Bamboo Leaf Ginseng has the efficacy of clearing heat, detoxifying, and promoting blood circulation. It is used to treat high fever that does not subside, exhaustion with bone steaming and hot flashes. Let's learn more about Bamboo Leaf Ginseng together!
【Efficacy of Bamboo Leaf Ginseng】
Bamboo Leaf Ginseng has the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, and promoting blood circulation. It is used to treat high fever that does not subside, exhaustion with bone steaming and hot flashes, rheumatism and paralysis, joint and back pain, dysmenorrhea, excessive menstrual bleeding, abscesses, boils, bruises, and fractures.
① "Shaanxi Chinese Herbal Medicine": "Nourishing yin and tonifying deficiency, dispelling wind and dampness, activating collaterals and relieving pain. Used for exhaustion, bone steaming and hot flashes, pulmonary tuberculosis, palpitations and shortness of breath, rheumatic back and leg pain, sciatica."
② "Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine": "Promotes bone healing and stops bleeding, anti-inflammatory and analgesic, dispels wind and removes dampness."
③ "Jiangxi Herbal Medicine": "Dispels wind and heat, relaxes tendons and promotes blood circulation."
【Usage of Bamboo Leaf Ginseng】: Internal use: decoction; 9-15 grams; or soaked in alcohol, stewed with chicken, powdered for external application. External use: apply mashed Bamboo Leaf Ginseng to the affected area.
The dried rhizome of Bamboo Leaf Ginseng is flat and cylindrical, bent, 5-10mm long, and about 5mm in diameter, with many fine roots growing underneath. The root of Bamboo Leaf Ginseng is cylindrical, slightly twisted, 4-10mm long, and 1-2mm in diameter; the surface is yellowish-brown with fine longitudinal lines.
It is hard and brittle, with a yellowish-white skin and a light brown wood section. Bamboo Leaf Ginseng has a slight aroma and a sweet and slightly spicy taste. Bamboo Leaf Ginseng is best when the root is thick and yellowish-brown, and it is also used as Baiwei Bamboo Shoot in Guizhou area.
【Application of Bamboo Leaf Ginseng in Prescriptions】
1. Treatment for paralysis of hands and feet: 60g of Mountain Bamboo Flower Root, 1 egg. Stew with water, consume the soup and eat the egg.
2. Treatment for rheumatic pain: 18g of Mountain Bamboo Flower Root, 15g of Red Child Root, 9g each of Radix Rubiae Cordifoliae, Caulis Spatholobi, and Radix Viticis. Soak in 500ml of white wine for 7 days, take 15-60ml each time, once in the morning and evening.
3. Treatment for back pain: appropriate amount of Mountain Bamboo Flower Root. Grind into powder, take 6g each time, mix with water or wine, once in the morning and evening. (The above 1-3 prescriptions are from "Jiangxi Herbal Medicine")
4. Treatment for exhaustion with bone steaming and hot flashes: 60g of Bamboo Leaf Ginseng, 30g each of Taibai Ginseng, Rhizoma Polygonati, and Herba Asari, stewed with pork. (From "Shaanxi Chinese Herbal Medicine")
