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Latin
Name
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Bulbus
Fritillariae Unibacteatae
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Chinese
Name
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Picture
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Origin
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Meidicinal
Sichuan fritillary bulbs are the dried bulbs of Fritillaria
cirrhosa D. Don., Fritillaria unibracteata Hsiao et K.C.Hsia,
Fritillaria przewalskii Maxim. and Fritillaria delavayi
Franch, Liliaceae. The bulbs of the above-mentioned first
three are called Songbei” or Qingbei”. And the last
one is called Lubei”.
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Distribution
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Fritillaria
cirrhosa D. Don.
is mainly produced in Sichuan, Yunnan provinces and Tibet
Autonomous Region. Fritillaria unibracteata Hsiao et K.C.
Hsia is mainly produced in Sichuan Province. Fritillaria
przewalskii Maxim is mainly produced in Gansu, Qinghai
and Sichuan provinces. Fritillaria delavayi Franch.
is mainly produced in Yunnan, Sichuan, Qinghai provinces and
Tibet Autonomous Region.
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Nature
and Affinity
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It
is bitter and sweet in taste and slightly cold in nature.
Its therapeutical action is related to the channels of the
Lung and Heart.
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Caution
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is contraindicated in patients with productive cough due to
cold-dampness. Besides, it can not be used together with
Radix Aconiti. |
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CHARACTERISTICS |
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The shapes
of the tendril-leaved fritillary bulbs vary with their distribution.
Songbei
It is
conical or spherical in shape. The base of the bulb is wide
and the top is thin and sharp, with a diameter of 3-9 mm.
Its outside layer consists of two scale leaves, which are
different in size and closed up at the top. There are also
one or two little scale leaves inside. The outside scale leaves,
rolling inward, are obtuse or slightly sharp at the top and
flat or wide in the base. The surface of the leaves is smooth,
white in color and powdery in outlook. It is hard but brittle
in texture and the cross section is white in color. It is
faint in odor and slightly bitter in taste.
Qingbei
It is
oblate or conical in shape, larger than Songbei, 0.4-1.4
cm in length and 0.4-1.6 cm in diameter. The outside two scale
leaves are similar in size, concave and closed side to side,
with an even opening at the top.
Lubei
It is
a prolonged circular cone, 0.7-2.5 cm in length and 0.5-2.5
cm in diameter, with some yellowish-brown stains on the surface.
The outside two scale leaves are similar in size, closed side
to side, forming an uneven opening at the top of the cone.
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ACTIONS
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1. Clearing
away heat and moistening the lung; relieving cough and reducing
sputum.
It is
mainly used in the treatment of cough due to heat-phlegm,
irritating dry cough due to retention of pathogenic heat in
the lung, dry cough without phlegm, cough due to yin
deficiency and phlegm with blood.
2. Clearing
away heat and resolving mass.
It is
used in the treatment of scrofula and subcutaneous nodule
and acute mastitis in the initial stage.
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ADMINISTRATION
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3-9
grams of the medicine are decocted, take the decoction daily.
If the powder is prescribed, 1-2 grams are taken each time.
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REMARKS |
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The
variety from Sichuan is superior. |
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