Reed

(Imperatae Cylindrica [L.] Beauv.)

Tribe: Poaceae (Gramineae)

Simplisia Name: Imperatae Rhizoma (reed rhizome).





Description

Weeds grow wild in the forests, fields, lawns, and the road to dry areas that receive sunlight. Plants are easy to be a lot of this can be found at 1-2700 m altitude above sea level. Imperata cylindrica grows upright with a height 30-180 cm, and with solid trunked sections of hair rarely. ribbon-shaped leaves, erect, pointed, flat edge, rough-haired and rarely. Color green leaves, 12-80 cm long and 5-18 cm wide. Interest of long-grain composite with grain stalks 6-30 cm. A grain length of about 3 mm, white, somewhat furl, and easy on the flying wind. In one there are two grain stalks piled. Which is located above a perfect flower, while the under is a barren flower. At the base of the ears are long, smooth hair and a white solid. Roots rigid, with sections and spreads. The young shoots are edible and beneficial for children.



The nature and Benefits

Sense of roots sweet reed, is cool. Sign meridian lung, stomach, bladder and womb. This Simplisia potent tonic, relief of fever, Facilitate urine (diuretic), cooling blood to stop the hemorrhage (hemostatik), eliminates thirst. Facilitate nutritious young shoots of urine (diuretic).



Chemical Ingredients

Roots and stems contain weeds mannitol, glucose, saccharose, malic acid, citric acid, coixol, arundoin, cylindrene, cylindol A, graminone B, imperanene, stigmasterol, campesterol, β-sitosterol, fernenol, arborinone, arborinol, isoarborinol, simiarenol , anemonin, and tannins.



Part used

The root (rhizome). Young shoots and flowers can also be used for treatment.





How to Use

For the drug in a drink, boiled roots dry reeds 15-30 g, when using a fresh, 30-60 g amount, interest 5-10 mg, and the young shoots of 5-10 g. Roots can also be ground and squeezed the water, or dry powder to be milled. For external use, grain following flowers and stems finely ground in the brush on the wound or in the nose to close to stop the bleeding.