"Every little thing is sent for something and in that thing there should be happiness and the power to make happy. Like the grasses showing tender faces to each other, this we should do."
- - Black Elk

Cyperus rotundusCyperus rotundus
(Xiang fu / Nutgrass)

PLANT NAME; Cyperus rotundus L.

COMMON NAMES: Xiang fu ("fragrant appendage") [China]; nutgrass [English]; bathakanda, korai, musta, mustaka, mutha mutha, matasola; tiririca [Amazonia]; co cu, huong phu [Vietnam]; heung fu [Cantonese]; hyangbu [Korea]; kobushi [Japan]; mandassi [Cameroon (C. articulatus)], chufa [Egypt (C. esculentus)]; piri-piri (C. corymbosus) [Amazonia]; junco [Panama].

FAMILY: Cyperaceae (sedge family).

TOXICITY: None noted.

CAUTIONS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS: Caution with constipation.

ENERGETIC CAUTIONS: Drying. Caution with Yin deficiency or Blood heat.
HABITAT: Where ever it wants, but often in moist soil with full sun.

NOTES 'N QUOTES
• Jeffrey C. Yuen calls Cyperus rotundus a "Hun" herb: One that is used for dealing with the past or future. It can be used when we are frustrated that things are not turning out the way we'd planned.
• Xiang fu is rated 8th amongst 250 possible antifertility plants in China [Duke 1985].

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