Tendrilleaf Fritillary Bulb, Bulb of Tendrilleaf Fritillary
Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae, Fritillariae Cirrhosae Bulbus
Chuan Bei Mu

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Bitter; sweet; slightly cold

Part(s) used

Bulb

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To remove heat, moisten the lung, resolve phlegm and relieve cough.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Lung heat cough, dry cough, chronic bronchitis, infection of upper respiratory tract, tuberculosis, gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer, yin vacuity taxation cough, cough with phlegm and blood.