Mottled bamboo root

Mottled bamboo root

(Cao Mu Bian Fang)

[source] it is the rhizome and root of Phyllostachys edulis.

[plant morphology] Phyllostachys pubescens (detailed bamboo catalogue), also known as Phyllostachys pubescens (detailed bamboo catalogue), Phyllostachys fargesii (detailed bamboo catalogue), Phyllostachys pubescens (compendium), Phyllostachys pubescens (general bamboo, mottled bamboo), Cinnamomum (plant name Collection), Phyllostachys pubescens, Phyllostachys edulis, and Phyllostachys gracilis.

Culm 8-22 m high, 3.5-7 cm in diameter; internodes bright green, cylindric, with long and narrow longitudinal grooves on the side with buds, culm ring and sheath ring are very raised, 3 mm apart; culm sheath 20-30 cm long, 10-20 cm wide, hard paper and leathery, back smooth, sparsely yellow small spines, with light black spots of different sizes, sheath ears underdeveloped, sheath tongue short. Length less than 3 mm; sheath leaves long triangular or banded. The main branch is triangular or square, solid or hollow as pinhole. Finally, the branchlets are solitary, with 3-6 leaves at the top; the leaf sheaths are brown yellow, the leaves are long elliptic lanceolate, mostly 5-20 cm long and 10-25 mm wide, the apex is acuminate, the base is wedge-shaped, the top is gray green, the bottom is light green. Spikelet cluster 1 to several, axillary or terminal on branchlets, usually with 4-10 spathes at the base of each spikelet cluster; spikelets with 2-5 flowers, narrowly lanceolate, 2.5-3cm long; glumes 1 or 2, or absent; lemma lanceolate, multi veined; palea narrowly lanceolate, apex 2-lobed, periscales 3, rectangular; stamens 3; ovary nearly triangular conical, style slender, stigma 3-lobed, sparse plumage It's like this. The shoot period is from April to July. The flowering period is from April to June.

Cultivated in gardens or wild mountains. It is distributed in the south of the Yangtze River Basin, Sichuan, Shandong, Henan, Guangxi and other places.

The shell and flower of this plant are also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[collection] the roots and rhizomes were dug and dried from September to October.

[nature and taste] 1. "

② Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "it is mild in taste, slightly bitter, cold in nature and non-toxic. "

[function and indications] ① Cao Mu Bian Fang: "dispel wind and dampness, remove lung cold. It is used to treat asthma, phlegm and cough, and stubborn arthralgia of limbs. "

② "In addition to damp heat, dispel wind and cold. Treatment of cough and asthma, limb stubborn arthralgia and bone pain. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang.

[selected prescription] for cough and asthma: the root of Phyllostachys pubescens is stewed with Mahuang root, golden bamboo leaf and laosudao. (records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)