PARAGIS OR GOOSE GRASS (ELEUSINE INDICA) IS PACKED WITH HEALTH BENEFITS THAT YOU CAN TRY
By: Ryan Deuz J. Luzande,PGDE,MAED,LPT
17th of August, 2020 at 7:45pm
This is an abundant weed that you wanted to get rid off from your front or back yard, since it can really increase in number,.most specially during rainy season, and will turn your place into a jungle. My cousin Marilyn Ang told me about its healing effects for her cheat pain ha long been gone after taking a capsulated form of this grass. I tried it using a decoction of leaves and flowers and it helps me to get rid of excess water from my body, but it naturally lowers down my blood pressure due to frequent urination. If you are always on the go, I recommend the use of tea bags or capsules.Well that explains why cow, goats, and carabao enjoyed eating the young plant since it is beneficial fort them.
Crab grass (Eleusine indica) is from family Graminaceae just like wheat, barley, rice, and maize. It is an annual, erect, tufted, adventitious, glabrous grass, and can grow up to 1 meter in height. Leaves are 10 to 30 centimeters lenght, sometimes involute when dry, 3 to 7 millimeters wide, distichous, rather flaccid, with flattened sheaths. Spikes are 3 to 6, all in a terminal whorl, or one or two lower down, 2.5 to 10 centimeters long, 3 to 5 millimeters thick. Spikelets are very numerous, crowded, 3- to 5-flowered, 3 to 4 millimeters long, the first glume 1-nerved and small, the second, 3-nerved, and the third and succeeding ones ovate, acute.
The geographical origin of craw foot grass is uncertain but it is considered to be native to Africa and temperate and tropical Asia, which can be found in wastelands and growing abundantly on the roadside, by the river banks, and even in settlements. Now it is distributed almost throughout the tropical world and extends significantly into the sub-tropics, especially in North America, Europe and Africa.
The health benefits of wire grass include the following:
1. It possess anti-cancer and antioxidant activities that aid the prevention of the growth of cancer cells in the body. It effectively eliminates myoma and ovarian cyst upon regularl consumption.
2. It is good fro kidney issues since it can act as a natural diuretic that reduces the amount of water in the body. It eliminates toxins and other agents through urine which helps to keep away kidney issues.
3. It is effective in lowering blood glucose levels and very helpful for hypertension, thus making it healthy for the heart too. It can also lower down temperature when you have fever.
4. It is effective for wound healing and arthritis if topically applied on the affected area of the body. Mix this plant and scraped coconut till it becomes hot and bandage it on the area with pain. It is used in wounds to stop bleeding.
5. It is also effective against parasites due to its strong laxative effect, it eliminates worms and parasites from stomach such as hog Ascaris lumbricoides.
It is used for weaving matts and suitable for making paper. Roots and seeds are edible and can be made into flour, treated as famine food in Africa. Young shoots could be added to soups and omelets.
Propagation, just transplant it or sow the seeds into your barren lawn and it will grow by itself with enough water.