Bamboo Extract

Bamboo is a group of perennial evergreens in the true grass family poaceae, subfamily bambusoideae, tribe bambuseae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family. We offer Bamboo extracts that are used in Chinese medicines for treating infections and healing. It is a low -calorie source of potassium and is known for its sweet taste. It as a good source of nutrients and protein. In Ayurveda, the Indian system of traditional medicine, the silicious concretion found in the culms of the bamboo stem is called banslochan and is known as tabashir or tawashir in Unani -Tibb the Indo- Persian system of medicine. In English it is called "bamboo manna". The concretion is used as a tonic for the respiratory diseases. It was earlier obtained from Melocanna bambusoides. Melocanna bambusoides being hard to get has been largely replaced by synthetic silicic acid and in most of the Indian literature’s, Bambusa arundinacea is said to be the source of bamboo manna. The bamboo extract is the richest known source of natural silica containing over 70% organic silica. It is more than 10 times the level as found in the widely used Horsetail plant (Equisetum) that contains about 5 - 7% silica. The leaves of bamboo tree are stimulant, aromatic and tonic. They are - useful in counteracting spasmodic disorders, and arr est secretion or bleeding. They are also an effective aphrodisiac. The leaves do not have any prominent taste.

Product Details

• Botanical Name: Bambusa bambos
• Family Name: Poaceae
• Common Name: Bans, Bamboo
• Part Used: Leaf, Shoot
• Habitat: tropical, subtropical and temperate regions
• Product offered: Leaf, shoot, Extract
• Uses: stimulant, aromatic and tonic