Bamboo leaves

Bamboo leaves: sweet, slightly cold, non-toxic. Bamboo leaves contain protein, amino acids, fat, sugar, calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene, vitamin B1, B2. Functions: cure thirst, promote urination, clear lungs and resolve phlegm.

The efficacy and function of bamboo leaves

1. Bamboo leaves can nourish kidney qi, expel bladder evil, stop cholera, and grow hair.

2. Bamboo leaves are fragrant and delicious, with a slightly yellowish and light green color. The soup is crystal clear and has the effects of promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, eliminating heat and detoxifying, and resolving phlegm.

3. Bamboo leaves contain saponins, sugars and vitamins A and C, which have the effects of clearing away heat, reducing inflammation, and promoting diuresis and defecation. Bamboo leaves can treat obstructions, urinary retention, swelling, eye problems, abortion, and hemorrhage.

4. Bamboo leaves are good for treating menstrual disorders, breaking up blood clots and discharging pus, hemorrhoids, fistulas and bleeding, eye swelling and pain, and swelling and poison. They can also treat eczema and vaginal sores in women.

Medicinal value of bamboo leaves

Flavor

Bitter; cold in nature.

Meridians

Lung; bladder meridian.

Function and indications

Clears away heat and dampness; purges fire; detoxifies. Treats lung heat cough; whooping cough; stranguria due to heat; hematuria; red and swollen eyes; sores and carbuncle; scrofula.

Dosage

For internal use: decoction, 9-15g. For external use: appropriate amount, mash and apply.

Various Discussions

1. "Guangxi Chinese Materia Medica": Treats red, swollen and painful eyes, malaria, and bruises.

2. "Common Chinese Herbal Medicines in Shanghai": Stops bleeding, stops coughing. Treats hematuria and whooping cough.

Side effects and contraindications of bamboo leaves

1. People with kidney deficiency and frequent urination should not take this medicine.

2. Pregnant women should not take this medicine.

3. People without real fire and damp heat should take it with caution. People with weak constitution and cold should not take it.

4. Do not fry for a long time. It is better to eat fresh food. When cooking porridge, it should be thin rather than thick.

How to make bamboo leaves delicious

1. Fresh Bamboo Leaf and Minced Meat Porridge

Ingredients: 30g each of rice and millet, 50g minced meat, 25g fresh bamboo leaves, and appropriate amounts of olive oil, salt and ginger.

After picking the fresh bamboo leaf tips, soak them in light salt water, wash and drain; wash the rice and millet and set aside; add an appropriate amount of water to the casserole, put the fresh bamboo leaf tips in, boil them together, then turn to low heat and simmer for about 10 minutes; then pour in the rice and millet and boil them together; after picking up the bamboo leaf tips, when the porridge is almost cooked, add the chopped meat and cook until cooked!

Efficacy: Clears heat, reduces inflammation, and acts as a diuretic and laxative.

2. Bamboo Leaf Hericium Soup

Ingredients: 100 grams of fresh bamboo leaves, 100 grams of Hericium erinaceus, 50 grams of chicken, and 100 grams of cabbage heart.

Preparation method: Fry fresh bamboo leaves in water to extract juice; cut chicken into shreds and stew until soft; soak hericium erinaceus; filter the water used to soak hericium erinaceus with gauze and set aside; heat the oil in a pan, stir-fry onion, ginger, and cooked chicken shreds; then add fine salt, cooking wine, water used to soak hericium erinaceus, bamboo leaf juice, and hericium erinaceus slices, simmer for 30 minutes, then add cabbage heart, MSG, and pepper powder, and cook for a while.

Efficacy: This dietary therapy can replenish qi and fight cancer.