Benefits of Imperata cylindrica

Back to Nature - Imperata cylindrica (L) is a type of wild grass that grows in a barren and arid. This plant consists of roots and leaves are sharp on the sides of the leaves. but this plant has benefits in use as a medicine to cure several diseases.

The content in Imperata cylindrica (L): 

Roots: metabolites that have been found at the root of Imperata cylindrica (L) consists of arundoin, fernenol, isoarborinol, silindrin, simiarenol, kampesterol, stigmasterol, ß-sitosterol, scopoletin, skopolin, p-hidroksibenzaladehida, catechol, chlorogenic acid, isoklorogenat acids, acid p-kumarat, neoklorogenat acid, acetic acid, oxalic acid, d-malic acid, citric acid, potassium (0.75% of dry weight), large amounts of calcium and 5-hydroxytryptamine. From the results of other studies on root and leaf flavonoid derivatives found 5 types of derivative 3 ', 4' ,7-trihydroxy flavone, 2 ', 3'-dihydroxy kalkon and 6-hydroxy flavanols. A derived class of flavonoids that may include flavones, flavonols substituted in the 3-0h, flavanon or isoflavones present in the soluble fraction in the ethylacetate extract the root of Imperata cylindrica (L). In the fraction of water-soluble extract of the roots of Imperata cylindrica (L) is found flavone class of compounds without free OH group, flavone, flavonol substituted at the 3-0h, flavanon, or isoflavones.

Efficacy of Imperata cylindrica (L)

Savor the weeds are: Parts used for medical drugs are the roots. In fact, its roots can be used to lower the temperature, launched urine, stop bleeding, and as a remedy for bleeding at the nose, spitting blood, gonorrhea, hepatitis, kidney infections. The study found that reeds contain mannitol, glucose, malic acid, citric acid, coixol, arundoin, silindrin, fernerol, simiarenol, anemonin, esin, alkali, saponins, taninin, and polyphenols.

Traditional Recipes of Imperata cylindrica (L)

As peluruh urine: 49 pieces dried rhizome, cut into pieces and then coupled with 2 cups of water and boiled until the volume of water to 1 cup, filtered, then taken 2 times a day.

Fever due to urinate bloody: a spoon full of reed rhizome, boil with a few pieces of pliers kwe (half-ripe fruit flesh beligu made ​​candied dried) in two cups of water until half. This drink 2 glasses of water a day. Urine will be normal and the body temperature down.