Cogongrass rhizome has the effect of hemostasis and clearing heat, and can also have a good therapeutic effect on urinary difficulty and jaundice symptoms. Cogongrass rhizome, also known as imperata rhizome, diguan, and langen, is a relatively common rhizome plant. It belongs to hemostatic drugs and is a kind of cold and sweet drug. In addition, cogongrass rhizome also has the effect of clearing lung and relieving cough, treating lung heat, asthma, and nausea. It also has a good effect in the clinical treatment of acute nephritis. 1. Hemostasis. Cogongrass rhizome is a cold drug that can stop bleeding. It is especially used for external evils such as wind, heat, and dryness invading the human body, causing heat damage to the meridians, forcing blood to flow randomly, or blood disorders caused by chronic or febrile diseases. 2. Clearing heat and diuresis. There are many manifestations of heat diuresis, some people may experience symptoms of bitter taste, cold and heat in the mouth, while others may experience burning pain in the urine, yellow urine color. Using cogongrass rhizome can have a good effect of clearing heat and diuresis. 3. Diuretic and jaundice relief. If jaundice or skin yellowing occurs, with bright color, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain symptoms, accompanied by urine yellow as strong tea, cogongrass rhizome can be taken to achieve a good relieving effect. 4. Lung clearing and cough relief. For cases of cough, shortness of breath, and sticky yellow sputum accompanied by constipation, taking cogongrass rhizome can clear the heat evil in the lungs, making the lung qi clear and cough stop naturally. 5. Stomach heat and vomiting. Frequent vomiting, especially after eating, accompanied by dry mouth, thirst, and red tongue with yellow fur can also be relieved by taking cogongrass rhizome. It can clear stomach heat, and vomiting stops when the heat is cleared.
