Bamboo Shavings (Zhu Ru)

Bamboo Shavings (Zhu Ru)

Pharmaceutical Name: Caulis bambusae in taenis
Botanical Name: Phyliostachys nigra var. Henonis Stapf
Common Name:Bamboo shavings
Source of Earliest Record: Mingyi Bielu
art 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 and Taste: Sweet and slightly cold
Meridian: Lung, stomach and gall bladder
Functions: To clear heat and resolve phlegm
To relieve irritability and stop vomiting
Indications and Combinations: 1.     Cough due to heat in the lungs manifested as cough with yellow think sputum.
*Use with Scutellaria root (Huang qin) and Trichosanthes fruit (Gua lou).

2. Mind disturbed by phlegm-heat manifested as irritability, insomnia, palpitations, stifling sensation in the chest and cough with yellow sputum.
*Use with Immature bitter orange (Zhi shi), Tangerine peel (Chen pi) and Poria (Fu ling) in the formula Wendan Tang.

3.    Nausea and vomiting caused by heat in the stomach.
*Use with Coptis root (Huang lian), Tangerine peel (Chen pi), Pinellia tuber (Ban xia) and Fresh ginger (Sheng jiang).
Dosage: 6-10 g