People in China have a long history of eating bamboo shoots. In the era of the Book of Songs, bamboo shoots became food: "What are they, bamboo shoots and pu?" As early as Shang Dynasty, bamboo shoots had become food on people's tables. In the book Bamboo Spectrum written by Dai Kai in Jin Dynasty, more than 70 bamboo varieties and different flavors of bamboo shoots are introduced. Zanning, a monk from Deqing in Song Dynasty, recorded more than 80 kinds of China bamboo shoots in Bamboo Shoots Book. Some people say that bamboo shoots are not only delicious, but also elegant food. It is in line with the mood and taste of literati. Pine, bamboo and plum are called the three friends of Lao Han, and bamboo naturally becomes a lofty symbol. China has a long history of bamboo culture, and bamboo shoots are a well-known "part" of bamboo culture. Make the charm of bamboo culture enter the field of diet. Many scholars have been singing for a long time. Su Dongpo has a poem: "Eating without meat is better than living without bamboo. No meat makes people thin, no bamboo makes people vulgar. If you want to be thin, you still have to burn bamboo every day. "

Nutritional value of bamboo shoots

Bamboo shoots are rich in protein, amino acids, fat, sugar, calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene, vitamin B 1, B2, C and other vitamins. The carotene content in bamboo shoots is more than twice that of Chinese cabbage. Moreover, the protein of bamboo shoots is excellent, which contains lysine, tryptophan, threonine and phenylalanine necessary for human body, glutamic acid which plays an important role in protein metabolism, and cystine which can maintain the protein configuration. It is an excellent healthy vegetable.

Medicinal value of Phyllostachys pubescens

Sexual taste: sweet; cold

Meridian tropism: lung; Stomach meridian

Indications: clearing away heat and resolving phlegm. Main heat; Headwind; Headache; A boring mind; Dizziness; Seizure; infantile convulsions

Suitable: obesity, habitual constipation, arteriosclerosis, coronary heart disease, cancer, edema, ascites, dysuria, wind-heat cold, lung-heat cough, yellow phlegm, measles in children.

Administration and dosage: oral: decoction, 30-60g.

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Wang Ying's Materia Medica of Food: Eliminating Phlegm. In addition to fever mania, high fever, headache and head wind, there are also pregnant women's head spinning down, fright, febrile disease, boredom and epilepsy in children, which fall from the sky.

Excerpt: Chinese materia medica

Efficacy of bamboo shoots

Lower cholesterol

Bamboo shoots are rich in crude fiber, which can promote intestinal peristalsis, promote stool excretion and accelerate cholesterol metabolism, thus reducing blood cholesterol.

Appetizing and invigorating spleen

Bamboo shoots contain a white nitrogen-containing substance, which constitutes the unique fragrance of bamboo shoots. Has effects in stimulating appetite, promoting digestion, and stimulating appetite, and can be used for treating dyspepsia and anorexia.

Enhance the body's immunity

The content of plant protein, vitamins and trace elements in bamboo shoots is very high, which is helpful to enhance the immune function of the body and improve the ability of disease prevention and disease resistance.

Detoxification and phlegm elimination

Bamboo shoots are sweet, slightly cold and low in fat and sugar. Pregnant mothers who get angry during pregnancy or cough with excessive phlegm eat bamboo shoots, which is helpful for clearing away heat and toxic materials, resolving phlegm and relieving cough.

Meditation and heat dissipation

Bamboo shoots are called "scavengers" of human excreta, and pregnant mothers are especially suitable for eating bamboo shoots in summer, because bamboo shoots have an auxiliary therapeutic effect on symptoms such as hand, foot and heart heat and irritability during pregnancy.

Wide chest, diaphragm and bowel defecation

Bamboo shoots are sweet in taste and cold in nature, and the plant fiber contained in them can increase the retention of intestinal water, promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, reduce intestinal pressure, reduce the viscosity of feces, and make feces soft and easy to discharge. Can be used for treating constipation and preventing intestinal cancer.

Drop "three highs"

Bamboo shoots have the characteristics of low sugar and low fat, and are rich in plant fiber, which can reduce excess fat in the body, eliminate phlegm and remove blood stasis, treat hypertension, hyperlipidemia and hyperglycemia, and have a certain preventive effect on digestive tract cancer and breast cancer.

Stimulate the potential of the brain

The white powdery substance appearing on the epidermis and incision of bamboo shoots is a kind of protein crystal called tyrosine. In the body, tyrosine is transported to the brain, which is necessary to stimulate the desire to resist stress and the potential of the brain.