🌾Vietnamese Traditional Medicine
Imperata Root (Bach Mao Can)
Imperata cylindrica
About Imperata Root (Bach Mao Can)
Imperata Root (Bach Mao Can) (Imperata cylindrica) is a herb used in the Vietnamese Traditional Medicine tradition to help with Fever, UTI, Edema, and Kidney Support. The root is the part traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Imperata cylindrica (commonly known as cogon grass /koʊˈɡoʊn/, kunai grass /ˈkuːnaɪ/, blady grass, alang-alang, cotton wool grass, kura-kura) is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. Red cultivars of the species grown as ornamental plants are known as Japanese bloodgrass.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Root · internal