Indian cogon (Imperata indica)

印度白茅yìn dù bái máoYindubaimao

Imperata indica · Plant

Imperata, standing in for Imperata indica
This photo shows Imperata, not Imperata indica: Wikidata knows no taxon by that name. Photo: Sphl, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Limited safety data; potentially has effects similar to I. cylindrica; caution with kidney disorders; avoid during pregnancy.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Indian cogon for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Heat SyndromeHemorrhage SyndromeSwelling Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Indian cogon does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit DiureticBenefit Respiratory

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Imperata indica and the indication, and how many of those are indexed as studies in people. A record names the two together; it does not show that one treats the other, and most are laboratory or animal work.

  • Benefit Diuretic0 records
  • Benefit Respiratory0 records
  • Heat Syndrome0 records
  • Hemorrhage Syndrome0 records
  • Swelling Syndrome0 records