The efficacy and function of bamboo shoots

Bamboo shoots are a kind of traditional Chinese medicine. There are records of bamboo shoots in ancient Chinese medical books. Bamboo shoots can treat many diseases and have very comprehensive effects. We should make good use of it.

[Source] It is the seedling of the Poaceae plant Bambusa truncatula .

[Original form] Bamboo shoots (Tang Materia Medica), also known as: Guizhu (Bencao Tujing).

【Habitat distribution】Grows in mountains or plains. Distributed in Taiwan.

【Chemical composition】 Contains pentosan, lignin, hemicellulose, rhamnose, mannose, galactose and a large amount of arabinose.

【Nature and flavor】 "Compendium of Materia Medica": "sweet, cold."

【Function and indication】 Wang Ying's "Food Materia Medica": "It can treat children's smallpox rash. Cook it into porridge and eat it. It can detoxify and has the meaning of occurrence."

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

In the above article, we analyzed bamboo shoots and learned that their functions and effects are very extensive. As long as we know more about the medicinal properties of traditional Chinese medicine, we will not panic when we encounter diseases.