Bamboo Juice (Zhuli)

Bamboo Juice (Zhuli)

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
art Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: The bamboo juice is collected after the green bamboo has been burned.
Properties and Taste: Sweet and cold
Meridian: 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.