Chuan Bei Mu川贝母

Bulbus Fritillariae CirrhosaeFritillaria Bulb

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Doses usuelles

Clears Heat, transforms Phlegm, stops coughing and nourishes and moistens the Lungs: 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)

Not effective for Wind-Phlegm, Cold-Phlegm, or Damp-Phlegm.
Contraindicated during pregnancy.
Contraindicated where digestive weakness coexists with Phlegm.
In its raw, unprocessed form the herb is toxic and must never be taken internally.

- Zhi Mu
Clears Qi and nourishes Yin; used for cough with scant, hard-to-expectorate sputum caused by Yin Deficiency Fire scorching the Lungs.
- Xing Ren
Cough and wheezing with abundant sputum; wheezing and coughing from externally contracted Lung disorders; dry, non-productive cough from Lung Deficiency; and cough with thick, yellow sputum from Phlegm-Fire.
- Pi Pa Ye
- Mai Men Dong
- Yu Zhu
Chronic cough accompanied by fatigue, irritability, excessive or blood-streaked sputum, chest stuffiness and distention, palpitations, and insomnia.
- Yuan Zhi
- Fu Ling
- Gua Lou
Painful chest obstruction with palpitations and insomnia.
- Zhe Bei Mu
Scrofula and abscesses.
- Huang Lian
- Huang Qin
Brings Phlegm-Fire downward.
- Ren Shen
- Huang Qi
Tonifies without causing accumulation.
- Dang Gui
- Bai Shao
Harmonizes the Ying Qi.
- Lian Qiao
Releases constrained toxins and treats goiter.
Chronic cough from Lung Deficiency, dry cough with little sputum or cough with blood-streaked sputum.
- Gua Lou Ren
- Tian Hua Fen
Cough involving Phlegm and Dryness in the Lungs.
- Snake Bile
Cough with Excess-type Phlegm and Heat.

It works best for cough associated with Qi Stagnation, marked by poor appetite and a sensation of stuffiness in the chest and upper abdomen.
Chuan Bei Mu (Bul. Fritillariae Cirrhosae) nourishes and moistens the Lung and is typically used for chronic conditions such as tuberculosis, whereas Zhe Bei Mu (Bul. Fritillariae Thunbergii) is more potent and is more often used in acute cough and asthma with thick Phlegm.
It helps offset side effects from chemotherapy and radiation.
It has also been used to promote lactation.
Some sources say it supplements Lung Qi and eases melancholy.
It can disperse constrained Qi in the Heart and chest, treating Heart unease, anxiety, and constraint.
It brings Heart Fire downward and is effective for treating Lin Syndrome.
Given its cost, it is more often used as a powder or pill than in decoction.
It is effective against swollen lymph glands.
It has demonstrated an anti-cancer effect in studies.
It is said to be astringent and detoxifying, to protect the Heart and strengthen the internal organs, and to cure furuncles, swelling, and tumors.
It is also credited with eliminating toxins, relieving Stagnation, and invigorating the Blood, for use in Lung consumptive disease, pulmonary abscess, goiter, subcutaneous nodules, cellulitis, and various other infections.
It is further said to treat Lung Deficiency, chronic asthma, a dry throat with scant Phlegm, scrofula, and carbuncles of the breast and Lung.