Zhu Li
| Zhu Li in TCM:Explore the properties of Zhu Li according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: dried bamboo sap
Pharmacuetical Name: Succus Bambusae
Properties: sweet, cold
Temperature: cold
Channels: LU, HT, LV
Flavors: sweet
Special Properties:
clears heat, resolves phlegm
Actions / Indications:
- Clears heat; vaporizes phlegm (thick stubborn yellow
copious sputum, difficult to expectorate, powerful for phlegm-heat cough)
- Opens orifices; relieves spasms (phlegm obstruction
of the HT or LV channels, loss of consciousness, high fever, fainting,
epilepsy due to phlegm fire, spasms, mental disorientation, seizure,
stroke, infantile convulsions, manic-depressive disorder; modern use
for meningitis)
- (cc: cough due to cold)
- (cc: SP deficiency with loose stool)
Special Notes:
- For LV qi stagnation manigesting as disorientation, shouting, aggression,
crying and laughter, and talking to oneself combine Zhu Li
with Yu Jin, Tian Zhu Huang, Yuan
Zhi, Xiang Fu, Dai
Zhe Shi, Meng Shi, Dan Nan Xing,
Sheng Tie Luo, Huang Lian, Huang
Qin, and Da Huang.
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