Hierochloe odorata (L.) P. Beauv. |
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Botanical Name |
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Hierochloe odorata (L.) P. Beauv. |
English
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Common northern sweetgrass, Sweetgrass, Holy grass, buffalo grass, Vanilla grass, Manna grass, Seneca grass, Mary's grass, Zebrovka, or Bison grass |
Synonym(s) |
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Hierochloe borealis (Schrad.)Roem.&Schult., Holcus odoratus L., Torresia odorata (L.) Hitchc. |
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Poaceae |
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General Info
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A hardy, rhizomatous perennial grass, growing to a height of 60 cm. Leaves: sterile shoots 10 - 30 cm long. Stems hollow, erect, 20 - 60 cm tall. Rhizomes slender and creeping, forming dense mat with the roots beneath the soil surface. Flower - an open pyramidal panicle about 10 cm long, with slender branches. Spikelets: three-flowered. Fruit: a caryopsis. |
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Analgesic, anorectic, fumitory and hemostatic (plant) |
Pharmacology
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A tea made from the leaves is used in the treatment of fevers, coughs, sore throats, chafing and venereal infections. It is also used to stop vaginal bleeding and to expel afterbirth. The stems can be soaked in water and used to treat windburn and chapping and as an eyewash. |
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 James A Duke and Maryl Fulton. Handbook of Medicinal Herbs - 2nd Edition, P: 713, CRC Press July 2002.
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