Bamboo shoots

Bamboo shoots

(food materia medica by Wang Ying)

[synonym] zhongmushan (mengshen).

[source] seedlings of Poaceae plant Phyllostachys pubescens. The plant morphology is detailed in "Zhuru".

[nature and taste] Compendium: "sweet, cold. "

[channel tropism] entering lung and stomach channels.

① Ben Cao Zai Xin: "entering the liver and lung meridians. "

② Summary of materia medica: "start with Taiyin and zuyang Mingjing. "

[functions and indications] Wang Ying's food materia medica: "eliminating phlegm. In addition to fever, Zhuang fever, headache, head wind, and pregnant women head rotation, cheek servant, palpitation, epidemic febrile disease, melancholy, infantile convulsion, day hanging. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-2 Liang.