Tendrilleaf
Fritillary Bulb Extract Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae Extract Fritillaria
cirrhosa D. Don Extract Fritillaria unibracteata Hsiao et K. C. Hsia Extract Fritillaria
przewalskii Maxim. Extract Fritillaria delavayi Franch. Extract
Fritillaria
cirrhosa D. Don
Tendrilleaf
Fritillary Bulb is the dried bulb of Fritillaria cirrhosa D. Don, Fritillaria
unibracteata Hsiao et K. C. Hsia, Fritillaria przewalskii Maxim. or
Fritillaria delavayi Franch. (Fam. Liliaceae). According to the different
characters, the drug derived from the former three are known as "Songbei"
and "Qingbei", respectively, and the drug derived from the latter is
known as "Lubei".
Action: To
remove heat, moisten the lung, resolve phlegm and relieve cough.
Indications:
Dry cough due to heat in the lung; cough with bloody sputum in consumptive
diseases.
Precaution: Incompatible
with Radix Aconiti and allied drugs.