Tendrilled
fritillary bulb (Chuanbeimu)
Pharmaceutical Name: Bulbus fritillariae
cirrhosae
Botanical Name : 1. Fritillaria cirrhosa
D. Don; 2. Fritillaria unibracteata Hsiao
et K. C. Hsia; 3. Fritillaria Przewalskii
Maxim; 4. Fritillaria Delavayi Franch.
Common Name : Tendrilled fritillary bulb
Source of Earliest Record : Shennong Bencao
Jing
Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical
Preparations: The bulbs are dug in summer
and dried in the sun. The bulb bark is removed.
Properties & Taste: Bitter, sweet and
slightly cold
Meridians : Lung and heart
Functions:
1. To moisten the lungs and resolve phlegm;
2. To stop cough;
3. To clear heat and release nodules
Indications & Combinations:
1. Cough: a) chronic cough due to lung deficiency
manifested as dry cough and dry throatTendrilled
fritillary bulb (Chuanbeimu) is used with
Ophiopogon root (Maidong) and Glehnia root
(Shashen); b) phlegm-heat cough manifested
as yellow and thick sputumTendrilled fritillary
bulb (Chuanbeimu) is used with Anemarrhena
rhizome (Zhimu), Scutellaria root (Huangqin)
and Trichosanthes fruit (Gualou); c) wind-heat
coughTendrilled fritillary bulb (Chuanbeimu)
is used with Mulberry leaf (Sangye), Peucedanum
root (Qianhu) and Apricot seed (Xingren).
2. Scrofula, mastitis and lung abscess: a)
scrofulaTendrilled fritillary bulb (Chuanbeimu)
is used with Scrophularia (Xuanshen) and Oyster
shell (Muli); b) mastitisTendrilled fritillary
bulb (Chuanbeimu) is used with Dandelion herb
(Pugongying) and Forsythia fruit (Lianqiao);
c) lung abscessTendrilled fritillary bulb
(Chuanbeimu) is used with Houttuynia (Yuxingcao)
and Coix seed (Yiyiren).
Dosage: 3-10 g
Cautions & Contraindications:
This herb cannot be used with Sichuan aconite
root (Wutou), as they counteract each other. |
