竹茹

zhúrú

noun

Meanings

1 bamboo shavings (used in traditional Chinese medicine)
2 the inner tissue of bamboo stems scraped after the green outer skin is removed

Characters

tender plant fiber / to chew

Examples

中医常用竹茹来清热止呕。

Zhōngyī cháng yòng zhúrú lái qīng rè zhǐ ǒu.

TCM often uses bamboo shavings to clear heat and stop vomiting.

这副药里有竹茹和半夏。

Zhè fù yào lǐ yǒu zhúrú hé bànxià.

This medicinal formula contains bamboo shavings and pinellia.

Tips

culture

Recorded by Li Shizhen in the 16th-century 《本草纲目》, 竹茹 is the band of pale fiber scraped from the stem of dànzhú 淡竹 or kǔzhú 苦竹 after the green epidermis is shaved off. In the TCM materia medica it is classified as cooling (清热) and used for irritability, nausea in pregnancy, and phlegm-heat coughs.

Stroke Order

竹 zhú

茹 rú