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RE: The Natural Medicine of Bamboo
Bamboo is such an amazing plant!!
It's an important part of the TCM Materia Medica, with various different parts used for different ailments.
More important I feel is the amazing metaphor they provide in Taoist philosophy... the combination of firmness and flexibility is how we are taught in Tai Chi & Qigong.
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Yes, in TCM it is a common thing - not surprising, how bamboo is everywhere in Asia. I too, love the metaphor of bamboo. Although living with it daily here in Thailand, I notice how much it has been romanticized and people conveniently omit to mention that it infested with bugs after a year of two in your house (unless varnished, lacquered and/or insecticided) and that it splits after 2 or 3 years. Romanticization aside, I still adore it. :)