Speaking of prickly bamboo shoots, many people are not familiar with them. In fact, they are a commonly used heat-clearing and blood-cooling medicine, mainly used to treat indigestion, dysentery, and other diseases. Let's learn more about prickly bamboo shoots!
Prickly bamboo shoots have powerful effects and functions, including heat-clearing and phlegm-dissolving, benefiting qi and stomach, treating polydipsia, promoting diuresis, and they are also low in fat, low in sugar, and high in fiber.
Eating prickly bamboo shoots can not only promote intestinal peristalsis, help digestion, and eliminate food stagnation to prevent constipation, but also have the effect of preventing colorectal cancer.
The original form of prickly bamboo shoots is tall bamboo, with a height of 10-24 meters, a diameter of 5-15 centimeters, internodes of about 30 centimeters long, and a very thin hollow.
The leaves are long and lanceolate, 6-20 centimeters long, 6-20 millimeters wide, with a sharply narrowed base forming a leaf stalk of 1-3 millimeters long. The back of the leaves has short hairs, 4-7 secondary veins, and the small transverse veins are not prominent. The leaf margin is rough or smooth on one side.
The stamens are 6, the anthers are 4 millimeters long, and the tips of the anther locules can be in the form of small pen hairs. The apex of the ovary is covered with prickly hairs, and there is 1 style and 3 feathery stigmas. The shoot period is from May to June, and the flowering period is from August to December.
Prickly bamboo shoots are slightly toxic, so when using this medicine, attention should be paid to dosage. It is best to use it according to the doctor's instructions. Also, you should eat less raw and cold food, strong tea, spicy and greasy food, radishes, and fishy and gamey food, as they can reduce the effectiveness of the medicine, lower absorption, and even have harmful effects.
