The efficacy and function of the hairy fruit pearl grass

Hairy-fruited Pearl Grass is a traditional Chinese medicinal material. This type of medicine can cover many aspects of disease treatment, so before choosing Hairy-fruited Pearl Grass, you must have a good understanding of it. Let us introduce it in detail below.

【English Name】 all-grass of Hairyfruit Razorsedge

[Other names] Three-sided front, corner grass, chicken knife, three-year-old grass

[Source] Medicinal material source: Imperata cyperus rotundus, a plant of the Cyperaceae family.

[Original form] Hairy-fruited Pearl Grass, perennial herb, 70-120cm tall. The creeping rhizome is thick, woody, and covered with purple-black scales. Culms sparse or scattered, robust, triangular, 3-5mm in diameter, pubescent. The leaves are linear, 7-10mm wide, with green sheaths in the middle of the culm, 1-3mm wide, and slightly pubescent. The leaves are linear, 7-10mm wide, with green sheaths in the middle of the culm and wings 1-3mm wide. The panicle is terminal or lateral, about 30cm long; the axis of the inflorescence is slightly pubescent; the bracts are leaf-like, nearly as long as the inflorescence; the bracteoles are bristle-like; the spikelets are unisexual, solitary, about 3mm long, the male spikelets are oblong-ovate, with oblique truncation at the apex; the female spikelets are located at the base of the branches, narrowly ovate-lanceolate; the scales are oblong-ovate, broadly ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 2-3mm long, with short rusty stripes, ciliated edges, and awned or short-pointed at the apex; there are 3 stamens, the anthers are linear, and the protruding part of the connective is 1/3-1/2 the length of the anther; there are 3 stigmas. The nutlet is nearly spherical, with a slightly short tip, about 2nm in diameter, white, with inconspicuous transverse ripples on the surface, and slightly covered with small hard hairs; the inferior disc is slightly narrower than the nutlet, light yellow, and deeply fissured in 3, with the lobes nearly lanceolate and obtuse at the apex. Flowering and fruiting period is from July to December.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: grows under forests, beside ditches, and in mountain grass.

[Cultivation] Biological characteristics: It prefers warm climate and humid environment and is not cold-resistant. It is advisable to choose sandy loam with deep, loose and well-drained soil for cultivation.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; pungent; neutral

【Meridian】 Stomach meridian

【Functions and indications】Detoxification and swelling reduction; helps digestion and soothes the stomach. Mainly poisonous snake bites; simple indigestion in children

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 3-9g. For external use: take appropriate amount and mash it for application.

【Note】 Pregnant women should not take this medicine.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": It tastes pungent and bitter, and is neutral in nature. It has the effect of reducing swelling and detoxifying. Used for snake bites and simple indigestion in children.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above is an introduction to some relevant knowledge about Glechoma longituba. Do you have a better understanding of it? I hope everyone can apply the hairy-fruited pearl grass in life to serve our health.