1. Aliases
Bamboo Skin, Green Bamboo Ru, Light Bamboo Ru, Bamboo Erqing, Qingzi Bamboo.2. Plant morphology
Green stem bamboo: evergreen tree like. The stems are clustered and slightly curved at the top, covered with white powder when young. The culm sheath and sheath sheath are both covered with felt hairs. The culm sheath is long and shorter than the internodes, and is deciduous. The back of the sheath is hairless. The sheath ear is prominent. The sheath leaves form a narrow triangular shape. Branches are clustered, and the main branch is thicker and longer. Twigs with 3-4 leaves, leaves narrowly lanceolate, hairless above, densely pubescent below. Each branch of the flower has a single or clustered false spikelet, which is nearly cylindrical and slightly flattened, with a pointed tip and a light green color. The spikelet has 5-8 small flowers. Big headed Dianzhu: evergreen tree shaped. There is a slight zigzag bending between nodes, with the top drooping. The nodes are densely covered with brown black felt hairs; The sheath is large, almost leathery when young, with dark brown prickly hairs on the back, and hard papery when old; The sheath ear is extremely small. The edge of the sheath tongue is serrated. The sheath leaves are small and ovate lanceolate. Branches clustered, main branches thick and long, and small branches with 7-10 leaves; The leaves are rectangular and lanceolate, with small prickly hairs on top. Each branch of the flower has a single or clustered false spikelet, which is rectangular and lanceolate in shape, yellow green, and turns into a withered grass color when dried. Contains 6-10 flowers.
3. Origin distribution
Mostly found in flat or hilly areas, it is a common cultivated bamboo species. Distributed in southern regions such as Guangdong and Guangxi.
4. Harvesting and processing
Harvest all year round, take fresh stems, remove the outer skin, scrape the slightly green middle layer into thin strips or slices, bundle them into bundles, and dry them in the shade. The former is called "Scattered Bamboo Ru", while the latter is called "Qi Bamboo Ru".
5. Characteristics of medicinal herbs
Curled into clusters, irregularly filamentous or elongated thin flakes. The width and thickness vary, with light green or yellow green. The body is relaxed, the texture is flexible, and there is elasticity. Qi is subtle, yet ignorant and indifferent.
6. Nature, taste, and meridian tropism
Slightly cold, sweet taste. Return to the stomach meridian, gallbladder meridian, and spleen meridian.
7. Effect and function
Clearing heat and resolving phlegm, removing annoyance and stopping vomiting. A clearing heat phlegm medicine belonging to the sub category of phlegm resolving, cough relieving, and asthma relieving drugs.
8. Clinical applications
Dosage: 4.5-9 grams, taken by decoction or ointment. Used to treat phlegm heat cough, gallbladder fire carrying phlegm, restlessness and vomiting, palpitations and insomnia, stroke and phlegm confusion, strong tongue, stomach heat and vomiting, pregnancy obstruction, and fetal restlessness.
9. Pharmacological research
Inhibition of cAMP phosphodiesterase activity, antibacterial.
10. Chemical composition
Contains polysaccharides, amino acids, phenolic substances, resins, flavonoids, terephthalic acid -2 '- hydroxyethyl methyl ester, coniferol, 2,5-dimethoxy-p-p-benzoquinone, p-hydroxybenzaldehyde, syringal, p-coumaric acid, ferulic acid, and vanillic acid.
11. Taboos for use
Patients with cold phlegm, cough and asthma, stomach cold and nausea, and spleen deficiency and diarrhea are prohibited from taking.
12. Compatibility prescription
① To treat lung heat, phlegm, and cough: 9g each of Zhuru, loquat leaves, and almonds, 4.5g each of Huangqin, and 12g each of Sangbai. Jianfu. (Anhui Chinese Herbal Medicine)
② Treatment for pertussis: 9g bamboo fungus, 100g honey. Boil bamboo mushrooms in water, add honey, and then bring to a boil. Take one dose daily and three doses in a row. (Hubei Journal of Chinese Herbal Medicine)
③ Treating fluid between the gums and causing continuous bleeding: 60g of raw bamboo. Boil with vinegar. (Qian Jin Yao Fang)
④ Treating urinary bleeding: A large piece of bamboo fungus. Boiled in water. (The Effective Prescriptions of World Medical Doctors)
The content of the article is for clinical reference only. Non professionals in traditional Chinese medicine are not allowed to try medication.
