Bai Mao Gen
| Bai Mao Gen in TCM:Explore the properties of Bai Mao Gen according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: imperata, lalang grass rhizome, Wooly grass
rz.
Pharmaceutical Name: Rhizoma Imperatae
Properties: sweet, cold
Temperature: cold
Channels: LU, ST, SI, UB
Flavors: sweet
Special Properties:
circulates blood, clears heat, stops bleeding
Actions / Indications:
- Cools blood; stops bleeding (epistaxis and hemoptysis;
also blood in urine and hematemesis)
- Clears heat; promotes urination (hot lin, bloody
lin, dysuria, edema, jaundice, in modern use for nephritis)
- Clears heat from LU and ST (nausea and thirst due
to ST heat; coughing, wheezing due to LU heat)
Special Notes:
- Bai Mao Gen is a diuretic, be careful when prescribing it with other
diuretic drugs.
- A decoction of 18g Zhi Zi with 120g fresh
Bai Mao Gen given after meals or before bed time was effective in stopping
epistaxis
Contraindications:
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