mutha (nut grass)

folkloric properties:

· In the Philippines, used for dysentery.

· For indigestion and constipation, 2 to 6 gms of dried material in a standard cup of water, boil to concentration and drink.

· For skin diseases, wash the diseased portion with a warm decoction.

· For chest pains caused by deterred blood flow of blood and energy circulation: boil to decoction 4 to 9 gms of dried drug preparation together with 4 gms of Citrus (dalanghita, kahel, suha, kalamansi, etc.) and drink.

· Neurogenic gastralgia, abdominal distention, heaviness at the chest, acidic vomiting: 3 to 9 gms dried material in decoction.

·Irregular menstruation, painful menstruation: 3 to 9 gms dried material in decoction.

· Sprains and bruises, furuncle infections: Use pounded fresh material as poultice or cook the pulverized drug material in vinegar and apply as hot poultice.

- In various oriental traditional systems, rhizomes used for stomach and bowel disorders.

· In Ayurveda, used for leprosy, fever, dysentery, itching, and as anthelmintic. Also for memory loss, depression and epilepsy.

· In India, used for wound healing. Roots used medicinally as a diaphoretic, astringent, stimulant, tonic, diuretic and demulcent. Also used as vermifuge and emmenagogue.

· In China, tubers used as tonic, stimulant, and stomachic.

· Fresh tubers applied to breast as paste or warm plaster as a galactagogue.

· Dried tubers used for spreading ulcers.

· In Indo-China, used for women in childbirth and to infants for indigestion.

· In Cambodia, tubers used for liver complaints with icterus, for malaria, and headaches.

· In Java, used for urinary problems.

· In Unani, used for ulcers and sores, fevers, dyspepsia.

 

source: stuart xchange

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