Blood-Cooling Hemostatics
Mao Xiang (Rhizoma Hierochloes Odoratae)
Name
Mao Xiang (Rhizoma Hierochloes Odoratae))
Sources
The drug is the dried rhizome and whole herb of Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. (family Gramineae), growing on shady hill-slopes or wet grass-fields, distributed in Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Gansu, Shanxi, Shandong of China.
The Effect of Mao Xiang
Property
Sweet, cold.
Actions
It is used to cool blood and stop bleeding, clear away heat and induce diuresis; for the treatment of hematemesis, hematuria, edema due to nephritis, stranguria of heat type.
Dosage and Administrations
Decoct 30~60 g.
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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