Bamboo Shavings is the dried middle shavings of stem of Bambusa tuldoides Munro, Sinocalamus beecheyanus (Munro) MuClure var. pubescens. P.F.Li or Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis Stapf (Fam.Gramineae).

Action: To remove heat, to resolve phlegm, to relieve restlessness and to arrest vomiting.

Indications: Cough due to heat and phlegm; restlessness, vominting, palpitation and insomnia caused by excess fire in the gallbaldder, stroke with impairment of consciousness; stiff tongue vomiting due to heat in the stomach; hyperemesis gravidarum, threatened abortion.