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INDIVIDUAL HERBS

NAME: CHUAN BEI MU

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae
Common English:	Fritillaria Bulb

PROPERTIES

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Bitter Sweet	Slightly Cold (Cool)	Heart Lung	3-12g Powder: 1-1.5g Tincture: 1-4ml

ACTIONS AND INDICATIONS

Actions

Indications/Syndromes

Clears Heat, transforms Phlegm, stops cough and nourishes and moistens the Lung

Chronic cough especially due to Yin Deficiency with Empty Fire Rising with chronic cough, slight sputum, difficult to expectorate, blood streaked sputum

Cough with Qi Stagnation with reduced appetite and a stifling sensation in the chest and abdomen

Clears Heat and dissipates nodules

Phlegm-Fire nodules (Chuang Yung-sores, swellings, scrofula, Lung or breast abscesses)

CONTRAINDICATIONS, INCOMPATIBILITIES AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS

Ineffective for Wind-Phlegm, Cold-Phlegm or Damp-Phlegm.
Contraindicated during pregnancy.
Contraindicated for those with digestive weakness with Phlegm present.
The raw, unprocessed herb is toxic and should never be taken internally.

INCOMPATIBILITIES

Incompatible with Rx. Aconiti Wu Tou.
Counteracts Rx. Gentianae Qin Jiao.

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

MAJOR COMBINATIONS

Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu	Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren	Fol. Eriobotryae Pi Pa Ye Tub. Ophiopogonis Mai Men Dong Rz. Polygonati Odorati Yu Zhu
Clears the Qi and nourishes the Yin Cough with scanty, difficult to expec-torate sputum due to Yin Deficiency Fire burning the Lungs	Cough and wheezing with copious sputum Wheezing and cough from externally contracted Lung disorders Non-productive cough from Lung Deficiency disorders Coughing of thick, yellow sputum due to Phlegm-Fire	Chronic cough with fatigue, irritability, excessive or bloody sputum, a stifling sensation and distention in the chest with palpitations and insomnia
Rx. Polygalae Yuan Zhi Poria Fu Ling Fr. Trichosanthis Gua Lou	Bul. Fritillariae Thunbergii Zhe Bei Mu	Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin
Painful obstruction of the chest with palpitations and insomnia	Scrofula and abscess	Directs Phlegm-Fire downward
Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen Rx. Astragali Huang Qi	Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao	Fr. Forsythiae Lian Qiao
Tonifies without accumulation	Harmonizes the Ying Qi	Releases constrained toxins Treats goiter
Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren Rx. Asteris Zi Wan Flos Farfare Kuan Dong Hua	Sm. Trichosanthis Gua Lou Ren Rx. Trichosanthis Tian Hua Fen	Snake Bile
Chronic cough with Lung Deficiency, dry cough with little sputum or cough with Blood-streaked sputum	Cough with Phlegm and Dryness in the Lungs	Cough with Excess Phlegm and Heat
Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren Fr. Perillae Zi Su Zi Rx. Platycodi Jie Gang
Wind-Cold cough

NOTES

This herb is most effective in treating cough with Qi Stagnation, manifesting as reduced appetite, and a stifling sensation in the chest and upper abdomen.
Bul. Fritillariae Cirrhosae Chuan Bei Mu, nourishes and moistens the Lung and is commonly used in chronic conditions like tuberculosis, while Bul. Fritillariae Thunbergii Zhe Bei Mu is stronger and more commonly used in acute conditions of cough asthma with thick Phlegm.
This herb counteracts the side effects of chemotherapy and radiation.
This herb has been used as a lactagogue.
Some sources say that this herb supplements Lung Qi and relieves melancholy.
This herb can disperse constrained Qi in the Heart and chest and treats those with uneasiness in the Heart, anxiety and constraint.
It directs Heart Fire downward and is effective in treating Lin Syndrome.
Because of its expense, it is usually used in powder or pill form rather than in decoction.
This herb is effective for lymph gland swelling.