A magical food and medicine-- light bamboo leaves

Light bamboo leaves

It is the dry stem and leaf of light bamboo leaves of Gramineae. Mainly produced in Changzhu Basin: to all parts of South China. At the end of summer, the flowers are harvested before panicle, dried and cut into sections for raw use.

Sweet, light and cold. Return to the heart, stomach and small intestine meridians.

[efficacy] clearing heat and purging fire, eliminating annoyance and diuresis.

[application]

1. Febrile disease annoys thirst

This product is sweet and cold, the main heart meridian can clear heart fire to get rid of annoyance, enter the stomach meridian and release stomach fire to quench thirst. It can be used to treat fever, upset and thirsty, often with plaster, Reed root and other medicinal uses, or with Scutellaria baicalensis, Rhizoma Anemarrhenae, Radix Ophiopogonis and other medicinal uses, such as light bamboo leaf decoction ("Medical understanding").

2. stomachache, red urine and astringent pain caused by heat.

This kind of cold can clear and purge the heart and stomach, and sweet and light can seep wet and diuresis. With the treatment of heart, stomach fire, mouth and tongue sores and heat transfer of the small intestine hot and astringent pain, can be matched with talc, white thatch root, rushes and other medicinal uses.

[usage dosage] decoction, 6-9g.

[abstract of ancient books]

1. The Compendium of Materia Medica: "to annoy heat, facilitate urination, and clear the heart."

2, "herbal medicine preparation": "eliminating phlegm and relieving thirst, except for scorching fire, bright eyes, promoting urination, treating white turbidity, reducing fever, dispelling hemorrhoids."

[modern research]

1. Chemical composition

This product contains triterpenes, such as asparagin, dandelion, dandelion and steroids such as β-sitosterol, stigmasterol, rape oil sterol, dandelion sterol and so on.

2. Pharmacological action

1) Water extract of this product has antipyretic effect.

2) the diuretic effect of this product is weak, but the excretion of chloride in urine is strong.

3) its crude extract has anti-tumor effect.

4) its decoction has inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus and hemolytic streptococcus.

5) in addition, it has the effect of increasing blood sugar.

[editor's note]

Chinese traditional medicine has had the theory of "homology of medicine and food" (also known as "homology of medicine and food") since ancient times. This theory holds that many foods are both food and medicine, and food can prevent and cure diseases as well as drugs. Starting from today, Meiling Nutrition will introduce you to the ingredients of the same origin of medicine and food, so that you can have a better understanding of the ingredients and maintain health scientifically. In the next issue, we will introduce the Qingredian gunpowder food-duck metatarsal grass.