Steinmetz:Agropyron

Agropyron (Agropyrum) repens

Also known as (or relevant to) Agropyron (Agropyrum) repens Triticum repens Family Gramineae English Names Couch-Grass Natural Habitat North- and Central Europe (including Great Britain) North and South America Australia Northern Asia South Africa Part(s) Used Rhizoma Graminis = Rhizoma Tritici repentis

Constituent(s) sugar mannite inosit triticin graminin albumen vitamins A and B mucilage potash salts laevulose essential oil silicic acid Action demulcent emollient depurative diuretic aperient sudorific nutritive refreshing. The rootstock is used internally in orthodox medicine as a demulcent drink for irritable bladder and in cystitis This grass is one of the causes of Hay Fever