Do you know the efficacy of Chuanbei?

Speaking of Fritillaria cirrhosa, I believe many friends who often cough should know it, because it has a good cough-relieving effect. Especially the soup made with Fritillaria cirrhosa and snow pear has a magical cough-relieving effect after drinking. Moreover, for those who have poor lungs, regular use can effectively clear lung heat. However, some friends do not know the specific effects of Chuanbei, so let’s take a detailed look at its effects here.

In fact, there are different varieties of Sichuan Fritillary, such as Songbei, Qingbei, etc., and different varieties will have slightly different effects. Therefore, when eating it, you must pay attention to which variety is suitable for you and choose it according to your needs so that you can truly exert its effectiveness.

1. Pine shells: Oval in shape, uniform in size, and generally no larger than 1 cm in diameter. The top is slightly pointed and closed. The bottom is flat and can stand upright and stable. The two outer scales are very different in size. The small scale is wrapped in the large heart-shaped scale, leaving a crescent-shaped part outside, commonly known as "holding the moon in the arms." The appearance is pure white and shiny. The texture is hard and brittle, and powdery.

2. Green mussel: It is flat spherical in shape, and the two outer scales are similar in size. The top is open, with several small scales inside. Most of the grains are crooked and cannot stand upright. The appearance is light yellow-white, the texture is looser and powdery than pine shells.

3. Lubei: Most of them are prismatic or conical, with large grains and a shape similar to horse teeth, so they are commonly known as "horse tooth mouth". Brittle and powdery. These three types of Fritillaria have a slight odor and a slightly bitter taste.

Efficacy: Sichuan Fritillaria is bitter and sweet, and slightly cold in nature; Zhejiang Fritillaria is bitter and cold in nature. It enters the lung and heart meridians. It has the effects of resolving phlegm and relieving cough, clearing away heat and dispersing nodules. It is mainly used to treat cough due to hot phlegm, cough caused by exogenous factors, cough due to yin deficiency, little phlegm and dry throat, yellow and thick phlegm, lung abscess, breast abscess, carbuncle, swelling and infection, scrofula, etc. Modern pharmacological experiments have proved that Fritillaria has antitussive, antihypertensive and blood sugar-raising effects.

After knowing the effects of Fritillaria cirrhosa, if you want to buy it, you also need to learn how to identify it. Because Fritillaria cirrhosa is a commonly used traditional Chinese medicine, some small pharmacies will sell fake Fritillaria cirrhosa, so you need to learn how to identify the authenticity of Fritillaria cirrhosa before you can buy it. If you cannot identify it, it is recommended that you buy it at a regular pharmacy for peace of mind.