Introduction
The bamboo tree is found everywhere in India. It is found in large quantities in Konkan (Maharashtra). It is 25-30 meters high. Its leaves are long. Its stem is very strong. This can be estimated from the fact that even if it is suddenly attacked with a cannon, it does not have any effect. When the bamboo becomes 60 years old, it starts producing seeds. In every bamboo, clusters of seeds are found at some distance. When the seeds ripen, the bamboo starts drying. When one bamboo dries up, many bamboos dry up. After twenty-twenty-five years, new seeds appear. Its seeds are similar to wheat seeds. Poor and tribal people make roti from it and eat it. Baskets, mats, winnowing baskets, fans, etc. are made from bamboo. A substance similar to camphor comes out of it which is called Banshlochan.
Properties
The roots of bamboo make the body clean and pure Burning its roots, grinding them finely and mixing them with jasmine oil and applying it on the bald head gives relief to the bald head. Mixing the juice of bamboo leaves with honey cures cough. Drinking the decoction of the leaves restarts the stopped menstruation in women. Eating pickle of its roots cures Vata, Kapha and blood disorders and heals bile, white spots, swelling and wounds of the body.
Bamboo sprouts increase dry heavy diarrhea and phlegm and they also produce Vata and Pitta.
Bamboo rice is astringent, sweet and tasty. It thickens and strengthens the body's Dhatu. It makes the body strong and powerful. It eliminates phlegm, bile and is useful in preventing polyuria.
Harmful effects
Bamboo is harmful for the lungs.
Treatment for various diseases
1. Mutraghat (Presence of metal in urine):
In case of mutraghat (presence of metal in urine), mixing bamboo ash and sugar in rice water and giving it to the patient is beneficial.
2. In case of mercury consumption:
Adding sugar to the juice of a few bamboo leaves and drinking it provides relief to the patient who has consumed mercury.
3. Bloodborne burning:
Bloodborne burning (burning in blood) is relieved by drinking the decoction of bamboo bark after cooling it with honey.
4. Polyuria:
In case of polyuria (frequent urination), making a decoction of green and dry bamboo leaves and consuming it in the morning and evening provides relief. This should be given to the patient even when he is thirsty.
5. For cough and breathlessness in children:
By giving Vanshlochan powder mixed with honey, cough and breathlessness (asthma) in children is cured. Giving bamboo knot mixed in water is also beneficial.
6. For strength:
Cinnamon, cardamom, small pepper, bamboo manna and sugar candy, grind all these things in double quantity respectively. This is called Sitopaladi powder. It is a strength enhancer and is very useful for tuberculosis, fever and cough.
7. Urine not being clear:
Take equal quantity of three pinches of bamboo manna, sugar candy and cardamom powder filtered in cloth and take with milk and sugar candy. This helps in clear urine.
8. Erysipelas:
Grinding fresh bamboo root and applying it is beneficial in erysipelas.
9. Eye twitching:
Applying juice of soft bamboo leaves stops eye twitching.
10. Cough:
By mixing 6-6 ml of bamboo juice, ginger juice and honey together and consuming it for some time, diseases like cough, asthma etc. are cured.
11. Stye:
By applying the juice of bamboo shoots (soft leaves), stye of the eye is cured.
12. Jumbler Dysmenorrhea (painful menstruation):
By drinking the decoction of bamboo leaves and soft bamboo knot, uterus contracts and menstruation is purified. Give it in the amount of 40 grams every 6 hours with old jaggery dissolved in dry water. It should be given five days before menstruation.
13. Deafness:
By putting 2-3 drops of bamboo flower juice in the ear 3-4 times daily, deafness disease gradually starts getting cured.
14. Wounds:
If the juice of bamboo shoots is taken out and applied on the wound with worms and then a bundle of this is tied on the wound, then the wound heals quickly.
15. Contraction and purification of uterus:
Mixing 40 grams of jaggery in the decoction of bamboo leaves and soft nodes and taking it 4 times a day causes contraction of uterus and purification of uterus.
16. Hemoptysis:
In the disease of bleeding in phlegm, taking 1 gram of powder of soft bamboo leaves twice a day gives relief.
17. In case of bullet injury:
Cleaning the wound of a patient with the juice of bamboo shoots daily prevents the wound from spreading and the wound heals soon.
18. Impact caused by injection:
The patient gets cured by grinding new bamboo leaves and applying it on the wound.
19. Arthritis:
For arthritis patients, grinding soft nodes of bamboo and applying it on the joints gives relief from pain.
20. For ringworm disease:
Rubbing the bamboo root and applying it on ringworm cures it.
