What is the medicinal value of bamboo yellow

Bamboo yellow is a medicinal material in traditional Chinese medicine. It is something we are not very familiar with in normal times. It generally grows on bamboo poles and can be seen mainly in bamboo forests that are about to decay. It is white at first, then slowly turns pink, and the surface will change from being flat to cracked. Now we mainly use the following introduction to understand the medicinal value of bamboo yellow. I hope it will be helpful to my friends.

The efficacy and function of bamboo yellow

Clears away heat and resolves phlegm, cools the heart and calms the nerves. It is used to treat coma and delirium caused by fever, aphasia caused by stroke and phlegm, convulsions and epilepsy in children.

1. "Shu Materia Medica": "It can cause drug poisoning and fever."

2. "Rihuazi Bencao": "It can treat stroke, phlegm congestion, sudden loss of voice, children's foreign body and epilepsy."

3. Kaibao Materia Medica: "It can treat convulsions in children, soothe the heart and improve eyesight, remove wind and heat, heal wounds and stop bleeding, and nourish the five internal organs."

4. "Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "It cools the heart and removes wind and heat."

5. "Yuchu Yaojie": "clears away heat and detoxifies."

The medicinal value of bamboo

Dispel wind and dampness, promote blood circulation and relax meridians, and relieve cough. Used for rheumatic pain, numbness of limbs, whooping cough in children, and excessive leucorrhea. It is said that it can also cure stomach problems.

1. To treat acute convulsions in children: 1 qian each of Indigo and Light Powder, 5 qian of Morning Glory Powder, and 2 qian of Rhizoma Indiana. Grind the above ingredients into powder, make into pills with white flour paste, as big as red beans, take 20 pills at a time, and drink with mint soup. (Lijing Pills from "Children's Medicine Prescriptions")

2. To treat persistent nosebleed: 1 fen each of Rhizoma Cibotii and Rhizoma Chuanxiong, 0.5 liang of Radix Stephaniae. Grind the above three ingredients into powder. Take one spoonful each time, with freshly drawn water. For lung damage and vomiting blood, use two spoonfuls of medicine and one spoonful of raw flour, mix with water and take after meals. (Tianzhu Huangsan from Shengji Zonglu)

3. Rheumatism, numbness of limbs: soak 60g of bamboo shoots in 250ml of white wine for 24 hours and take it once a night, about 50ml, or apply it externally with medicated wine.

4. Whooping cough in children: 6-9 grams of bamboo shoots, decocted in water and taken orally.

5. To treat stomach pain: 1 liang of bamboo shoots and 1 jin of liquor, soak for 3 to 5 days. Take twice a day, one small wine glass each time.

Through the above introduction, we now understand the medicinal value of bamboo yellow. Bamboo yellow can be used to make wine, but pregnant women and friends with high blood pressure should not take it in normal times. Also, do not drink it at the same time as radish and spicy and sour foods, as reactions will occur.