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Cynodon dactylon, Bermuda Grass

Dog's Tooth Grass, Dog's Tooth Couch Grass
Durva (Ayurveda)

Arugampallu (Siddha)
Duub, Doob (Unani)
Dur Wa  དཱུར་ཝ  (Tibetan)

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Cynodon dactylon
J. Sibthrop, J.E. Smith, Flora Graeca, vol. 1 (1806)

Botanical name:
Cynodon dactylon (syn. Panicum dactylon)

Parts used:
Herb (whole plant); Root

Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Sweet, Bitter

Uses:
1. Clears Heat and Damp, Promotes Urine:

-Cystitis, Difficult or Burning Urine, Edema (Ayurveda, Dioscorides)
-Nephritis
-Diarrhea
-Stones (Dioscorides)

2. Clears Heat, Stops Bleeding:
-Nosebleeding (as a snuff)
-Blood in the Urine
-Menorrhagia, Metrorrhagia
-applied to stop bleeding Wounds

3. Externally:
-Scabies, skin diseases
-beaten and applied to fresh Wounds (Dioscorides)
-applied to stop bleeding Wounds
-Eye diseases with redness and pain


Dose:
Herb in Decoction: 10–30 grams
Of the Juice of the Whole Plant: 10–20mls

Substitute:
1. Couch Grass
2. Carex arenaria


Main Combinations:
1. Fresh herb is cooked with Fish or Prawns for Kidney diseases and Edema. (Myanmar)

Major Formulas:

Cautions:
None noted

Main Preparations used:

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