Botanical Name: Elymus Repens and Agropyrum Repens
Couch grass is a grass that is also known to be an invasive garden weed. The roots and leaves are often used for medicinal purposes. Couch grass roots have been ingested by mouth for constipation, cough, bladder swelling (inflammation), fever, high blood pressure, and/or kidney stones…it is also been used to help reduce water retention.
Cough Grass Mother Tincture, Uses and Properties
The mother tincture obtained from the rhizome of cough grass is diuretic and antibiotic due to its content in essential oils, saponins, flavonoids, mucilages, minerals such as iron and potassium, agropyrene, considered a broad-spectrum antibiotic and antimycotic substance, and triticine, which contributes to confer a diuretic action. Therefore, given these characteristics, cough grass is suitable to be used in case of water retention and edema, cellulite, inflammation of the urinary tract and kidney stones.
Couch Grass Mother Tincture, What Science Says
These applications do not derive only from traditionn but are also scientifically confirmed. In fact, based on a study published by a medical team of the Arezzo Hospital, Italy, it emerged that the intake of potassium citrate and extracts of couch grass was more powerful to reduce the number and size of stones of the urinary tract in people compared to the intake of potassium citrate alone. In addition to this, extracts of couch grass have been found to help counteract the adhesion to the bladder walls of Escherichia coli bacteria responsible for urinary tract infection. Moreover, in case of sensitive bladder and urinary tract infections, the intake of 50 drops of couch grass tincture three times a day for 12 days was able to attenuate up to 91% of the symptoms reported before treatment.
Couch Grass Tincture, Where to Find it and Cautions
You can find the mother tincture of couch grass in herbal medicine, specialized shops and online. The dose is 40 drops 3 times a day, and, as reported in the literature no side effects are reported at these doses. However, it is good to avoid prolonged treatments due to the diuretic effect that could cause low potassium levels in the blood. Not only that, the couch grass is also hypocholesterolemic and hypoglycemic, thus reducing cholesterol and blood sugar levels, so if you are being treated for diabetes or high cholesterol always ask your doctor for advice.
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