百子櫃THE HUNDRED DRAWERS

Imperata / lalang grass rhizome

茅根

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The white underground rhizome of lalang or cogon grass, jointed like miniature bamboo, sold fresh in bundles or dried. Naturally and distinctly sweet, it is the partner of sugar cane in the classic cooling drink and lends soups a light, watery sweetness.

TCM properties

Nature · cold　Flavour · sweet　Meridians · lung、stomach、bladder

Traditional food therapy

Cantonese tradition boils it with sugar cane into the classic cooling drink, crediting it with clearing heat, promoting water and cooling the blood in hot, dry weather.

Cautions — read first

Take care if your spleen and stomach run cold
Not during your period, and not for pregnant women
People who are frail should not drink it every day

Preparation

Wash fresh 茅根 and cut it into lengths. Soak and rinse the dried kind, then tie it into a bundle.

Origin

中國南方各省廣布

Availability in Australia

Herbal shops / specialists

Pairs well with

Bamboo sugarcane (thin green cane)Corn / maize (with corn silk)Water chestnut

Soups that use this ingredient · 1

Sugar cane, imperata (cogon grass) root, water chestnut and carrot soupNot yet surveyed (we say so honestly)

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clears heatcools internal firerelieves drynessSummerAll year

街市Bamboo sugarcane (thin green cane)· 300 g百子櫃Imperata / lalang grass rhizome· 1 bunch fresh 茅根街市Water chestnut· 10街市Carrot· 2街市Corn / maize (with corn silk)· 2街市Pork bones (femur / blade)· 500 g

“Heaty? Then this is the pot.”