太白贝母
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 太白贝母
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.