Tendrilled Fritillary Bulb (Chuanbeimu)
| Pharmaceutical Name: | Bulbus fritillariae cirrhosae |
| Botanical Name: | Fritillaria cirrhosa D. Don Fritillaria unibracteata Hsiao et K. C. Hsia Fritillaria Przewalskii Maxim 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 and Taste: | To moisten the lungs and resolve phlegm To stop cough To clear heat and release nodules |
| Meridian: | Lung and heart |
| Functions: | To tonify the liver and kidneys To promote the circulation of blood To strengthen the bones and tendons |
| Indications and Combinations: | 1. Cough: a) Chronic cough due to lung deficiency manifested as dry cough and dry throat. *Use with Ophiopogon root (Maidong) and Glehnia root (Shashen). b) Phlegm-heat cough manifested as yellow and thick sputum. *Use with Anemarrhena rhizome (Zhimu), Scutellaria root (Huangqin) and Trichosanthes fruit (Gualou). c) Wind-heat cough. *Use with Mulberry leaf (Sangye), Peucedanum root (Qianhu) and Apricot seed (Xingren). 2. Scrofula, mastitis and lung abscess: a) Scrofula. *Use with Scrophularia (Xuanshen) and Oyster shell (Muli). b) Mastitis. *Use with Houttuynia (Yuxingcao) and Coix seed (Yiyiren). |
| Dosage: | 3-10 g |
| Cautions: | This herb cannot be used with Sichuan aconite root (Wutou), as they counteract each other. |