Many traditional Chinese medicines are not commonly seen in daily life, such as bamboo leaf ginseng, also known as hundred-tail bamboo shoots. It is the rhizome of the bamboo plant and is mainly harvested in the summer and autumn seasons. Bamboo leaf ginseng can not only be used as medicine, but also as a food ingredient. Bitter bamboo leaf ginseng porridge is a good food therapy for treating colds.
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【Name】
Bitter bamboo leaf ginseng porridge
【Ingredients】
50 pieces of bamboo leaf ginseng leaves (cleaned), 3 liang of gypsum, 1 liang of rock sugar, 2 liang of glutinous rice.
【Functions and Indications】
Clears heart fire, relieves restlessness and heat.
Used for red eyes and headache caused by wind-heat; thirst and restlessness due to dampness, mouth and tongue sores, yellow and red urine; abscesses and swellings, as well as high fever and convulsions in children, sunstroke.
【Usage and Dosage】
Take 3 cups of water, boil gypsum and other ingredients, take 2 cups of the decoction, remove impurities and clarify, cook with glutinous rice to make porridge, and add rock sugar when the porridge is cooked.
【Precautions】
Not suitable for patients with cold stomach or yin deficiency fever. During the fever period, the bitter bamboo leaf ginseng porridge should be cooked thin, not thick.
【Efficacy of Bamboo Leaf Ginseng】
Bamboo leaf ginseng has the effects of dispelling wind and dampness, relaxing tendons and activating blood circulation, clearing heat and resolving phlegm, and stopping cough. It is mainly used for wind-dampness arthralgia, joint and lower back pain, bruises and injuries, fractures, deficiency syndrome, bone steaming and hot flashes, pulmonary tuberculosis with hemoptysis, lung heat cough, scalds.
1. "Jiangxi Herbal Medicine": "Expels wind and heat, relaxes tendons and activates blood circulation."
2. "Shaanxi Herbal Medicine": "Nourishes yin and tonifies deficiency, dispels wind and dampness, invigorates collaterals and relieves pain. Used for deficiency syndrome, bone steaming and hot flashes, pulmonary tuberculosis, palpitations and shortness of breath, wind-dampness lower back and leg pain, sciatica."
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Image of bamboo leaf ginseng
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