- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Gramineae
- English Names
- 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
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- 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
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