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Zhu Ru竹茹

Caulis Bambusae in TaeniamBamboo Shavings

Catégorie
Herbs that Cool and Transform Phlegm-Heat
Nature
légèrement froid
Saveur
doux
Tropisme
Poumon, Estomac, Vésicule biliaire
Posologie
4.5–10 g

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Actions & indications

Clears Heat and transforms Hot Phlegm
  • Lung Heat with viscous sputum a stifling sensation in the chest or hemoptysis (Phlegm-Heat in the Lungs)
  • Gallbladder Fire harboring Phlegm and Phlegm-Heat
Clears Heat and stops vomiting
Stomach Heat with bad breath, vomiting bitter or sour fluid, aversion to Heat, a greasy, yellow tongue coat (due to either Excess or Deficiency)
Cools the Blood and stops bleeding
Blood Heat bleeding
Calms the fetus
Restless fetus

Contre-indications

  • Contraindicated in nausea and vomiting from Stomach Cold or Cold Food Stagnation.
  • Contraindicated in diarrhea from Spleen Deficiency.
  • Contraindicated in vomiting from externally-contracted Cold combined with overeating.

Associations

  • For cough caused by Heat in the Lungs.

  • For insomnia, palpitations and irritability from Phlegm-Heat disrupting the harmony between Gallbladder and Stomach, with chest oppression and restlessness.

  • For Phlegm-Heat in the Stomach with epigastric oppression and vomiting.

  • Harmonizes the Stomach by directing Qi downward and replenishing Yin fluids, treating hunger without appetite along with recurrent nausea, vomiting or dry heaves, thirst, and dry mouth stemming from Stomach Yin Deficiency.

  • For irritability, thirst and vomiting from fluid depletion caused by Heat.

  • For vomiting or hiccup from Stomach Deficiency Heat.

    • Jiang Zhi

    Tempers its Cold nature and strengthens its anti-vomiting effect to treat morning sickness.

  • For morning sickness.

  • For hiccup from Stomach Qi Deficiency with signs of Heat.

  • For nausea, vomiting, hiccup, or dry retching caused by Stomach Fire, and for vomiting of mucus or acid reflux from Phlegm-Heat obstructing the Stomach.

  • For Phlegm-Heat obstructing the flow of Qi, causing focal distention in the chest and epigastrium, hiccup, dry retching, nausea and acid regurgitation; and for palpitations, irritability, insomnia and emotional disturbance from Gallbladder constraint with Phlegm disturbing the Heart.

  • For Gallbladder Fire with Phlegm.

Notes

  • Highly effective at stopping vomiting, it can be paired with other herbs to address additional types of vomiting, including morning sickness.
  • It is indicated whenever Hot Phlegm gives rise to restlessness and agitation.
  • It treats cough, asthma, restlessness, and unease.
  • It also addresses Gallbladder Heat brought on by nuts and dairy products.
  • It helps with a feeling of being overworked accompanied by difficulty making decisions.
  • Opinions differ somewhat on the use of this herb versus Succus Bambusae Zhu Li, which comes from the sap of the same plant. Their effects overlap and Zhu Ru is the more commonly used of the two, but the sap, Zhu Li, is colder and better at dissolving Phlegm, whereas Zhu Ru leans more toward purging Fire and stopping vomiting.
  • It cools Lung Heat and is valued for calming the Spirit and relieving constraint.
  • It is also said to open and promote urine flow, and it cools Intestinal Heat, easing tenesmus and abdominal pain from dysenteric disorders.
  • Through its cooling, unblocking actions it treats swelling and pain from trauma and Blood Stasis.
  • Simmered in vinegar and used as a mouth rinse, it can stop bleeding gums.
  • Zhu Ru and Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia both relieve nausea and calm the Spirit, and are frequently combined to reinforce these effects. Zhu Ru, moistening and cooling, leans toward treating Phlegm-Heat and Stomach-Heat nausea, and also relieves constraint and disperses clumped Phlegm-Heat affecting the Gallbladder. Zhi Ban Xia, acrid, warm and drying, leans toward treating Cold-Phlegm, Damp-Phlegm, and thin mucus affecting the Spleen, Stomach and epigastrium.
  • Fresh Bamboo Shavings Xian Zhu Ru are very cold and strongly clear Heat, transform Phlegm, and relieve irritability; they are used for Phlegm-Heat disturbing the Spirit and causing restless irritability, and also treat Lung-Heat cough with sticky yellow Phlegm.
  • Dry-fried Bamboo Shavings Chao Zhu Ru are less cold, making them suitable for reflux and rebellious Qi arising from Stomach Deficiency.
  • Ginger Bamboo Shavings Jiang Zhu Ru are slightly warm and more effective at descending rebellious Qi and relieving nausea; they treat nausea and reflux from either Stomach Cold or Stomach Heat.

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