What are the functions and effects of Imperata root?

In fact, Imperata root is widely used because it can be used to treat vomiting blood, hematuria, edema, jaundice, difficulty urinating and other diseases. It also has a good antibacterial effect, so Imperata root is widely used in clinical practice.

Indications: Cooling blood and stopping bleeding, clearing away heat and detoxifying. Used for vomiting blood, hematuria, stranguria due to heat, edema, jaundice, difficulty urinating, thirst due to fever, vomiting due to stomach heat, and cough. For internal use, decoct 10-15g (double the amount if fresh), mash into juice or grind into powder. Those with weak constitution should use appropriate dosage. It has the effects of cooling blood, stopping bleeding, clearing away heat and promoting diuresis. It is effective in treating fever, thirst, vomiting blood, epistaxis, lung heat and rapid wheezing, stomach heat and hiccups, gonorrhea, difficulty urinating, edema, jaundice, etc.

1. Imperata root has a hemostatic effect: Imperata root powder can significantly shorten the recalcification time of rabbit plasma. Imperata root is used clinically to treat epistaxis.

2. Imperata root has antibacterial effect: Imperata root has obvious inhibitory effect on Shigella flexneri and Shigella sonnei.

3. Imperata root has a good effect on acute nephritis: after taking Imperata root, the urine volume usually increases significantly within 1 to 5 days, and the edema gradually disappears, and hypertension and urine test changes also gradually improve and return to normal.

4. The therapeutic effect of Imperata root on acute infectious hepatitis: After taking Imperata root, hepatosplenomegaly will be reduced, alanine aminotransferase will return to normal in 80% of patients after 45 days, and the jaundice index will also decrease significantly.

5. Imperata root also has a certain therapeutic effect on the treatment of hypertension, and it can also treat upper gastrointestinal bleeding.