Bamboo has been used traditionally in various cultures, especially in Asia, to support and treat injuries, primarily in the form of splints or as part of traditional medicine. In the context of physical injuries such as bone fractures or sprains, bamboo has served as a readily available material for making splints and braces due to its strength, flexibility, and light weight. Ancient Chinese medical texts describe the use of bamboo strips or slats to immobilize limbs, a practice that continues in some rural settings today when modern medical supplies are unavailable.

Beyond mechanical support, some traditional medicine systems, such as Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), have used bamboo extracts (like Bambusa arundinacea shavings, known as "Zhu Ru") for their purported anti-inflammatory or healing properties. However, the evidence for chemical extracts directly treating injuries is limited, and most uses are for fever, cough, or mental agitation, not direct wound healing or fracture repair.

Scientifically, bamboo's physical properties make it effective for immobilization, but there is limited clinical research on its superiority or equivalence to modern materials. Thus, its use is supported primarily by tradition, especially as a splinting material in emergency or resource-limited settings, rather than by rigorous scientific validation of medicinal properties for injury healing.