What are the functions and effects of fresh Imperata root?

Herbs are an important part of traditional Chinese medicine and are also the main material for treating diseases. There are many types of herbs, among which Imperata root is a very unique herb that can be used to treat various diseases and bring many benefits to people's bodies. However, too few people know about Imperata root, which makes it less famous than other medicinal materials. Let’s take a look at the functions and effects of fresh Imperata root.

Cooling blood and stopping bleeding

Imperata root is sweet in taste, cold in nature, and good at cooling blood and stopping bleeding. It is mainly used for blood disorders caused by external evils such as wind, heat, and dryness invading the human body, evil heat damaging the blood vessels, forcing blood to flow abnormally, or long-term illness or fever.

Clears away heat and relieves stranguria

It is often caused by eating too much spicy, hot, fatty and sweet food, or drinking too much alcohol, which leads to damp heat, which flows into the bladder and causes bladder qi transformation disorder. It is also caused by uncleanness of the lower body, which allows dirty damp evil to invade the bladder, causing damp heat and resulting in stranguria. The main symptoms of hot stranguria are: short and frequent urination, burning and stinging pain, yellow and red urine, cramps and distension in the lower abdomen, or chills and heat, bitter taste in the mouth, nausea, pain in the waist and abdomen, etc. Using Imperata root has the effect of clearing heat and promoting diuresis.

Damp-heat urinary retention

One of the effects of Imperata Root is clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, so it can be used for excess heat syndrome with difficulty urinating due to heat evil.

Diuresis and jaundice

As dampness and heat invade the human body, the body fails to discharge its energy and the heat overflows into the skin, causing jaundice. Or it may be due to the evil of epidemic heat, which fumigates the liver and gallbladder, making it unable to release the heat, causing stagnant heat to fail to transform and resulting in jaundice. Symptoms include bright yellow body and eyes like oranges, fatigue, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, abdominal distension, abdominal and flank pain, and yellow urine like strong tea. The application of Imperata root can clear away dampness and heat, promote diuresis, and reduce jaundice.

Dispel wind, diuretic

Wind-water edema is caused by external invasion of wind-heat evil, which lodges in the lungs. The lungs fail to descend and the water channels are blocked, resulting in wind blocking the water. The wind and water fight each other and overflow into the skin, causing edema. Its symptoms are: swollen eyelids, followed by swelling of the limbs and the whole body, with rapid onset, soreness and heaviness in the joints, difficulty urinating, or chills, fever, sore throat, yellow tongue coating, and rapid pulse. Use Imperata root to clear away wind-heat, promote diuresis and reduce swelling.

Clear lungs and relieve cough

The evil of fire and heat burns the lungs, injuring body fluids, blocking the airways, and making it impossible for the lungs to descend. Symptoms include: cough with rough breathing, thick yellow phlegm, dry nasopharynx, red face and lips, thirst, and constipation. Imperata root can clear away heat evil in the lungs, purify the metal energy, and stop coughing.