The efficacy and function of bamboo palm

Recently, major TV channels have launched various health programs, and food programs have also introduced special health-preserving dietary therapy methods. All aspects show that the concept of health preservation is gradually deepening in people's understanding. Next, we will introduce a health-preserving medicinal material, bamboo palm.

【English name】 palm

[Other names] Tendon bamboo, palm tree, Mei San

[Source] Medicinal material source: The leaves of the palm plant bamboo.

[Original form] Brown bamboo, a clumping shrub, 2-3m high. The stem is cylindrical, noded, 2-3 cm in diameter, and covered with brown, reticulated, coarsely fibrous leaf sheaths on the upper part. Leaves are alternate; petioles are 8-20cm long, initially covered with chaff-like hairs, slightly flattened, and elliptical in cross section; leaves are deeply palmately lobed, with 4-10 lobes, unequal, with 2-5 ribs, united at the base 1-4cm, 20-30cm long or longer, 1.5-5cm wide, broadly linear or linear-elliptical, broad at the apex, with irregular teeth, small brown sharp teeth on the edges and veins, and numerous and obvious transverse veins. Fleshy inflorescence, up to 30cm long, much branched, spathes tubular, 2-3 pieces, borne on the peduncle and inflorescence axis, membranous, densely covered with brown curly hairs. The flowers are dioecious, with male flowers being smaller, calyx 1.5mm long, with ovate lobes; corolla lobes being ovate, thick, and 1mm long; stamens 6; female flowers being larger, ovoid-spherical. The berries are spherical, 8-10mm in diameter. The seeds are spherical, with the embryo located near the base opposite the seed ridge. Flowering period is June-July.

[Habitat distribution] Distributed from southeast to southwest my country.

[Cultivation] Biological characteristics: It likes warm and humid climate and well-ventilated environment, is shade-tolerant and not cold-tolerant. It is advisable to choose moist, well-drained, humus-rich acidic soil for cultivation.

[Chemical composition] The leaves contain saponaretin (also known as isovitexin), methylprotodioscin, methylproto-pb, and methylprotorhapissapo-nin.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet; astringent; neutral

[Entry] Enters the liver and kidney meridians

【Functions and indications】Astringent and hemostatic. Mainly used for epistaxis, hemoptysis, hematemesis, and excessive postpartum bleeding

[Usage and Dosage] For oral administration: grind calcined charcoal into powder and take with water, 3-6g.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": The fibrous roots of the thick brown bamboo are used for bone setting.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above is a brief introduction to bamboo palm. Through this we can understand that bamboo palm contains a variety of nutrients, which are very effective in treating and preventing some diseases. In daily life, everyone can eat it under the guidance of relevant people.