chuan bei mu  川 貝 母

Zhe bei mu  浙 貝 母

by: Joe Hing Kwok Chu

貝 母

Other Names:	chuan bei mu:  chuan bei 川貝, jian bei mu 尖貝母 zhe bei mu: zhe bei 浙貝, xiang bei 象貝, da bei mu 大貝母
Pharmaceutical name:	chuan bei mu:   Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae zhe bei mu:Bulbus Fritillariae Thunbergii
Latin botanical name:	chuan bei mu:   Fritillaria cirrhosa D. Don; F. unibracteata Hsiao et K. C. Hsiao, F. prezwalskii Maxim., F. delavayi Franch. zhe bei mu: Fritillaria thunbergii Miq., also as Fritillaria verticillata Willd. var. Fritillaria thunbergii Bak.
Pron. in Japanese:	senbaimo
Pron. in Korean:	ch'onp'aemo
Pron. in Cantonese:	chuen pui
Common Name:	tendrilled fritillaria blb, fritillaria
Distribution:	chuan bei mu: Sichuan, Yunnan, Xizang zhe bei mu: Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, Hunan
Properties (characteristics): 藥性:	chuan bei mu: mildly cold, sweet, bitter zhe bei mu: bitter cold 川貝母: 性微寒，味甘苦 。 浙貝母: 苦，寒。
Channels (meridians) entered:歸經:	heart, lung 心, 肺
Actions & Indications: 功用:	Clears lung heat and rids of phlegm, hot cough due to yinxu with thick phlegm, breast scrofula, nodules, external application for boils. Chuan bei mu is mildly cold and good for moisturizing: chronic cough that injured yin ( into yinxu), dry cough without phlegm. zhe bei mu is colder than chuan bei mu: its purging is stronger than chuan bei mu. It is used for getting rid of stagnant phlegm, stopping cough. Suitable for cough with yellow phlegm. 潤肺散結，止咳化痰。肺 熱 ，陰虛 咳 嗽 痰 稠 ， 肺癰，乳 腺 炎 ，  肺 虛 ， 瘰 瘳 ， 久 咳 ， 外治惡瘡。 川貝母苦甘微寒，以滋潤見長，用於肺燥咳嗽及久咳傷陰，乾咳無痰的。 浙貝母苦寒，寒性大於川貝，開泄力大。用於清肺散結，化痰止咳。有黃痰者適用。
Medical Function:	to be loaded
Chemical Ingredients: 化學成份:	1. Chuan bei mu (川貝母): chinpeimine, sonpeimine, fritimine, sipemine. 2. An zi bei mu (暗紫貝母):  songbeisine, 26-Imino-17, 23beta-oxido-5alpha-jerv-12-en-11-oxo-3beta-ol[1]. 3. Gansu bei mu (甘肅貝母): minpeimine, minpeiminine. 4. Suo sha bei mu (梭砂貝母): Imperialine, Delavine, Delavinone[2], Chuanbeinone[3], Dalafrinone [(22S, 25S) -3beta, 16Beta-dihydroxy-5alpha-cevanin-6-one], Dalafrine[ (22S, 25S) -5alpha-cevanine-3beta, 6beta, 16beta-triol] (22R, 25S) - Solanid-5-enine-3beta, 5alpha, 6beta-triol[4], beilupeimine, fritiminine. 5. Zhe bei mu (浙貝母): peimine, peiminine, propeimine, peimidine, peimiphine, peimisine, peimitidinek, isoverticine, peimisnoside.
Dosage: 用量:	For decoction: 3 to 10 g. As powder form (mixed in water): 1 to 2 g. 煎服:3克至10克。研粉沖服或調服用1克至2克。
Commonly Used formulae:常用配方:	dang gui bei mu ku shen wan, jie geng bai san, yang fei tang. 當歸貝母苦參丸，桔梗白散，養肺湯。
Modern Research:	to be loaded
Cautions: 禁忌:	Not to use by those with spleen and stomach deficient , cold, with wet phlegm and cold cough. Also not to use she dan chuan bei mo, chen pi chuan bei mo, chuan bei mu, fu fang she dan chuan bei mo. Raw bei mu is toxic and not for internal use. 脾胃虛寒及有濕痰 寒咳者忌用貝母。 包括：蛇?川貝末，陳皮川貝末，川貝末，復方蛇?川貝末。生的貝母有毒， 不可內服。

Last update: June 18, 2003