INDIVIDUAL HERBS

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Concretio Bambusae Silicea
Common English:	Bamboo Sugar Tabasheer Siliceous Secretions of Bamboo Phylostachys

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Sweet	Cold	Gallbladder Heart Liver (Lung)	3-10g Taken Straight: 0.6-1.2g Powder: 0.7-1g Tincture: 1-3ml

Actions

Indications/Syndromes

Clears and transforms Phlegm-Heat

Phlegm-Heat in the Lungs with difficult-to-expectorate sputum

Clears Heat, cools the Heart and settles convulsions and tremors

Spasms and convulsions, aphasia or loss of consciousness due to Phlegm-Heat

Wind-Stroke with Phlegm obstruction and gurgling sounds in the throat

Childhood convulsions and spasms associated with Phlegm-Heat

CONTRAINDICATIONS

INCOMPATIBILITIES

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia	Arisaemae cum Bile Dan Nan Xing	Bombyx Batryticatus Jiang Can
Coughing, difficult-to-expectorate sputum and chest pain due to Phlegm-Heat. Convulsions and spasms associated with Phlegm-Heat. Clears Heat, dries Dampness, dislodges Phlegm, calms the Spirit for internal retention of Damp Heat with deep-seated, difficult-to-expectorate sputum, nausea, a stifling sensation in the chest and insomnia or restless sleep.	Febrile convulsions in children with wheezing caused by Phlegm-Heat Blocking the Lungs.	Convulsions, delirium and loss of consciousness accompanied by cough and respiratory difficulty due to Wind, Heat and Phlegm, especially for childhood convulsions.
Bombyx Batryticatus Jiang Can Fr. Gardeniae Zhi Zi Rx. Curcumae Yu Jin	Rz. Acori Tatarinowii Shi Chang Pu Rz. Gastrodiae Tian Ma Scorpio Quan Xie (Arisaemae cum Bile) (Dan Nan Xing)
Convulsions, delirium and loss of consciousness accompanied by cough and respiratory difficulty due to Wind, Heat and Phlegm, especially for childhood convulsions with a stronger effect.	Coma associated with Heat and Wind-Stroke with Phlegm Obstruction.

It is commonly used with other Wind-Phlegm herbs to treat adult stroke patients with impaired speech.
This herb also calms the spirit, nourishes the Heart and controls palpitations and anxiety.
It can treat convulsions due to high fever and infantile epilepsy.
Both Tian Zhu Huang and Succus Bambusae Zhu Li have similar functions. Zhu Li is quicker acting and directly enters the channels and collaterals, is colder, more slippery and focuses on dislodging Phlegm and keeping the Orifices open. Tian Zhu Huang is slower to act, calms the Spirit and controls palpitations and anxiety.
Tian Zhu Huang, Caul. Akebiae Mu Tong, Rx. Ophiopogonis Mai Men Dong and Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian all clear the Heart and eliminate irritability. Tian Zhu Huang dissolves Hot Phlegm and is most effective for irritability with spasms and convulsions. Mu Tong clears Damp-Heat to relieve irritability accompanied by oral ulcers and yellow urine. Mai Men Dong nourishes deficient Heart Yin and Heat that manifests as irritability and insomnia. Huang Lian treats febrile disease with Excess Fire in the Heart that disturbs the Shen and manifests as irritability and insomnia.