Alias a sword, Cao Beimu

The source is Shā rotto Katakuri, Lijiang, which belongs to the genus Sagittarius of Liliaceae, and its bulb is used as medicine. Dig in summer and autumn, wash, dry and grind into powder for later use.

Toxicity: This product can paralyze the central nervous system and make the sense of touch insensitive. Large dose of this product can cause vomiting, diarrhea and intestinal bleeding.

Bitter and warm. Toxic.

Indications: Relieve cough, asthma, pain and cancer. Can be used for treating bronchitis, asthma, gout, breast cancer, nasopharyngeal carcinoma and salivary gland tumor.

Usage and dosage: 1 ~ 2 minutes, grinding into powder, adding appropriate amount of honey and steaming.

Remarks: (1) This product is wrongly called Fritillaria thunbergii in some parts of Yunnan. Because this product is toxic, its indication function is different from that of Fritillaria thunbergii, so it cannot be mixed. Pay attention to identification.

Excerpted from the National Collection of Chinese Herbal Medicine