Show medicine of bamboo sap in india the sap of the female baan boo tree Is used tor for medicinal pur poses or bans lochan Is 1 sold in all indian bazars as it has been known from the earliest times as a medicinal agent it Is also known in borneo and was an ar article ol 01 corn com merce with early arab traders of the east its properties are said to be strengthening tonic and cooling it has been analyzed and has been shown to consist almost entirely of silica with traces of lime and potash from its remarkable occurrence in the hoi hol lows iowa of bamboos the eastern mind has long associated it with miraculous powers |