Show medicine of bamboo sap in india the sap of the female barn bam boo tree Is used for medicinal purposes Tabas beer or bans bana lochan is sold fold in all indian bazars as it has haa been known from the earliest times as a medicinal agent it is also known in borneo and atas ai an article of corn merce with early arab traders of the east its properties are said to be strengthening tonic and cooling I 1 it t has been anal anallen led and has been shown to consist almost entirely of silica with traces of lime and potash from its remarkable occurrence in the hot hoi lows iowa of bamboos the eastern mind has long associated it kith ith miraculous powers |