What are the medicinal values ​​of Imperata cylindrica

Everyone should be more familiar with Imperata root. In fact, Imperata root is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine. The effects and functions of Imperata root are very wide. Imperata root can not only be used for medicinal purposes, but more often we use Imperata root to make delicious and healthy medicinal food. How to use Imperata root to make medicinal food for health care? What are the effects and functions of Imperata root? What are the medicinal values ​​of Imperata root? I think everyone is not particularly clear about it, so let me explain it to you below.

The effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine Imperata root include clearing away heat and detoxifying, it can also stop bleeding, and it has the effect of treating acute inflammation. Acute nephritis and hepatitis can be treated by eating Imperata root. Imperata root has antibacterial properties.

The rhizome of Imperata cylindrica is long cylindrical, 2 to 4 mm in diameter. The surface is yellowish white or light yellow with longitudinal wrinkles, obvious nodes, and internodes 1 to 3 cm long. It is light, tough, with a fibrous broken surface, yellow-white in color, and often with radial cracks, and sometimes a small hole can be seen in the center. Slight odor, slightly sweet taste. The best ones are thicker, whiter and sweeter.

Additional information on Imperata Root: Depending on the processing methods, it can be divided into Imperata Root and Imperata Root Charcoal. After processing, store in a dry container in a cool and dry place.

Imperata root is suitable for people who have weak spleen and stomach, and those who urinate frequently without feeling thirsty.

Imperata root therapeutic effects: Imperata root tastes sweet and is cold in nature; it enters the heart, lung, stomach, and bladder meridians; it enters the blood slowly, descends and has a lifting effect

It has the effects of cooling blood and stopping bleeding, clearing away heat and promoting body fluid, and promoting diuresis and relieving stranguria.

It is mainly used to treat blood heat, vomiting blood, nosebleed, hematuria, metrorrhagia, purpura, thirst due to fever, vomiting due to stomach heat, cough and wheezing due to lung heat, dribbling and painful urination, edema, and jaundice.

In the dry and hot summer, give yourself a glass of iced sugarcane, water chestnut and sedge root water to wash away the heat and replenish the lost water.

Material

1 kg sugar cane, 300 g water chestnut, 250 g Imperata root, 200 g carrot, 75 g crystal sugar, 3 liters water

practice

1. Wash and peel the sugarcane, and chop it into 5 cm long segments. Wash the water chestnuts, peel them, and cut them in half. Wash and peel the carrots and cut into 3 cm long segments. Wash and peel the Imperata root, and cut into 5 cm long segments.

2. Take a large soup pot and thoroughly wash away the odor with dishwashing detergent. Add water, sugarcane, water chestnuts, carrots and Imperata root into the pot, cover it, bring to a boil over medium heat, then turn to medium-low heat and cook for 2 hours. Add rock sugar, continue cooking for 30 minutes, then turn off the heat. After the soup has cooled, filter out the solids with a colander, pour the syrup into a container, cover it, and put it in the refrigerator to cool before drinking.

Through what has been said above, I believe everyone is already very clear about what Imperata root is, and can also understand the efficacy and function of Imperata root. In daily life, we should be good at utilizing the efficacy of Imperata root, and make delicious medicinal food according to the above-mentioned eating methods. In fact, what I want to remind everyone is that there are really many foods with certain pharmacological value in our lives. We might as well learn more about them in our daily lives. I hope what I said can help you.