Bamboo Juice (Zhuli)
| Pharmaceutical Name: | Saccus Bambusae in Taeniam |
| Botanical Name: | Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis Stapf. Bambusa tuldoides Munro Sinocalamus breecheyanus (Munro) McClure var. pubescens P. F. Li |
| Common Name: | Bamboo juice |
| Source of Earliest Record: | Mingyi Bielu |
| art Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: | The bamboo juice is collected after the green bamboo has been burned. |
| Properties and Taste: | Sweet and cold |
| Meridian: | Lung and stomach |
| Functions: | To clear heat and resolve phlegm |
| Indications and Combinations: | 1. Phlegm-heat cough manifested as cough with thick, yellow sputum and chest pain. *Use with Loquat leaf (Pipaye) and Trichosanthes fruit (Gualou). 2. Windstroke due to heart misted by phlegm, epilepsy or manic psychosis. *Use with Ginger juice (Jiangzhi). |
| Dosage: | 30-50 g |
| Cautions: | This herb is contraindicated for cough caused by cold and in cases with diarrhea caused by spleen deficiency. |