Cyperus, Cyperus rotundus, Xiang Fu 香附

Nutsedge, Nutgrass
Xiang Fu (TCM)
Musta, Mustaka, Motha (Skt)
Nagarmotha, Saad-e-Kufi (Unani)
Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563
Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578
Sibthrop & Smith, Flora Graeca, 1806

Cyperus rotundus (Adam, 2017)

Botanical name:
Cyperus rotundus
Two types were known, Long and Round:
  1. Round or English Cyperus: root is brown, full of little knots, grey within; sharp taste but almost without smell when taken from the
    ground. Grows along the banks of rivers with triangular stalks.
  2. Long or Wild Galangal: knotty root, brown colored, grey within, pleasant scent when dried

Parts used:
Root

Temperature & Taste:
Warm, dry. Pungent, slightly Bitter and Sweet.

Classifications:
2A APERIENT.    2C INCIDERS.    2H. CARMINATIVE.    2I. ANTISPASMODIC.    2S. STRENGTHENING
3E. DIURETIC.    3G. EMMENAGOGUE.    3H. LACTAGOGUE.    3M. ARTHRITIC
4e. STOMACHIC.    4g. HEPATIC.    4k. ARTHRITIC

Uses:
1. Moves Qi, Opens Obstructions of the Liver:
-emotions, stress
-hypochondriac distention and pain, chest and abdominal fullness

2. Moves the Qi, Benefits the Stomach:
-Indigestion, Poor Appetite
-Stomach and Abdominal Pain and distention

3. Move the Qi, Regulates Menstruation:
-Amenorrhea, Dysmenorrhea, Irregular Menstruation

4. Clears Wind-Damp, Promotes Urine:
-beginning of Edema
-Strangury, Dysuria, Bladder Ulcers

5. Externally:
-plaster is applied to the breast as a galactogogue.
-powder is applied to moist Ulcers.
-topically for Mouth Ulcers
-chewed for bad Breath
-boiled in oil and applied over the Bladder to promote Urine


Main Combinations:
1. Amenorrhea, Dysmenorrhea:
i. Cyperus rotundus with  ... available in PRO version
ii. Cyperus rotundus with  ... available in PRO version
iii. Cyperus rotundus with  ... available in PRO version
2. Irregular Menstruation, Cyperus rotundus with  ... available in PRO version
3. Gastritis, Cyperus rotundus with  ... available in PRO version
4. Obesity, Cyperus rotundus with  ... available in PRO version
5. Fever, Cyperus rotundus with  ... available in PRO version
6. Liver Coldness, Cyperus rotundus with  ... available in PRO version
7. Dysentery and Diarrhea, Cyperus rotundus  ... available in PRO version
8. Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Urinary Tract Infections, Cyperus rotundus with  ... available in PRO version
9. Infertility, Cyperus rotundus with  ... available in PRO version
10. Morning Sickness, Cyperus rotundus with  ... available in PRO version
11. To promote Breast Milk, Cyperus rotundus ... available in PRO version
12. Incontinence:
i. Cyperus rotundus with  ... available in PRO version
ii. Cyperus rotundus with  ... available in PRO version
13. Loss of Memory:
i. Cyperus rotundus with  ... available in PRO version
ii. Cyperus rotundus with  ... available in PRO version

Major Formulas:
Emmenagogue Decoction (Riverius)
Syrup of Mugwort (Augustana)
Powder to Warm and Bind the Belly
Letificans Electuary of Filius Zacharia

Chai Hu Shu Gan San
Ge Xia Zhu Yu Tang
Su He Xiang Wan


Cautions:
Generally Safe.
Not use in marked weakness, marked Yin deficiency or strong Heat.

Main Preparations used: