Vamsa Lochana, Tabashir Powder

Although all parts of the bamboo are used, in Ayurveda true Vamsa lochana is found inside the hollow bamboo at the internodes as a silica-like secretion. Vamsa rochana literally means ‘bamboo eye’ referring to the exudates of the silica appearing through an eye-like crack in the bamboo. It is rare due to its difficulty to harvest. It is especially good at clearing lung infections.

Rasa (taste) Sweet, astringent

Virya (action) Cooling

Guna (quality) Dry, light

Dosha effect VPK-, K+ in excess

Dhatu (tissue) Plasma, blood, nerve

Srota (channel) Respiratory, nervous

In Sanskrit, Tabashir or Tabasheer is known as Tvakshir (Means Milk of the Bamboo. Others call is as Bamboo Sugar (Vans – shakkar), Bamboo Camphor (Vans karpoor), & Bamboo mana.

It is called Tian Zhu Huang in Mandarin, which means “heavenly bamboo yellow.”

This Variety of Tabasheer comes from Southern Parts of India. The Trunk of the Bamboo plant is Thicker in size.

CONSTITUENTS

Silica