Hindi Name: DOOB, DURBA, RAMGHAS
English Name: CONCH GRASS, CREEPING DOG’S TOOTH GRASS, DEVIL'S GRASS
Latin Name : CYNODON DACTYLON
PROPERTIES
1. It's sweet, tasty, and works as an astringent.
2. It's cool and helps cure vomiting, burning sensation, diarrhea, cough, and bleeding diathesis.
3. It's cold and can dissolve iron.
4. It’s light, bitter, and cures acidity, thirst, blood disorders, dermatoses, and fever.
USES
1. Mouth problems: Give decoction of doob grass for gargles. It cures boils in the mouth.
2. Vomiting: Give juice of doob grass to drink.
3. Give doob grass with water in which the rice is rinsed. It cures vomiting due to pitta.
4. Diarrhea: Give fresh juice of doob grass. It has binding properties and is beneficial in curing diarrhea.
5. Urinary problems: Grind doob grass with milk and strain the solution, and take it. It helps in burning urination.
6. Eczema & Itching: Grind the doob grass with turmeric and apply the paste. It cures eczema and itching of the skin.
