Imperata Rhizome (Baimaogen)
| Pharmaceutical Name: | Rhizoma Imperatae |
| Botanical Name: | Imperata cylindrical Beauv. Var. major (Nees.) C. E. Hubb. |
| Common Name: | Imperata rhizome Woolly grass |
| Source of Earliest Record: | Shennong Bencao Jing |
| art Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: | The rhizomes are dug in spring or autumn, cleaned, dried in the sun and cut into small pieces. |
| Properties and Taste: | Sweet and cold |
| Meridian: | Lung, stomach, and urinary bladder |
| Functions: | To cool blood and stop bleeding To clear heat and promote urination |
| Indications and Combinations: | 1. Hemorrhages due to extravasation of blood by heat. *Use with Biota tops (Cebaiye), Smell thistle (Xiaoji) and Cattail pollen (Puhuang). 2. Hot urination, edema and damp-heat jaundice. *Use with Plantain seed (Cheqianzi) and Lysimachia (Jinqiancao). |
| Dosage: | 15-30 g (30-60 g. if fresh herb) |