The efficacy and function of bamboo grass

As for bamboo grass, I think some people may have heard of it or even taken it. It doesn’t matter if you haven’t heard of it. Next, I will introduce bamboo grass to you.

[Other names] Bamboo joint vegetable, green butterfly, green eyebrow, bamboo flower, Japanese green grass (Compendium of Materia Medica for Famine Relief), bamboo vegetable, Commelina communis (Record of Medicinal Herbs in Lingnan).

[Source] It is the whole herb of the plant bamboo tendon grass of the Commelinaceae family. Harvest in June and July and sun-dried.

[Original morphology] Perennial spreading herb. The stem is weak, creeping on the ground, with roots at the nodes, or semi-climbing. The leaves are lanceolate or ovate, 3 to 7 cm long and 1 to 1.5 cm wide, with short or acuminate tips, bald or covered with soft hairs; the sheaths often have small red spots and eyelashes at the sheath mouth. The spathe is petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, folded, 1.5-2.5 cm long, with a short or acuminate tip, a rounded or cordate base, bald or hairy, with longitudinal lines, unclear transverse lines, and a petiole of 1-3 cm long; there are 2 cymes in 1 bract, the lower one has 1-3 flowers, not fruiting, and the upper one has 1-2 flowers, fruiting; 3 sepals; 3 petals, blue or 1 pale white on the outside; 3 developed stamens, 3 reduced stamens; 3-chambered ovary, 2 of which contain 2 ovules, and the dorsal chamber contains 1 ovule. Capsule. The seeds are black with reticulated patterns and deep pits. Flowering period: summer and autumn.

[Habitat distribution] Grown in shady and humid places. It is distributed in most parts of the country.

【Nature and flavor】 "Essentials of Herbal Medicines": "light taste, cold nature."

【Functions and indications】 ①《Shengcao Xing Bei Yao》: "It treats leucorrhea, eliminates heat and toxins, and promotes urination."

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

[Source] From "Essentials of the Nature of Raw Herbs"

The utilization rate of bamboo grass in traditional Chinese medicine is still very high, and it can be used to treat a variety of diseases. We should eat bamboo grass only after fully understanding its effects and functions. I hope everyone doesn’t eat carelessly.