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title: "Zhu Ru"
url: "https://books.drcassone.com/21/traditional-medicines-of-east-asia/653/zhu-ru"
---

 ![zhu ru, bambusae caulis in taeniam.jpg](/u/zhu-ru-bambusae-caulis-in-taeniam-DuAV4K.jpg) 

# Zhu Ru

### Bambusae Caulis in Taeniam

_sweet, slightly cold_

#### PRIMARY FUNCTION:

_**Transforms Hot Phlegm**_

CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Fullness in the chest
- Coughing blood
- Bad breath
- Yellow greasy tongue
- Vomiting
- Morning sickness

Zhu Ru is sweet and slightly cold. It enters the gallbladder,
stomach, and lung systems to treat phlegm from heat patterns.

**Channels:** lung, stomach, gallbladder

COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL
POSSIBILITIES:
- Cough with blood
- Biliary congestion
- Fever
- Epistaxis
- Antimicrobial
- Gastritis

**Formulas:**
- Di Tan Tang
- Hao Qin Qing Dan Tang
- Ju Pi Zhu Ru Tang
- Ling Jiao Gou Teng Tang
- Qing Fei Tang
- Wen Dan Tang

**Contraindications:** there are no documented
contraindications for Zhu Ru

**Zoo Image:** a pole vaulting Saint Bernard vomiting sour lemons and bitter
lettuce is stuck in phlegm and has the pole stuck in his chest

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