Tendrilled fritillary bulb (Chuanbeimu)
Fritillaria cirrhosa D. Don (Fam. Liliaceae)
Pharmaceutical Name: Bulbus
fritillariae cirrhosae
Botanical Name: 1. Fritillaria
cirrhosa D. Don; 2. Fritillaria przewalskii
Maxim; 3. Fritillaria unibracteata
Hsiao et K. C. Hsia; 4. Fritillaria delavayi
Franch. (Fam. Liliaceae)
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 throat Tendrilled 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 Scutellaria root (Huangqin), Anemarrhena rhizome
(Zhimu) 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) scrofula Tendrilled fritillary bulb (Chuanbeimu) is used with Scrophularia
(Xuanshen) and Oyster shell (Muli); b) mastitis Tendrilled fritillary bulb
(Chuanbeimu) is used with Dandelion herb (Pugongying) and Forsythia fruit
(Lianqiao); c) lung abscess Tendrilled fritillary bulb (Chuanbeimu) is used with
Houttuynia (Yuxingcao) and Coix seed (Yiyiren).
Dosage: 3-10
g, ground into powder and taken with water, 1–1.5
g each time.
Cautions & Contraindications: This
herb cannot be used with Sichuan aconite root (Wutou), as they counteract each
other.
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