Bamboo Culm
| Synonym | |
| Latin name | Bambusae Caulis |
| Botanical source: Family name | Gramineae |
| Botanical source: Plant name | - Bambusa textilis McClure (IPNI:392542-1) - Bambusa pervariabilis McClure (IPNI:392460-1) - Bambusa beecheyana Munro (IPNI:392260-1) - Bambusa tuldoides Munro (IPNI:392553-1) - Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis Rendle (IPNI:77189090-1) - Phyllostachys bambusoides Siebold et Zuccarini (IPNI:415985-1) |
| Part used | Culm |
| Empirical criteria for quality selection | Unknown |
| Constituents | Polysaccharides: Cellulose Triterpenoids: Phyllostachys nigra Munro var. henonis Stafp: epi-Friedelanol, Friedelin, Glutinol, Glutinone P. bambusoides: Friedelin, Lupenone, Lupeol,Taraxerol Lignin: Other: Pentosan |
| Pharmacological effects | Unknown |
| Indications | As a heat-clearing agent, it is applied to treat frequent fever, nausea, hematemesis, metrorrhagia and merostaxis and infantile convulsions. |
| Diseases | Scary constitution, Insomnia, Anxiety, Disturbance of consciousness, Tongue stiffness, Allolalia, Cough, Vomitting, Hiccup, Hyperemesis gravidarum, Threatened abortion, Bleeding |
| Formulas | untanto , kamiuntanto , karokijitsuto , kippichikujoto , seihaito , chikujountanto |
| Meridian tropism | Lung, Stomach |
| Property | Slightly cold |
| Flavor | Sweet |
| Classification in "Shen-non Ben-cao Jing" | |
| TCM: Classification | Expectrants and antitussives |
| TCM: Medicinal effects | To clear heat and resolve phlegm, relieve vexation, check vomiting. For phlegm-heat cough, gallbladder fire with phlegm, fright palpitations and unrest, insomnia caused by vexation, wind-stroke and phlegm clouding the heart, aphasia with stiff tongue, vomiting caused by stomach-heat, morning sickness, threatened abortion. |
| Remarks | Listed in the Japanese standards for non-pharmacopoeial crude drugs 2018. |
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