Pharmaceutical Name:

Saccus Bambusae in Taeniam

Botanical Name:

Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis Stapf.
Bambusa tuldoides Munro
Sinocalamus breecheyanus (Munro) McClure var. pubescens P. F. Li

Common Name:

Bamboo juice

Source of Earliest Record:

Mingyi Bielu

Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations:

The bamboo juice is collected after the green bamboo has been burned.

Properties and Taste:

Sweet and cold

Meridians:

Lung and stomach

Functions:

To clear heat and resolve phlegm

Indications and Combinations:

1.      Phlegm-heat cough manifested as cough with thick, yellow sputum and chest pain.
*Use with Loquat leaf (Pipaye) and Trichosanthes fruit (Gualou).

2.      Windstroke due to heart misted by phlegm, epilepsy or manic psychosis.
*Use with Ginger juice (Jiangzhi).

Dosage:

30-50 g

Cautions:

This herb is contraindicated for cough caused by cold and in cases with diarrhea caused by spleen deficiency.