{"id":1610,"date":"2013-03-08T23:31:45","date_gmt":"2013-03-08T23:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=1610"},"modified":"2013-03-18T04:26:19","modified_gmt":"2013-03-18T04:26:19","slug":"cyperus-cyperus-rotundus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=1610","title":{"rendered":"Cyperus ~ Cyperus rotundus"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Cyperus<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em>Latin name<\/em>: Cyperus rotundus<\/p>\n<p><em>Family<\/em>: Cyperaceae<\/p>\n<p><em>Part used<\/em>: rhizome<\/p>\n<p><em>Habitat<\/em>: throughout world<\/p>\n<p><em>Main constituents<\/em>: cyperine<\/p>\n<p><em>Energetics<\/em>: pungent, bitter, astringent, sl. sweet<\/p>\n<p><em>Main herbal actions<\/em>: carminative, stimulating, alterative, anti-inflammatory, diuretic, hypotensive<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor herbal actions<\/em>: external: emmenagogue, antihelmintic, antispasmodic, diaphoretic, vermifuge, demulcent, galactagogue<\/p>\n<p><em>Main medicinal uses<\/em>: depression, irregular mood swings, dysmenorrhea, PMS emotionality, menstrual pain, pre-menstrual congestion of blood and water, chronic diarrhea, malabsorption<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor medicinal uses<\/em>: palpitations, gastrointestinal yeast and candida, parasites, sluggish liver, indigestion, dysentery, loss of appetite, chronic fevers, gastritis, poor memory<\/p>\n<p><em>Preparations<\/em>: pwd: 6-12 g qd; decoction: 1 tsp\/cup water tid<\/p>\n<p><em>Contraindications<\/em>: none known<\/p>\n<p><em>Toxicity<\/em>: none known<\/p>\n<p><em>Sources<\/em>: http:\/\/www.planetherbs.com\/articles\/emotions.html; http:\/\/www.herbies-herbs.com\/pages\/Ayuravedicherbsuses.html; http:\/\/www.himalayahealthcare.com\/herbfinder\/h_cyperus.htm; http:\/\/www.tcmbasics.com\/materiamedica\/rhizoma_cyperi.htm; http:\/\/www.medicineatyourfeet.com\/cyperusrotundus.html<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cyperus Latin name: Cyperus rotundus Family: Cyperaceae Part used: rhizome Habitat: throughout world Main constituents: cyperine Energetics: pungent, bitter, astringent, sl. sweet Main herbal actions: carminative, stimulating, alterative, anti-inflammatory, diuretic, hypotensive Minor herbal actions: external: emmenagogue, antihelmintic, antispasmodic, diaphoretic, vermifuge, demulcent, galactagogue Main medicinal uses: depression, irregular mood swings, dysmenorrhea, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,69,34,70,195,39,72,3,33,95,41,97,36,109,75,324,32,64,119,78,120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alterative","category-anthelmintic","category-anti-inflammatory","category-antispasmodic","category-astringent-energetics-taste","category-bitter","category-carminative","category-chinese-herbs","category-demulcent","category-diaphoretic","category-diuretic","category-emmenagogue","category-energetics-taste","category-galactagogue","category-hypotensive","category-module-2","category-properties","category-pungent","category-stimulant","category-sweet","category-vermifuge","column","threecol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1610"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1721,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1610\/revisions\/1721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}