Fritillaria ( 川贝母 ) ...Chinese Herb...
Latin
Plant Name
Fritillariae Cirrhosae
Pinyin
Mandarin Name
Chuan Bei Mu
Common
English Name
Fritillaria
Part
of Plant Used
Bulb
Nature
Cool
Taste
Sweet, bitter
Meridians
Entered
Lungs, Heart
Common
Usages
This herb is used in. formulas that treat most any type of cough (TCM: except
coughs associated with deficient Spleen), and various types- of nodular formations
(TCM: phlegm-fire hardening); also used to treat chronic bronchitis, tuberculosis,
and chronic cough with sparse or hardened phlegm.
Traditional
Usages and Functions
Clears heat, transforms phlegm, and stops coughing; clears heat and dissipates
nodules.
Common
Formulas Used In
Apricot Seed and Fritillaria; Fritillaria Extract Tablet.
Processing
Required
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Remarks
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Cautions
in Use
Do not use where there is a deficient cold-phlegm pattern in the Spleen
or Stomach.
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