The difference between Fritillaria and Fritillaria cirrhosa
Fritillaria, the dried bulb of Liliaceae, is mainly distributed in the Changbai Mountain range and the southern mountainous area of Xiaoxing 'anling, and mainly produces in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Hebei and other provinces. This medicine was originally used for customs clearance, and it is a local medicine. /kloc-during the Xianfeng period in the 0 th and 9 th centuries, there were folk prescriptions such as "Fritillaria and Pear" for treating cough and asthma due to lung heat. At the beginning of the 20th century, Fritillaria and other medicinal materials were sold in Jilin City and resold at the customs, so Fritillaria began to enter the customs medicinal materials market and supplied to various places for medicinal purposes. Its nature is bitter and spicy; Slightly cold, belonging to lung meridian, clearing away heat and moistening lung, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, mainly used for dry cough due to lung heat, dry cough with little phlegm, cough due to yin deficiency, expectoration with blood, scrofula, mammary abscess and other symptoms.
Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae is the dried bulb of Liliaceae plants such as Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae, Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae, Bulbus Fritillariae Gansu and Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae. The first three kinds are called "loose shell" and "green shell" respectively according to different characters, and the latter is called "furnace shell". Because it is mainly produced in Sichuan, it is generally called Fritillaria cirrhosa, or Fritillaria cirrhosa for short. It is of good quality and is regarded as an authentic medicinal material. In ancient times, some people thought that flat-bottomed pointed Fritillaria was the best, so there was a saying of pointed Fritillaria. Cool and sweet in nature, it enters the lung meridian and stomach meridian, and has the effects of moistening lung, relieving cough, resolving phlegm and relieving asthma, clearing heat and resolving phlegm.
Pingbein can disperse pungent smell and enter the lungs, so it is widely used in a short time. Therefore, it is often used to treat lung abscess in TCM clinic, and can be used to prepare compound Fritillaria tablets, Niuhuang Qingfei powder for children and other Chinese patent medicines, with a large dosage. Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae is cool and sweet after long-term use, and it is more moist than Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae. It is mostly used for chronic cough due to lung deficiency, less phlegm and dry throat. In recent years, alkaloids with antitussive and expectorant effects were extracted from the stems, leaves, flowers and fruits of Fritillaria, which were used to make new drugs for treating tracheitis, with good results, showing a new way of comprehensive utilization.
It can be seen that there are differences in raw materials, origin, efficacy and indications, and the drugs used are also different due to different personal constitutions and properties. Therefore, when buying, we must learn to distinguish between Fritillaria and Fritillaria.
How to choose Fritillaria and Fritillaria cirrhosa correctly? Let's take a look at the identification method of Fritillaria and Fritillaria.
Identification method of Fritillaria and Fritillaria cirrhosa
Fritillaria Fritillaria
This product is oblate and shaped like an abacus bead, with a height of 0.5 ~ 1 cm and a diameter of 0.6 ~ 2 cm. The surface is milky white or yellowish white, and the outer layer has two scales, which are plump, similar in size or larger, surrounded by each other, and the top is slightly flat or slightly concave and slightly cracked. The central scale is small, firm and fragile, and rich in powder. The biggest difference between Pingbei and Chuanbei is that Pingbei is large, flat but not round, often not white in color and bitter in taste.
fritillaria cirrhosa
There are many varieties of Fritillaria cirrhosa, which can be divided into three specifications: loose shell, green shell and furnace shell, and their medicinal properties are different.
(1) loose shell: oval, with uniform particle size and generally less than 1 cm in diameter. The top is slightly pointed and closed. The bottom is flat and can be placed upright. The two scales on the outer layer are very different in size. The small scales are wrapped in heart-shaped scales, and there is a crescent-shaped part outside, commonly known as "holding the moon". The appearance is pure white and shiny. The texture is hard and crisp, and the powder is enough.
(2) Mytilus: oblate, with two scales of similar size on the outer layer. The top is open and there are several small scales inside. Particles are skewed and cannot be placed upright. The appearance is yellowish white, and the texture is loose and powdery.
(3) Furnace shell: mostly prismatic or conical, with large particles and horse teeth, so it is commonly known as "horse teeth mouth". Crispy and powdery. These three kinds of Fritillaria are slightly gassy and slightly bitter.
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