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Bamboo shavings (Zhuru)
Pharmaceutical Name : Caulis bambusae in
taenis
Botanical Name: Phyliostachys nigra var.
henonis Stapf
Common Name: Bamboo shavings
Source of Earliest Record: Mingyi Bielu
Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical
Preparations: After the outside green skin
has been removed, shavings are taken from
the outer part of the bamboo. This can be
done all year round.
Properties & Taste: Sweet and slightly
cold
Meridians: Lung, stomach and gall bladder
Functions:
1. To clear heat and resolve phlegm;
2. To relieve irritability and stop vomiting
Indications & Combinations:
1. Cough due to heat in the lungs manifested
as cough with yellow thick sputum. Bamboo
shavings (Zhuru) is used with Scutellaria
root (Huangqin) and Trichosanthes fruit (Gualou).
2. Mind disturbed by phlegm-heat manifested
as irritability, insomnia, palpitations, stifling
sensation in the chest and cough with yellow
sputum. Bamboo shavings (Zhuru) is used with
Immature bitter orange (Zhishi), Tangerine
peel (Chenpi) and Poria (Fuling) in the formula
Wendan Tang.
3. Nausea and vomiting caused by heat in
the stomach. Bamboo shavings (Zhuru) is used
with Coptis root (Huanglian), Tangerine peel
(Chenpi), Pinellia tuber (Banxia) and Fresh
ginger (Shengjiang).
Dosage: 6-10 g |
