Efficacy and effects of bamboo leaves and contraindications

Bamboo leaves are sweet, pungent, light, and cold. It belongs to the heart, stomach and small intestine meridians. It has the function of clearing heat, removing annoyance, generating body fluid and diuretic. As the functions of bamboo leaf and light bamboo leaf are almost similar, what are the effects and functions of bamboo leaf?

Clears the heart and removes irritation

It enters the heart meridian to clear the heart fire to relieve irritation, and enters the stomach meridian to relieve stomach fire to quench thirst. It is used to treat symptoms such as fever and thirst.

Refreshing and fire-reducing

Light bamboo leaf is cold in nature to clear the heart and lower fire, and sweet and light to percolate dampness and diuresis. It can be used to treat sores on the mouth and tongue caused by inflammation of heart fire, or short, red and astringent painful urine caused by the downward movement of heart fire to the small intestine.

Diuretic

Clinical application proves that the diuretic effect of bamboo leaf is weak, but it can significantly increase the content of sodium chloride in urine. The diuretic effect is weak but can increase the excretion of chloride in urine in normal people who try to take 10g decoction of this product. Its diuretic effect is weaker than that of Mucuna pruriens and Poria, but its excretion of increasing the amount of chloride in urine is stronger than that of Poria.

Antibacterial

Bamboo leaf has some antibacterial effect. Experiment: In vitro test with aqueous decoction of bamboo leaves has inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus haemolyticus.

Antipyretic

Artificial fever in rats induced by subcutaneous injection of 15% yeast suspension, with antipyretic effect by gavage with aqueous decoction of bamboo leaves. For fever in cats and rabbits induced by subcutaneous injection of E. coli, bamboo leaves also have antipyretic effect. The antipyretic potency of bamboo leaves per 2g/kg is equivalent to 0.83 times of 33mg/kg phenacetin.

Anti-free radical

Bamboo leaf extract is a newly developed bioflavonoid health nutrient in recent years, with excellent anti-free radical ability and conclusive sod-like activity. The ability to block nitrosation reaction is comparable to that of vc.

Anti-aging

Bamboo leaves are also rich in chlorophyll, research shows that chlorophyll is an important component of the anti-mutagenic effect of many vegetables, anti-tumor and anti-cancer effects, because chlorophyll has a strong antioxidant function, which has a positive effect on the prevention of cardiovascular disease and anti-aging.

Anti-tumor

Experiment: the crude extract of bamboo leaf has an anti-tumor effect on s, hi. The inhibition rate of 43.1% a 45.6%, but no inhibition effect on cervical cancer a 14 and lymphosarcoma a 1 ascites type.

Agricultural production

The residue of bamboo leaves after the extraction of active ingredients can be directly used in the production of livestock feed because it is still rich in cellulose, polysaccharides, proteins and minerals, etc.

Bamboo leaves contraindications to the use of medicine

1, no real fire, damp heat, caution, physical deficiency with cold people are prohibited to take light bamboo leaves. 2, kidney deficiency, frequent urination is contraindicated to take light bamboo leaves. 3, pregnant women should not take light bamboo leaf. 4, bamboo leaves should not be decocted for a long time, fresh food is preferred, and the porridge should be thin, not thick.