白茅根·Rhizoma Imperatae
Imperata Rhizoma
Bai Mao Gen (白茅根) is the rhizome of woolly grass, recorded as Rhizoma Imperatae. It is sweet in flavour and cold in temperature, entering the Lung, Stomach, Small Intestine and Bladder channels. The catalogue files it among the herbs that regulate Blood and stop bleeding.
| Pinyin | bai mao gen |
|---|---|
| Chinese | 白茅根 |
| Latin Name | Rhizoma Imperatae |
| English Name | Imperata Rhizoma·imperata rhizome·Imperta Rhizome·white grass·woolly grass·woolly grass; imperata rhizome; white grass |
| Japanese | hakubokon |
| Korean | baekmogeun |
Heat causing epistaxis, hemoptysis and hematuria; fresh juice is most effective
Heat with hematuria, even where significant Deficiency underlies it
Hesitating urination.
Damp-Heat jaundice
Deficiency edema; Damp-Heat with jaundice and edema
Qi Deficiency edema.
Warm febrile disease with irritability and thirst, used as a pair on its own or as the core of a small prescription; Stomach Heat with nausea and vomiting
Nausea and vomiting in warm febrile disease
Residual fever, thirst and dark urine late in a warm febrile disease; persistent fever from a warm pathogen; thirst, irritability and darkish urine from excessive summer Heat
Ying-stage Heat with fever, thirst, rashes and a scarlet tongue, by cooling the Blood, clearing toxicity and reducing blazing Heat; bleeding from Blood Heat; Heat damaging Yin; long-standing low-grade fever
Damp-Heat clumping to cause scanty painful urination with hematuria, by unblocking Lin, cooling the Blood and stopping bleeding; lower limb edema from accumulated water and Damp
Upper body bleeding such as epistaxis and hemoptysis, and lower body bleeding such as hematuria and Blood Lin
Backache with red blood cells persisting in the urine
Dysuria.
Lung Heat with asthma and wheezing
| Age | Raw | Granule | Tincture | Concentrate | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any 9-30g; Up to 60g if used alone or fresh; Tincture: 2-5ml | 9-30 g | — | 2-5 ml | — | — |