This product is the bulb of the perennial herb Thunberg Fritillary Bulb (Fritillaria thunbergii Miq.) of the Lily Bulb family. It is originally from Xiangshan, Zhejiang, and is now mainly produced in Yin County, Zhejiang. Additionally, it is also produced in Jiangsu, Anhui, Hunan, Jiangxi, and other regions. The bulbs are harvested when the plant withers in early summer, washed, the outer skin rubbed off, mixed with calcined shell powder to absorb the sap, and then cut into thick slices or crushed into pieces.

bubble_chart Properties and Meridians

Bitter, cold. act on lung and heart channels.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Clearing heat and resolving phlegm, dispersing stagnation and resolving masses.

bubble_chart Indications

1. Used for wind-heat dryness-heat and phlegm-heat cough. This product has similar effects to Tendrilleaf Fritillary Bulb but is more bitter and purgative. For treating wind-heat cough, it is often combined with Mulberry Leaf, Peucedanum, etc.; for treating phlegm heat stagnation in the lung causing cough, it is often combined with Trichosanthis Fruit, Anemarrhena, etc.
2. Used for scrofula, goiter, abscesses, sores, and lung abscess. This product can bitterly purge and clear heat toxin, relieve stagnation and dissipate nodules. For treating scrofula subcutaneous node, it is combined with Scrophularia Root, oyster shell, etc., and added to Scrofula-Eliminating Pill; for treating goiter, it is combined with seaweed, kelp; for treating abscesses and sores, it is combined with Forsythia, Dandelion, etc.; for treating lung abscess, it is combined with Heartleaf Houttuynia Herb, Reed Rhizome, etc.

bubble_chart Documentation

1. Bencao Zheng: "Highly effective in treating lung abscess, lung atrophy, cough and asthma, hematemesis, epistaxis, it is most effective in reducing phlegm and qi, excels in relieving depression, detoxifying heat toxins, and treating pharyngitis, scrofula, breast diseases, back gangrene, and all kinds of abscesses and swelling toxins... Compared to Tendrilleaf Fritillary Bulb, its efficacy in clearing and reducing is several times greater."
2. Bencao Gangmu Shiyi: "Removes toxins, benefits phlegm, opens and ventilates lung qi, suitable for those with swelling accompanied by wind-fire and phlegm."

bubble_chart Usage and Dosage

Decoct and take 3-10g.

bubble_chart Cautions and Contraindications

Same as Tendrilleaf Fritillary Bulb.

bubble_chart Modern Pharmacology

This product contains Zhejiang Fritillary Bulb alkaloid, dehydro Thunberg Fritillary Bulb alkaloid, Fritillaria Bulb alcohol, etc.

1. Thunberg Fritillary Bulb alkaloid and dehydro Thunberg Fritillary Bulb alkaloid have significant antitussive effects.
2. Thunberg Fritillary Bulb alkaloid has a significant bronchodilator effect on bronchial smooth muscle at low concentrations. In addition, it also has central inhibitory effects, with sedative and analgesic properties.