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Pin Yin: bai mao gen-
Common name: woolly grass
Botanical family: Graminae
Botanical name: Imperata cylindrica (L.) P. Beauv. var. major (Nees) C.E. Hubb.
Primary action: Stop Bleeding
Secondary actions:
Drain Fire
Temperature: cold
Taste: sweet
Entering Channel: Lu, St, SI, UB
Actions:
Cools Blood and stops bleeding; used for blood in urine, coughing or vomiting of blood, nosebleed.
Drains Fire and promotes urination; used for Hot Painful urination with edema and difficult urination.
Clears Heat from Stomach and Lungs.
(See
Blood Heat;
Damp Heat of Bladder;
Lung Repletion Heat;
Stomach Heat (Stomach Fire Blazing)
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Dosage:
3-10 qian; up to 20 qian if used alone.
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