Tai Bai Bei Mu

Name

Tai Bai Bei Mu (Taipei fritillary bulb)

Sources

The drug is the bulb of Fritillaria taipaiensis P. Y. Li (Family Liliaceae), growing in mountaimous grasslands or along streams, distributed in Qin Mountain area, the southeast of Gansu, the northwest Hubei and northeast of Sichuan of China.

The Effect of Tai Bai Bei Mu

Property

Bitter, slightly cold.

Actions

The bulb is used to nourish the lung to relieve cough and resolve phlegm, for the treatment of cough due to yin deficiency, sputum, cough due to lung-heat, bronchitis.

Dosage and Administrations

Decoct 3~9 g.