🔥 Chrysopogon zizanioides

Traditional Herbs from Chrysopogon zizanioides

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• Boil 60 g of roots in 2 glasses of water until it boils and the water is reduced by half.
• Drink 2 times a day, in the morning and evening.

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• Gather enough vetiver roots.
• Pound it until it becomes a paste.
• Put it on the sore spot.

What is Chrysopogon zizanioides Looks like??

Parts of Chrysopogon zizanioides that could be used

• Root

Chrysopogon zizanioides Distribution

A type of grass originating from India and known to many people for a long time as a source of fragrance. The dried roots are traditionally known as a perfume for storing clothes or important items, such as batik and keris. This fragrant aroma comes from the essential oils produced in the roots.
Agroecology of Chrysopogon zizanioides
Vetiver fragrant roots grow well at an altitude of around 300-2,000 m above sea level and produce well at an altitude of 600-1,500 m above sea level. Its growth requires soil conditions with soil acidity (pH) of around 6-7, rainfall of around 140 days/year, temperature of around 17-27 °C. Vetiver likes direct sunlight. It generally grows in sandy soil (andosol) or volcanic ash soil on hill slopes.
Morphology of Chrysopogon zizanioides

• Deep fibrous roots.
• Leaves are linear, flat, stiff, 30-75 cm long, 4-10 mm wide, the lower surface of the leaves is smooth.
• Terminal panicle flowers (compound bunches), 15- 40 cm, composed of 6-10 whorls, each bunch reaches 10 cm in length. The segments formed between the bunches\u00a0with the flower stalks are thread-shaped, but at the apex they are visible thickened.

Cultivation of Chrysopogon zizanioides
Vegetative propagation, namely breaking up clumps consisting of one or several shoots.

Chrysopogon zizanioides, more details :

Chemical Content of Chrysopogon zizanioides
Vetivone, khumisol, cadanena, cedrena, β-humulene, sesquiterpenones (benzoic acid, vetiverol, furfurol, α and β-vetivon, vetiven and vetivenil vetivenat), alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins, phenols, terpenoids, saponins.
Benefits of Chrysopogon zizanioides
Carminative, stimulant, diaphoretic, treats rheumatism, gout and aches, swelling, fever, eliminates bad breath, dandruff and lice, treats wounds, prevents kidney stones.
Simplisia of Chrysopogon zizanioides
Information not yet available.

Another Facts for Chrysopogon zizanioides :

Synonym of Chrysopogon zizanioides
Agrostis verticillata Lam.� , Anatherum muricatum (Retz.) P.Beauv., Andropogon muricatus Retz.�
Habitus of Chrysopogon zizanioides
Herb. Annual herb, grows to a height of 1-1.5 m
Habitat of Chrysopogon zizanioides

• Wetland
• Land