Chuan Bei Mu / 川贝母 [川貝母] (Sichuan Fritillaria Bulb)

貝母

Fritillariae cirrhosae Bulbus

Transform Phlegm and Stop Coughing

Slightly Cold

Bitter

Sweet

Heart

Lung

Translation Dr. Ger : H-195 - (Chuan-pei-mu) - "Fritillaria roylei" - FRITILLARY; CALADIUM.

"Prior to the Ming dynasty the various forms of this herb were undifferentiated and only the term Bei Mu / 貝母 is found in the literature. However, since the least the time of Li Shi-Zhen, a distinction often appears between the herb grown in Sichuan, called Chuan Bei Mu / 川貝母, and that grown in Zhejiang, called Zhe Bei Mu / 浙貝母. [...] Fritillariae Cirrhosae Bulbus (Chuan Bei Mu) is usually preferred." (Bensky, pg. 378)

Bensky, D., Clavey, S. & Stöger, E. (2004). Chinese herbal medicine: Materia medica (3rd ed.). Seattle: Eastland Press. p. 378

Wiseman, N. (1995). English-Chinese Chinese-english dictionary of Chinese medicine. p. 426

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