai Mao Gen with … available in PRO version
2. Urinary diseases:
i. Hot, painful Urine, Imperata Bai Mao Gen with … available in PRO version
ii. Difficulty Urinating, Imperata Bai Mao Gen with … available in PRO version
iii. Stranguria, suppressed Urine, Imperata Bai Mao Gen with … available in PRO version
iv. Dysuria, Urinary Stones, Burning Urine, Imperata Bai Mao Gen with … available in PRO version
3. Edema:
i. Imperata Bai Mao Gen with … available in PRO version
ii. from Damp-Heat and deficiency, Imperata Bai Mao Gen with … available in PRO version
iii. from Deficiency, Imperata Bai Mao Gen with … available in PRO version
4. Nephritis, Imperata Bai Mao Gen with … available in PRO version
5. Fever, with dark Urine and Thirst, Imperata Bai Mao Gen with … available in PRO version
6. Jaundice from Damp-Heat:
i. Imperata Bai Mao Gen with … available in PRO version
ii. Imperata Bai Mao Gen with … available in PRO version
Major Formulas:
Brahma Rasayana
Cautions:
1. Not for Cold-type Bleeding
2. Use cautiously in those with Cold and Weak Stomach and Spleen with Diarrhea
