Bai Mao Gen (Imperata cylindrica) — Dried Cogongrass Root for Herbal Tea & Soup

Bai Mao Gen (Imperata cylindrica), known in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) as Bái Máo Gēn (白茅根) and also called Cogongrass Root or Lalang Root, is the dried root of a gentle food-herb traditionally prized as a cooling, fluid-promoting botanical. Its nature is sweet and cold, making it a mild yet refreshing herb used to clear heat, cool the blood, and support healthy fluid balance. This food-herb ingredient is a classic choice for daily herbal teas and slow-simmered soups.

Key Selling Points

• Traditional heat-clearing food herb
• Dried Bai Mao Gen root
• Imperata cylindrica
• Suitable for tea, soup, and congee
• New-crop, clean quality

Quality & Sensory

Each batch is carefully dried to preserve its pale straw-to-ivory color, fibrous texture, and mild grassy aroma. When simmered, the roots soften and release a gentle, subtly sweet flavor with a clean, refreshing finish, adding a light body to teas and broths without overpowering other ingredients.

Technical Specifications

Usage Scenarios

• Chinese-style soup and broth
• Herbal tea blends
• Congee and grain porridge
• Seasonal cooling drinks
• Soup-pack ingredient

Traditional Uses

In folk herbal practice, Bai Mao Gen is decocted into soups, congee, and gentle cooling tonics to support daily balance during warm seasons. It is a common ingredient in summer soup packs, where it pairs with ingredients like lotus leaf, mung bean, and imperata root. As a tea, it is brewed alone or blended with chrysanthemum and honeysuckle for a light, mildly sweet infusion.

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