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平貝母 Pingbeimu
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Chinese Name |
平貝母 |
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Chinese Pinyin |
Pingbeimu |
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English Name |
Ussuri Fritillary Vulb |
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Latin Pharmaceutical Name |
Fritillariae Ussuriensis Bulbus |
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Category |
Roots and rhizomes |
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Origin |
The dried bulb of Fritillaria ussuriensis Maxim.(Liliaceae) |
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Production Regions |
Primarily produced in the areas of northeastern China. |
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Macroscopic Features |
Flat spherical, 0.5~1cm tall, 0.6~2cm diameter. Externally milky-white or pale yellowish-white, outer layer has two scales, fat and thick, even sized or embraced by one larger scale, apex slightly flat or indented, often cracked open, center scale is small. Firm and brittle texture, fractured surface is powdery. faint odor; bitter taste. |
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Quality Requirements |
Superior medicinal material is full, white, powdery, even sized. |
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Properties |
Bitter, sweet, slightly cold |
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Functions |
Clears heat, moistens lung, transforms phlegm, stops cough. Apply to dry cough sue to lung heat, dry cough without phlegm, cough due to yin deficiency, cough with bloody phlegm, scrofula, acute mastitis. |
| Link |
 Chinese Medicine Specimen Database
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Permanent URL：https://sys01.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/cmed/mmid/detail.php?pid=B00090 |
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