Jade Bamboo has the effect of nourishing yin and moisturizing dryness, generating fluids and quenching thirst; Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng has the effect of benefiting qi and strengthening the spleen, generating fluids and moisturizing the lungs.
Jade Bamboo is a traditional Chinese medicine, the dried rhizome of Jade Bamboo, family Liliaceae, is a yin tonic. It is sweet and slightly cold in nature, and belongs to the lung and stomach meridians. It has the effects of nourishing yin and moistening dryness, generating fluids and quenching thirst.
Clinically, it is often used in the treatment of yin injury of the lung and stomach, dry and hot cough, dry throat and thirst, and internal heat and thirst (internal heat accompanied by excessive eating, drinking and urination) and other conditions. Currently, the adverse effects of yuzhu are not clear, and it is contraindicated for people with phlegm-dampness and stagnant qi, and should be taken with caution for people with spleen deficiency and loose stools (thinning of feces and lack of shape).
Prince ginseng is a traditional Chinese medicine, is the dried tuberous root of the Dianthus caryophyllus plant, family Dianthusaceae, is a tonic for deficiency. It is sweet, slightly bitter, flat, and belongs to the spleen and lung meridian, with the effect of benefiting qi and strengthening the spleen, generating fluids and moistening the lung.
Clinically, Radix Panax Ginseng is often used in treating symptoms such as weakness of the spleen, loss of appetite, weakness after illness, deficiency of qi and yin, spontaneous sweating (involuntary sweating during the daytime, aggravated by the slightest movement of sweating), thirst, and dry cough of the lungs. It should be noted that Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng is not used in conjunction with Veratrum, and is contraindicated for those with cold spleen, intestinal slippery and prolonged leakage.
Jade Bamboo and Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng are usually taken in soups, decoctions, or in bulk or pills.
The use of Chinese herbs should be based on evidence-based treatment, and should be used under the guidance of a professional Chinese medicine practitioner, and should not be used arbitrarily by oneself to avoid adverse effects.