Bamboo shoots have a lot of content that are useful for treatment or health care. Young shoots of bamboo shoots that appear on the surface of the basic cluster. According to botanical classification, including bamboo doneae monocotyle class, order graminales, subfamily dendrocalamae, dendrocalamus genus, species dendrocalamus asper.
When compared with other vegetables, protein, fat, and carbohydrates on a bamboo shoot, do not differ much. Bamboo shoots have a high enough potassium. Levels of potassium per 100 grams of bamboo shoots is 533 mg. Lalium laden foods, at least 400 mg, may reduce the risk of stroke. The role of potassium mirib with sodium, together with chloride, helps maintain the osmotic pressure and acid-base balance. Potassium maintain osmotic pressure in intracellular fluid, and partly bound to proteins. Potassium also helps to activate the enzyme reaction. Symptoms of potassium deficiency is usually in the form of muscle softening.
People believe that the shoots have properties that are very beneficial for the body. In traditional medicine, yellow bamboo shoots believed to treat liver cirrhosis. And also cough up phlegm and fever.
