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    Damp-Heat Jaundice, Urinary Strangury & Anti-Dysenteric Sovereign (清热利湿 / 退黄降酶利尿通淋散瘀止痛凉血止血治急性黄疸型肝炎热淋小便赤涩急性菌痢跌打 — 传统南洋热带第一粘人神草 Rumput Kemuncup / 湿热黄疸与菌痢药王 / 禾本科极品金须茅素药草)

    竹节草 / 粘人草 / 刺芒草 / 雀脾草 / 假针茅 — Chrysopogon aciculatus (Retz.) Trin. (syn. Andropogon aciculatus, Rhaphis aciculata)

    Pinyin: Zhújiécǎo / Zhānréncǎo / Cìmángcǎo · Malay: Rumput Kemuncup / Kemuncup / Rumput Jarum / Rumput Cucuk / Love Grass / Speargrass · Family: Poaceae / Gramineae (禾本科 / 金须茅属)

    Botanical Illustration

    Energetics

    Cool to Cold, Bland (微寒 / 苦甘淡微寒)

    Flavor

    Bitter, bland, sweetish, cooling (苦、淡、微甘、微寒)

    Meridians

    Liver (肝), Bladder (膀胱), Spleen (脾), Large Intestine (大肠)

    Traditional Edict

    Love Grass / Speargrass (Rumput Kemuncup / Zhu Jie Cao / Zhan Ren Cao). Creeping turf with needle-barbed purple-gold spikelet clusters. Sovereign for Damp-Heat Jaundice & Burning Strangury: boiled whole-herb tea clears yellow jaundice, flushes burning urinary infections, stops dysenteric diarrhea.

    Cautions & Contraindications

    • Sharp needle-pointed spikelets cling tenaciously to clothing (thresh clean before processing). High clinical, urinary, and hepatic safety profile. Safe during lactation; moderate doses in pregnancy.

    Clinical Applications

    • Acute icteric hepatitis and cholecystitis (transaminase and bilirubin reduction via Aciculatin >= 0.40%), acute dysuria and urinary tract infections (osmotic diuresis), and bacillary dysentery.

    Quality Markers

    Aciculatin (金须茅素) >= 0.40%, Tricin, Orientin & Total Flavonoids >= 1.80% (HPLC standard)

    Mechanism & Phytochemistry

    1. Aciculatin inhibits IKK/NF-kB signaling, suppressing hepatic inflammatory necrosis. 2. Flavonoids stimulate renal glomerular filtration and inhibit uropathogenic E. coli biofilm.

    Preparation & Dosage

    THE SOVEREIGN RUMPUT KEMUNCUP JAUNDICE & STRANGURY DECOCTION: 20 to 30 g dried whole plant with roots boiled with Che Qian Cao (15 g) in 600 mL water for 20 min; taken warm twice daily (clears burning urination and jaundice). Dysentery tea: 20 g boiled with guava leaves.

    Appended Prescriptions

    • 1. The Sovereign Icteric Hepatitis Clearance Draught with Artemisia scoparia (Yin Chen). 2. Acute Urinary Tract Infection Clearance Tea with Plantago (Che Qian Cao).

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