1 TASTE
Bitter sweet and slightly cold
2 MERIDIANS
Lung and heart
3 FUNCTIONS
1. To moisten the lungs and resolve phlegm; 2. To stop cough; 3. To clear heat and release nodules
4 INDICATIONS
1. Cough: a) chronic cough due to lung deficiency manifested as dry cough and dry throat-Tendrilled fritillary bulb (Chuan Bei Mu [3]) is used with Ophiopogon root (Maidong) and Glehnia (Sha Shen [4]); b) phlegm-heat cough manifested as yellow and thick sputum-Ten-drilled fritillary bulb (Chuanbeimu) is used with Anemarrhena rhizome (Zhi Mu [5]), Scutellaria root (Huang Qin [6] ) and Trichosanthes fruit (Gua Lou [7]); c) wind -heat cough-Tendrilled fritillary bulb (Chuanbeimu) is used with Mulberry leaf (Sang Ye [8]), Peucedanum root (Qian Hu [9]) and Apricot seed (Xing Ren [10]).2. Scrofula, mastitis and lung abscess: a) scrofula -Tendrilled fritillary bulb (Chuanbeimu) is used with Scrophularia (Xuan Shen [11]) and Oyster shell (Mu Li [12]); b) mastitis-Tendrilled fritillary bulb (Chuanbei-mu) is used with Dandelion herb (Pu Gong Ying [13] ) and Forsythia fruit (Lianqao); c) lung abscess-Tendrilled fritillary bulb (Chuanbeimu) is used with Houttuynia (Yu Xing Cao [14]) and Coix seed (Yi Yi Ren [15] ).
5 DOSAGE
3-10 g
6 COUTIONS
This herb cannot be used with Si-chuan aconite root (Wutou), as they counteract each other
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