Bamboo Joint Herb, a Chinese herbal medicine, is the whole plant of the plant Bamboo Joint Herb of the family Speranskia. It has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, diuretic and reducing swelling, and stopping bleeding. It is used for abscesses, boils, swelling, sore throat, dysentery, turbidity, difficult urination, and external bleeding.
The Efficacy and Functions of Bamboo Joint Herb
1. Lowering blood pressure
Bamboo Joint Herb is rich in protein, which is rare in leafy vegetables. It is also high in potassium and low in sodium (the potassium-sodium ratio is 49.5:1). Regular consumption can lower blood pressure and protect the cardiovascular system. Bamboo Joint Herb is also effective in treating hepatitis A and bacterial dysentery.
2. Clearing heat and detoxifying
Due to dietary and environmental factors, many people are prone to getting "heatiness," causing symptoms such as sore throat.
Boiling Bamboo Joint Herb together with Portulaca oleracea and Plantago asiatica in water and drinking it can clear heat, promote diuresis, and relieve sore throat.
3. Anti-cancer
Bamboo Joint Herb is an alkaline food and has a certain preventive effect on cancer.
At the same time, it can also improve symptoms such as cold and fever, cough, acute pharyngitis, tonsillitis, epidemic parotitis, infectious hepatitis, gastric and duodenal ulcers.
Cultivation Methods of Bamboo Joint Herb
1. Watering
Firstly, it is important to know that Bamboo Joint Herb cannot be lacking in water during the cultivation process. Do not wait until it lacks water to nurture it. Keep the soil moist at all times.
Because if there is too little water, its leaves will grow very slowly, and it may also cause other problems, such as wilting leaves and stunted growth.
2. Light
Compared to plants that prefer sunlight, Bamboo Joint Herb has a particularly low requirement for light.
On the contrary, if the light is too strong, their transpiration will be greatly enhanced, resulting in increased loss of water, which is not conducive to the growth of Bamboo Joint Herb.
3. Temperature
Generally, the temperature suitable for it is between 18-25 degrees Celsius, but when the environment cannot reach this temperature, we also need to keep it around 10 degrees Celsius.
If the temperature drops to around 4 degrees Celsius, the Bamboo Joint Herb will stop growing and may die.
