White cogon root (Imperata cylindrica)
白茅根bái máo gēnBaimaogen
Imperata cylindrica · Plant
3
Indications
3
With studies in people
Cautions
May increase urination; caution with kidney disorders; may lower blood sugar; avoid with diabetes medications.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists White cogon root for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Heat SyndromeHemorrhage SyndromeSwelling Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says White cogon root 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 cylindrica 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 Diuretic3 records, 1 in people
- Benefit Respiratory4 records, 3 in people
- Heat Syndrome3 records, 2 in people
- Hemorrhage Syndrome0 records
- Swelling Syndrome0 records