Chuan Bei Mu
Fritillariae Cirrhosae Bulbus
bitter, sweet, slightly cold
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Transform Hot Phlegm
CLASSICAL MANIFESATIONS:
- Cough
- Chest pressure
- Due to phlegm accumulation
- Nodulation
- Scrofula
- Breast abscess
- Lung abscess
- Sores
Chuan Bei Mu is bitter to drain out phlegm, sweet to tonify, and slightly cold to treat heat patterns involving phlegm. It enters the heart and lung systems.
Chuan Bei Mu is very useful in treating any type of cough. This includes productive coughs or cough with blood or from yin deficiency with extreme deficiency heat.
Channels: heart, lung
COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL POSSIBILITIES:
- Antitumor
- Goiter
- Enlarged lymph nodes
- Chronic cough
- Pneumonia
- Mastitis
- Dysglycemia
- Antihypertensive
- Sore throat
- Antimicrobial
- Antitussive
Formulas:
- Bai He Gu Jin Tang
- Bao Chan Wu You Fang
- Bei Mu Gua Lou San
- Gan Lu Xiao Du Dan
- Jiu Xian San
- Ling Jiao Gou Teng Tang
- Ren Shen Ge Jie San
- Yang Yin Qing Fei Tang
Contraindications: do not combine Chuan Bei Mu with Cao Wu, Chuan Wu, Fu Zi, Ku Shen, Kuan Dong Hua, She Chuang Zi, or Wu Tou, do not give Chuan Bei Mu to patients with phlegm originating from a cold pattern
Zoo Image: a Saint Bernard is winning hot tennis balls playing cards that each have different types of cough