Bamboo Shavings (Phyllostachys)

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Phyllostachys · Plant

Phyllostachys
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Limited safety data; generally considered low toxicity; avoid during pregnancy due to insufficient safety information.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Bamboo Shavings for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Heat SyndromeSwelling Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Bamboo Shavings does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit DiureticBenefit Respiratory Phlegm

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Phyllostachys and the indication, and how many of those are indexed as studies in people. A record names the two together; it does not show that one treats the other, and most are laboratory or animal work.