What are the effects, functions and contraindications of light bamboo leaves?

The medicinal value of light bamboo leaves is relatively high. They are often used to treat fever and thirst. They also have a good therapeutic effect on toothache, gum ulcers and other phenomena caused by heat. However, we should also pay attention to its contraindications. For example, people with kidney deficiency and frequent urination are not suitable for eating bamboo leaves, and pregnant women should also avoid drinking them.

1. Bamboo leaves are sweet and cold in nature. They mainly enter the heart meridian and can clear the heart fire to relieve restlessness. They also enter the stomach meridian and drain the stomach fire to quench thirst. It is used to treat heat disease that damages body fluids, irritability and thirst, and is often used with drugs such as gypsum and reed root; or with drugs such as scutellaria baicalensis, anemarrhena asphodeloides, and ophiopogon japonicus, such as Danzhuye Decoction (Medical Insights).

2. Light bamboo leaves can relieve irritability and heat, promote urination, relieve irritability and quench thirst, and treat smallpox in children and other external symptoms. Compendium

3. Light bamboo leaves are used to treat toothache caused by heat and gum ulcers: 50 grams of light bamboo leaves, 5 grams of ginger, 2 grams of salt, and 30 grams of gypsum, decocted in water, and the liquid is swallowed frequently.

4. Light bamboo leaves can treat nosebleeds. Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine?

5. Light bamboo leaves treat oral and tongue erosions: 30 grams of fresh light bamboo leaves, 15 grams of carnelian grass, and 3 grams of licorice, decocted in water and taken orally.

6. Light bamboo leaves can eliminate phlegm and quench thirst. Treats restlessness, fever, cough and asthma, vomiting blood, vomiting and retching, and epilepsy in children. Herbal Prescriptions

7. Light bamboo leaves treat hematuria and painful urination: 30 grams each of light bamboo leaves and raw lotus root nodes, 15 grams of raw earth, decocted in water and taken twice a day.

8. Bamboo leaves treat cystitis: 15 grams of Bamboo leaves, 10 grams of Juncus effusus, and 6 grams of Dingdong vine, decocted in water and taken orally.

9. Light bamboo leaves are cooling, relieving heat and promoting diuresis. Treats thirst due to fever, painful urination, restlessness and insomnia, swollen and painful gums, and stomatitis. Modern Practical Chinese Medicine

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10. Contraindications of using light bamboo leaves:

a. People without real fire and damp heat should take it with caution. People with weak constitution and cold should not take light bamboo leaves.

b. People with kidney deficiency and frequent urination should avoid taking light bamboo leaves.

c. Pregnant women should avoid taking light bamboo leaves.

d. Light bamboo leaves should not be fried for a long time. It is better to eat them fresh. When cooking porridge, it should be thin rather than thick.