Fritillaria Bulb
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Market name：浙貝（貝母）大 Photo location：Museum of Materia Medica, Inst. of Nat. Med. TMPW No.：11361 |
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Plant name：Fritillaria thunbergii Photo location：Tokyo, Japan Photo date：1997 Photographer：K. Komatsu |
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| Latin name | Fritillariae Bulbus |
| Botanical source: Family name | Liliaceae |
| Botanical source: Plant name | Fritillaria verticillata var. thunbergii Baker |
| Part used | Bulb |
| Empirical criteria for quality selection | Good one is small. It has white outside and tannish flesh side (NI). |
| Constituents | Steroidal alkaloids: [F. thunbergii]: Fritilline, Fritillarine, Verticine (= Peimine), Verticilline, Apoverticine, Peiminoside, Peimisine, Peimiphine, Peimidine, Peimitidine; [F. verticillata]: Fritilline A, Fritilline B, Peimisine, Verticilline, Verticine (= Peimine), Peiminoside, Verticinone (= Fritillarine = Peiminine), Isoverticine; [F. roylei]: Peimidine, Peimiphine, Peimitidine, Peimisine, Verticine (= Peimine) |
| Pharmacological effects | Hypotensive (peimine, peiminoside). |
| Indications | As an antitussive, expectorant and for draining pus, it is applied to relieve heat, laryngitis, dazzling, cough and thirst. Zhebeimu (浙貝 in JP) has stronger effects in removing heat and resolving phlegm than that of chuanbeimu (川貝 in JP) . Zhebeimu (浙貝 in JP) is applied to treat cough with heat and persisting sputum. |
| Diseases | Cough, Sore throat, Few sputum, Expectoration of sputum, Cervical lymphadenopathy, Chest pain, Feeling of pressure in the chest, Lung suppurations, Subcutaneous nodule, Pyogenic dermatosis |
| Formulas | karokijitsuto , gedaishimotsutokami , sammotsuhakusan , jiinshihoto , seihaito , tokibaimokujinganryo |
| Meridian tropism | Heart, Lung |
| Property | Slightly cold |
| Flavor | Sweet, Slightly bitter |
| Classification in "Shen-non Ben-cao Jing" | Middle |
| TCM: Classification | Phlegm-resolving drugs with cold properties |
| TCM: Medicinal effects | To remove heat and resolve phlegm, to ease the mind, and to reduce nodulation. Used for cough caused by wind heat, dryness heat or phlegm heat, lung abscess, mastitis, cervical tuberculous lymphadenitis and sores. |
| Remarks | Listed in the Japanese Pharmacopoeia 18th ed. |
| References | NI: N. Isshiki, Methods of Quality Evaluation and Preparation of Wakan-yaku, Tohodo Shoten, Tokyo, 1987. |
DNA sequences of medicinal plants
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| Botanical source: Plant name | 5Ss | 18S | ITS1 | 5.8S | ITS2 | 26S | others | trnH-psbA | matK | trnK | trnK-rps16 | trnT-L | trnL | trnL-F | rbcL | rpoC1 | ndhF | others | |
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