Sweet Grass (Hierochloe odorata)

Title: Sweet Grass (Hierochloe odorata) 30g, Horst

English Description:

Sweet Grass (Hierochloe odorata), a 30g package by Horst, is traditionally used for a wide range of applications. Known for its potential to stimulate appetite and improve digestion, it’s often recommended for gastrointestinal issues such as colitis, enterocolitis, gastritis, and peptic ulcers. Traditional uses also include addressing high fever, tuberculosis, nervous anorexia, dry skin, cracked skin, and brittle hair.

This versatile herb may help restore skin and hair pigmentation, improve metabolism, normalize nervous system function, stabilize breathing, blood pressure, and heart rhythm. It’s also believed to enhance muscle tone, strengthen teeth, bones, and blood vessels, inhibit blood clotting, and promote the drainage and resolution of abscesses. Furthermore, it may increase sweating during viral illnesses, making it a potentially valuable addition to supportive care. Some consider it among the best remedies for pneumonia.

Sweet grass exhibits a range of potential properties including bactericidal, bacteriostatic, anti-tuberculosis, antipyretic, haemostatic, analgesic, antispasmodic, sedative, diaphoretic, galactagogue, emollient, hypotensive, tonic, hormonal, anti-leucodermic, antioxidant, vitamin P, and antitumor effects.

External applications

include treating poorly healing wounds, trophic ulcers, and fungal skin diseases (as compresses or dressings), as a hair tonic, and for stomatitis, gingivitis, and bad breath (as a mouthwash).

Traditional Preparation and Usage:

Infusion: 1 tbsp of crushed herb to 1 cup boiling water. Steep in a covered container for 30 minutes, then strain. Take 1-2 tbsp 3-4 times daily, 10-15 minutes before meals.
Decoction: 20g of crushed herb to 0.5 liters of water. Bring to a boil, then simmer gently under a lid for 10 minutes. Steep for another 20 minutes, then strain. Drink 50-60ml 3 times daily, 30 minutes before meals.
Tincture (Method 1): 30g dried herb to 0.5 liters of vodka. Steep in a dark place for 20-25 days, shaking periodically. Strain and take 25-30 drops 3 times daily, 30 minutes before meals, with water.
Tincture (Method 2): Mix dried, crushed herb with 40% alcohol or vodka at a ratio of 1:5. Steep for 2 weeks, stirring daily. Take 30-40 drops in a spoonful of water 30 minutes before meals. A course of treatment is 15-20 days.
Tincture (for colitis and anorexia): 50g dried, crushed herb to 0.5 liters of vodka. Steep for 8-10 days in a dark place, then strain. Take 2-3 times daily, 30-40 drops, 30 minutes before meals, diluted or followed by filtered water.

Contraindications:

Pregnancy, breastfeeding, childhood, depression, insomnia, neuroses, and any acute gastrointestinal diseases. May cause headaches if overdosed. Do not combine with products containing coumarin and cinnamon oil (may cause digestive problems and affect the pancreas). This product is not a medicine.

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