Bamboo
shavings (ZHU
RU)
Pharmaceutical Name:
Caulis Bambusae In Taeniis
Botanical
Name:
Bambusa tuldoides Munro, Sinocalamus beecheyanus (Munro) McClure
var. pubescens P. F. Li, or Phyllostachys nigra (Lodd.) Munro
var. henonis (Mitf.) Stapf ex Rendle (Fam. Poaceae)
Common Name:
Bamboo shavings
Part Used:
Dried
middle shavings of stem
Caulis
Bambusae In Taeniis is produced mainly in southern China. It is collected in
all seasons, used fresh or after being dried in sunlight, or used stirbaked with
ginger juice.
Properties Taste
& Meridians:
Sweet
in flavor, slightly cold in property, acts on the Lung, Stomach,
and Gallbladder channels.
Functions:
Resolves
Phlegm Heat, relieves restlessness, and stops vomiting.
Indications & Combinations:
1. For cough with thick, yellow sputum due to
Lung Heat and for restlessness due to accumulation of Phlegm Heat in the Heart.
For cough due to Lung Heat, it is used
with Radix Scutellariae (Huang Qin) and Fructus Trichosanthis (Gua Lou). For stuffiness in the chest, copious sputum, and insomnia due to
restlessness, it is used with Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae (Chen Pi),
Sclerotium Poriae Cocos (Fu Ling), Rhizoma Pinelliae (Ban Xia), and Fructus Aurantii
Immaturus (Zhi Shi) in the “Warm the Gallbladder Decoction” (Wen Dan Tang).
2. For vomiting due to Stomach Heat, it is used with Rhizoma Coptidis (Huang Lian). For
vomiting due to Stomach Heat accompanied with Stomach Deficiency, it can be used with Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae (Chen
Pi), Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens (Sheng Jiang), and Radix Ginseng (Ren Shen) in “The
Pericarpium Citri Rericulatae and Caulis Bambusae in Taeniis Decoction” (Ju Pi
Zhu Ru Tang).
Dosage
and administration:
6–10 g, decocted in water for an oral dose.
Precautions:
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