Cyperus rotundus L.
Family: Cyperaceae
Sanskrit: Mustaka, Varida
Assamese: Mutha, Somad Koophee, Keyabon
Bengali Mutha, Musta
English: Nut Grass
Gujarati: Moth, Nagarmoth
Hindi: मोथा Motha, Nagarmotha, बड़ा नागर मोथा Bara-nagar-motha, कोरेही झाड़ Korehi-jhar
Kannada: Konnari Gadde
Malayalam: Muthanga, Kari Mustan
Manipuri: শেম্বঙ কৌথুম Shembang kouthum
Marati: Moth, Nagarmoth, Motha, Bimbal, बारीक मोथा Barik motha
Oriya: mutha
Punjabi: Mutha, Motha
Tamil: Korai, Korai-Kizhangu
Telugu: Tunga mustalu
Urdu: Sad Kufi, habu-ul-zillam, nagarmotha
Rhizome and stolon having a number of wiry roots, stolon 10-20 cm long having a number of rhizomes, crowded together on the stolons, rhizomes bluntly conical and vary in size and thickness, crowned with the remains of stem and leaves forming a scaly covering, dark brown or black externally, creamish-yellow internally; odour, pleasant.
Ayurvedic uses: Agnimandya. Ajerna, Trishna, Jvara, Sangrahani, Svasa, Kasa, Mutrakruchhra, Vamana, Stanyavikara, Sutikaroga, Atisara, Amavata, Krimiroga. (API)
Antiinflammatory, antipyretic, analgesic [Medicinal Plants]
Taken daily, nutgrass is a tonic for the liver and heart, a digestion stimulant, and an aid against hypertension. It is extremely useful in cases of blocked or infrequent menstruation, menstrual cramps, and PMS. In the Thai tradition, it is used to treat fevers, especially those that occur during menstruation. It is also commonly used to treat diarrhea, dysentery, stomach or intestinal cramps, irritable bowel, gastritis, indigestion, flatulence, colds, flu, and congestion. [A COMPENDIUM OF TRADITIONAL THAI HERBAL MEDICINE]
Cyperus rotundus, nut-grass, roots are used in Ayurvedic medicine as an infusion or as a soup for fever, diarrhea, dysentery, dyspepsia, vomiting, and cholera. Fresh tubers are applied on the breast in the form of paste or plaster as galactagogue. Paste is applied to scorpion stings and when dried, to spreading ulcers. In Greco-Arab and Islamic medicine, the root is a diuretic, emmenagogue, diaphoretic, anthelmintic [Greco-Arab and Islamic Herbal Medicine]
The tubers are useful in the treatment of irregular menstruation, gastralgia, dyspepsia, diarrhoea and vomiting.[ETHNOMEDICINAL PLANTS OF NORTH GUJARAT PART-I]
Cyperus rotundus has been used as an herbal remedy for pain, cancer, and for high blood pressure. An essential oil from this plant has shown -in vitro antibacterial effects against Gram positive organisms; vulnerary, and useful for ulcers and sores, fevers, and dyspepsia. [Herbal Pharmacology in the People’s Republic of China]
Carminative, astringent, anti-inflammatory, antirheumatic, hepatoprotective, diuretic, antipyretic, analgesic, hypotensive, emmenagogue and nervine tonic. Used for intestinal problems, indigestion, sprue, diarrhoea, dysentery, vomiting and fever; also as a hypocholesterolaemic drug and in obesity. [Indian Medicinal Plants An Illustrated Dictionary]
Dried entire plant, infusion: for all types of fever, anti-inflammatory agent; anti-emetic, astringent, analgesic, antitussive, and for indigestion Rhizome: aphrodisiac, astringent, nutritive tonic, for the treatment of dysmenorrhoea and menstrual irregularities. Entire plant: antipyretic, antifungal, antibacterial, hypotensive, antioxidant, antihyperglyce mic, antiinflammatory. free radical scavenging, and α-amylase inhibitory activity Tuber essential oil: antibacterial, antimutagenic activity [Medicinal flora of Argentina]
Hypochondriac pain and distension, dysmenorrhoea, liver protection, emmenagogue [MEDICINAL PLANTS IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA]
The essential oil from the tubers shows oestrogenic activity. Fractionation of the oil produces an active hydrocarbon, cyperene I, which has a slightly less potent oestrogenic action than the oil and which also has an antispasmodic action on the uterus [Medicinal plants in tropical West Africa]
Whole plant: Infusion in water for upset stomach.[Medicinal Plants of the Guianas Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana)]
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