What's the function of bamboo?

Eliminating fire, cooling, relieving cough and eliminating phlegm.

Bamboo (scientific name: bambusoide), also known as bamboo, belongs to Gramineae Bambusoideae and is a fast-growing herb. Bamboo leaves are narrowly lanceolate, the shoot length is 10 ~ 30cm, and the number of green nodes in the bamboo is generally between 10 ~ 15. Bamboo flowers are like ears of rice. The stems and leaves of bamboo turn yellow after flowering. Bamboo is distributed in tropical, subtropical and warm temperate regions. Bamboo has high requirements for hydrothermal conditions, and likes a soil environment rich in organic matter and sufficient water. Bamboo is not only used in textile industry and handicraft industry, but also has medicinal value, which has the effects of reducing fire, relieving cough and eliminating phlegm. Bamboo symbolizes the way of a gentleman, and is also called "three friends in old age" with Mei and Song.

"Straight outside and straight inside" is often used to describe bamboo. Bamboo is a fast-growing herb. Its bamboo leaves are narrow and lanceolate, 7.5 ~ 16 cm long and 1 ~ 2 cm wide. Its top is tapered, its base is blunt, and its petiole is about 5 mm long. One side of the edge is smooth and the other side is rough with small serrations. Parallel veins, 6 ~ 8 pairs of secondary veins, small transverse veins are very significant; The leaves are dark green, hairless, the back is lighter, and the base is slightly hairy; Thin and brittle. The length of bamboo shoots is 10 ~ 30cm, and the number of green nodes in bamboo is generally between 10 ~ 15.