The medicinal value of bamboo

We all know that pandas love to eat bamboo, but do you know that bamboo is not only food for pandas, but also a medicinal material that has great effects on us . The whole body of bamboo is full of treasures, and every part of it is very helpful for us to treat diseases. Below is the medicinal value of bamboo that I brought to you, welcome to read.

Bamboo shoots

They are the new shoots of bamboo, a grass plant. According to different harvesting seasons, they are divided into winter bamboo shoots, spring bamboo shoots and whip bamboo shoots (picked in summer). Bamboo shoots are very nutritious, edible and have high medicinal value. It is slightly cold in nature and sweet in taste. It has the effects of replenishing qi and appetizing, clearing away heat and resolving phlegm, and clearing water channels. It is often used to treat diseases such as indigestion, lack of appetite, cough due to lung heat, and thirst. Sun Simiao, a famous doctor in the Tang Dynasty, wrote in his "Qianjin Prescription": "Bamboo shoots are sweet and non-toxic. They are good for quenching thirst, diluting water channels, replenishing qi and strength, and can be eaten for a long time." ?Modern pharmacological research shows that the dietary fiber contained in bamboo shoots can increase the storage capacity of intestinal water, soften feces for easy discharge, promote intestinal peristalsis, aid digestion, and facilitate defecation. At the same time, its detoxification function can also reduce the occurrence of gastrointestinal cancer and breast cancer.

Bamboo leaves

Also known as Bamboo leaves, they are the dried stems and leaves of the grass plant Bamboo leaves. They are cold in nature, sweet and light in taste, and enter the heart, lungs, gallbladder, and stomach meridians. They have It has the effect of clearing away heat and relieving irritability, promoting fluid production and diuresis, and is used to treat fever, polydipsia, epilepsy in children, cough and vomiting, red face, short red urine, chrysanthemum and tongue sores in the mouth. "Medicine of Medicines" contains: Bamboo leaves are fragrant, slightly bitter, cool and hot, and have a clear smell. ?It is mainly used to treat summer heat, quenching thirst, hot phlegm in the chest, typhoid fever, dyspnea, cough and shortness of breath. It is a good medicine. Modern pharmacological research shows that the flavonoids and coumarin lactones contained in bamboo leaves have good anti-free radical ability and antioxidant, anti-aging, anti-fatigue, lower blood lipids, prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, protect the liver, and expand Capillaries, clearing microcirculation, activating the brain, promoting memory, improving sleep, anti-cancer, beautifying skin, etc. Studies have also confirmed that bamboo leaves have inhibitory effects on Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. It is used to clear away the heart and diuresis, and has achieved good results in treating sores on the mouth and tongue, oliguria and red urine, hot stranguria and painful urination, as well as exogenous wind-heat caused by excessive heart fire.

Bamboo Ru

Also known as Bamboo Ru and Bamboo Bark, it is the middle layer scraped off the stem of the grass plant Bamboo after removing the outer skin, and forms a curled and twisted filament-like ball. It can be used raw as medicine, or you can mix ginger water and bamboo root thoroughly, put it in a pot and lightly stir-fry it to make ginger bamboo root. It is cool in nature, sweet and bitter in taste, enters the stomach and gallbladder meridian, has the effect of clearing away heat and resolving phlegm, relieving irritability and stopping vomiting. It is used to treat cough due to phlegm-heat, phlegm-bearing gallbladder fire, vomiting due to dysphoric heat, palpitation and insomnia, stroke with excessive phlegm, and strong tongue. Symptoms include silence, stomach heat and vomiting, pregnancy obstruction, and fetal movements. "Medicines of Medicine" contains: "Bamboo Ru, light can remove excess, cool can remove heat, bitter can reduce, specializes in clearing away heat and phlegm, and is a good product for calming the mind and relieving depression." Mainly used to treat gastric heat, choking and diaphragm, stomach deficiency and retching, hot hiccups and vomiting, phlegm-heat nausea, alcohol-induced vomiting, sour phlegm, palpitations, restlessness, and restless sleep. These are all symptoms of bile and stomach heat and phlegm. Does it work?

Bamboo Heart Roll

Also known as Bamboo Needle and Bamboo Heart, it is the young leaf of tender bamboo leaf that has been rolled up but not opened. It has the same nature, flavor and effect as bamboo leaves, and has the effect of purifying the heart. It has the effect of removing irritability, relieving heat and quenching thirst, but has strong fire-clearing power. It is mostly used for febrile diseases such as heart heat, depression, coma and other symptoms. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "(Bamboo Roll Heart) clears the heart and purges fire, detoxifies and relieves troubles, clears away heat and dampness, quenches thirst and promotes body fluids". Taking it instead of tea can cure recurrent aphtha and chronic prostatitis.

Bamboo yellow

Also known as Tianzhu yellow and bamboo paste, it is the wound that accumulates between the bamboo nodes of grass plants such as green bamboo after being bitten by parasitic bamboo wasps. Liquid, a lumpy substance formed by drying and condensation. There are very few people producing this product naturally. Most of them use the method of burning bamboo forest. After the bamboo is heated violently, the bamboo dripping solidifies between the nodes, and then it is cut out and dried. It is cold in nature and sweet in taste. It has the effects of clearing away heat, eliminating phlegm, cooling the heart and calming panic. It is often used to treat fever, coma, delirium, stroke, convulsions, convulsions, and epilepsy. "Compendium of Materia Medica" contains: "Tianzhu Huang, relieves phlegm and stimulates the orifices, and is also a medicine for calming convulsions and calming the nerves." Li Shizhen said that its smell and function are similar to those of bamboo juice. Secondly, bamboo drain has a fast nature, directly connects the meridians, and has the effect of cooling and slipping; bamboo yellow has a mild nature, clears the air and relieves heat, and has the wonderful effect of calming jitters and calming the nerves.

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There are also bamboo clothes (the inner membrane of the golden bamboo stem) and bamboo essence (the juice in the lumen of Hsinchu bamboo), etc., which are also used as medicine. Bamboo clothes cure larynx and cough, and bamboo essence cures sweat spots. It can be said that bamboo is a treasure all over the body and can be used as medicine to treat diseases. ;