The efficacy and function of Fritillaria cirrhosa

After thousands of years of sedimentation and accumulation, the types and quantities of Chinese medicine have become quite astonishing. Therefore, choosing Chinese medicine to treat some difficult and complicated diseases always has a very good effect. Next, I will recommend a Chinese medicine, Fritillaria thunbergii.

【English name】 BULBUS FRITILLARIAE USSURIENSIS

【Other name】 Pingbei

[Source] This product is the dried bulb of Fritillaria ussuriensis Maxim., a plant of the Liliaceae family . Dig up in spring, remove the outer skin, fibrous roots and mud and sand, and dry in the sun or at low temperature.

[Properties] This product is oblate spherical, 0.5-1cm high and 0.6-2cm in diameter. The surface is milky white or light yellowish white, with two outer scales, which are thick, similar in size or slightly larger and clasped together, with slightly flat or slightly concave apex, often slightly cracked; the central scale is small. The texture is firm and brittle, with floury fracture. It has a faint smell and a bitter taste.

【Identification】 (1) The powder of this product is off-white. Single starch granules are mostly round-triangular, oval, round-shell, triangular-oval, or long-cocoon-shaped, with a diameter of 6 to 58 (74) μm and a length of about 67 μm. The hilum is fissure-shaped, dot-shaped, or herringbone-shaped, mostly located at the smaller end, with fine and dense layers. Semi-compound granules are rare, with two hilums; single granules with multiple hilums are visible, with 2 to 4 hilums. Stomata are round or oblate, with a diameter of 40 to 48 (50) μm, and 4 to 6 accessory cells.

[Processing] Remove impurities and crush before use.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter, sweet, slightly cold.

[return through] Return to the lung and heart meridians.

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and moistens the lungs, resolves phlegm and relieves cough. It is used for dry cough due to lung heat, dry cough with little sputum, cough due to yin deficiency, and cough with blood.

[Usage and Dosage] 3-9g, grind into powder and take with water, 1-2g at a time.

【Note】 It should not be used together with Aconitum-type medicinal materials.

【Storage】Place in ventilated and dry place to prevent moth.

【Excerpt】 National Compendium of Chinese Herbal Medicines

The above is a detailed introduction to the medicinal value of Fritillaria thunbergii. There are also some ways and methods when eating Fritillaria thunbergii. The above methods of eating are very helpful in regulating various problems of the human body, so you can do it with confidence.