1, Chuanbei more moist, used to moisturize the lungs and relieve cough, Chuanbei and pine shells for the best.
2, the medicinal shellfish from the lily family plants Chuanbeimu, dark purple shellfish, Gansu Beimu and the bulb of the saxifrage shellfish. Among them, the mother of pearl barley, dark purple mother of pearl barley, Gansu mother of pearl barley three kinds of shellfish according to different traits are divided into pine shellfish and green shellfish, pine shellfish, one of the characteristics of the "embracing the moon", that is, a larger curved shellfish petals embraced by a smaller shellfish petals, buy pine shellfish particles are small and full, white color, sharp mouth, buttocks rounded for the best, especially the size of peas for the best, commonly known as the "pearl pearl", the best, and the best. The best, commonly known as "pearl shell".
3, green shells are flat spherical, similar size, relative embrace, the top of the split, within the heart buds and small scale leaves 2-3 and thin cylindrical stumps, habitually known as the "Guanyin palm.
4, stove shellfish, is the bulb of the salsa shellfish, mainly produced in the northwest, Tibetan medicine used.
I. Brief introduction: Chuanbei is a plant of the lily family, is a commonly used Chinese medicine. The dried bulb of Sichuan shellfish, dark purple shellfish, Gansu shellfish, pike sand shellfish. The first three according to the different traits, respectively, used to be called "pine shellfish" and "green shellfish", the latter used to be called "stove shellfish". The main effect is to moisten the lungs, cough, phlegm, divided into three specifications of pine shells, green shells, stove shells. Shellfish was first published in "Shennong's Classic of the Materia Medica", and was included in the middle grade.
Two, classification:
1, pine shellfish? Because it used to be gathered and dispersed in the vicinity of Songpan County, Sichuan, so it is called Songbei. This product is conical or nearly spherical in shape, 0.3 ~ 0.8cm high, 0.3 ~ 0.9cm in diameter, because it is like beans such as pearls, also known as "pearl shells", "rice shells". The surface is white, there are 2 scales outside, the big petals embracing the small petals, the unembraced part is crescent-shaped, commonly known as "embracing the moon in the embrace"; there are cylindrical, apical slightly pointed heart buds or small scaly leaves 1 to 2; the apical part is closed, slightly pointed or obtuse rounded, the bottom is flat, slightly concave, the center of the bulbous disk, occasionally there are remnants of the fibrous roots, customarily known as "garlic paste point", "garlic paste point". It is habitually called "garlic mud point" or "garlic mud tip". The texture is hard and brittle, the section is white, rich in powder. It has a slight odor and bitter taste.
2, Qingbei? Because of its past distribution in Sichuan Qingchuan County near the so-called green shellfish. This product class compressed spherical, 0.4 ~ 1.4cm high, 0.4 ~ 1.6cm in diameter. the outer two scales large? The outer two scales are large and the outer two scales are large and the outer two scales are small. The two outer scales are similar in shape and are clasped together, forming a cleft at the tip. There are 2-3 heart buds and small scale leaves and thin cylindrical stumps inside the scale petals, and the bottom is obtuse and rounded. Gas faint, taste bitter.
3.? Furnace shells? Because of its collection and dispersal in the fencing furnace so named. This product is oblong conical in shape, 0.7 ~ 2.5cm high, 0.5 ~ 2.5cm in diameter, the largest individual in the shellfish. Appearance of white or light yellow-brown, some with brown spots, commonly known as "tiger skin spots". The outer two scales, similar in size, form a slightly pointed cleft at the tip, with small scale leaves and heart buds. The texture is not as solid as the last two kinds of scallops, and the cross-section is rougher. It has a slight odor and bitter taste.