白茅根

báimáogēn

rhizome of satintail grasses (Imperata spp., an herb used in traditional Chinese medicine to arrest bleeding)

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 白茅 báimáo cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica), used as thatching material in China and Indonesia
2 根 gēn
  1. root
  2. basis
  3. classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
  4. radical (chemistry)

classifier: 條