Pei Mu

Also known as: Chuan Bei, Zhe Bei

Taste and attribution: sweet, bitter, cold; to the lung, heart meridian.

Good for treating phlegm and relieving cough

There are many kinds of shellfish, such as Chuanbeimu, Zhebeimu, Crownbeimu, Pingbeimu and so on, but in the clinical application, mainly in Zhebeimu and Chuanbeimu. Zhejiang shellfish produced in Xiangshan, Zhejiang Province for the best, so it is also known as elephant shellfish; Sichuan shellfish produced in Sichuan for the best, but also divided into pine shellfish, green shellfish, furnace shellfish, to pine shellfish for the best, followed by green shellfish and furnace shellfish, collectively referred to as Chuanbeibei in the clinic. Zhebei has the effect of clearing away heat and resolving phlegm, dispersing lumps and swelling; Chuanbei has the effect of clearing away heat and resolving phlegm, moistening the lungs and relieving cough, dispersing lumps and swelling. It is recorded in the Compendium of Materia Medica that "Bei Mu is a medicine that opens depression, lowers qi, and dissolves phlegm. Moistening the lungs to eliminate phlegm, stopping the lower wheezing, the evidence of deficiency labor and fire knot, shellfish specializing in the first agent. Therefore, with Zhimo, can clear gas and nourish yin ......"

Small file of shellfish

Small file of shellfish

Small file of shellfish belongs to the lily family, is a perennial herb. It is mainly produced in Sichuan, Tibet, Qinghai, Gansu, Yunnan and other places, while Zhebeimu is mainly produced in Zhejiang, Ningbo, Hangzhou and other places. The medicinal part of Phellodendron Bark is the dried bulb, which is usually dug in summer and fall or when the snow melts, and dried in the sun or at low temperature. The medicinal part of Phellodendron Bidentata is the dried bulb of Phellodendron Bidentata, which is usually dug in early summer when the plant withers, removing the outer skin, mixing with calcined shell powder, sucking off the pulp and drying; or taking the bulb, removing the core buds, cutting thick slices and drying it while it is still fresh. Crown shellfish also belongs to the lily family, for perennial herbs, plants stout, erect, 60 ~ 110 cm high; flowers bell-shaped pendulous, usually 3 to 6 flowers, bearing on the flowering branches, 6 petals, the base of the black, the color of the flowers for the yellow, orange and red, the flowering period in May to June; leaves lanceolate, light green, alternate; with a bulb, consisting of a number of scales, diameter in 15 cm or so. Pingbeimu is a perennial herb of the lily family, growing in the Changbai Mountain area of China, with bell-shaped pendulous flowers, dark purple, with nearly square yellow spots on the inner surface.

Effects and Indications

Effects Chuan Beimu clears heat and resolves phlegm, moistening the lungs and relieving cough, dispersing knots and subduing swelling; Zhe Beimu clears heat and resolves phlegm, dispersing knots and subduing swelling.

Attention 1: For cough. It is good at treating long cough of lung deficiency, dry phlegm or blood in phlegm, etc. It is also used for cough of wind-heat or phlegm-heat in lungs.2. It is used for scrofula, mammary carbuncle, carbuncle, etc. It is also used for the treatment of cough of the lungs.

Identification of authenticity

1. Zhebeimu is also divided into Yuanbeimu and Zhubeimu. The mother of pearl is separated from the fat scaly leaves, semicircular, convex on one side and concave on the other. The outer surface of white or yellowish white, with light brown markings, phi white powder. Inner surface yellowish brown, solid texture. Cross-section yellowish white, rich in powder. The mother-of-pearl is a complete bulb without core buds, oval, white surface, the outer layer has two scale leaves and stumps, the texture is firm and brittle, easy to break, the cross-section is white, rich in powder. Mother-of-pearl to scale leaves fat, solid, powdery enough, white section is preferred.

2. pine shellfish conical or nearly spherical, the outer two scale leaves size disparity, large petals embracing the small petals, not embracing part of the crescent. The top is closed, bluntly rounded or slightly pointed. Inside there is a cylindrical core bud with a slightly pointed tip and 1 or 2 small scale leaves. The bottom is flat and slightly concave. There is a gray-brown bulb disk in the center, with occasional remnants of fibrous roots. It can usually be placed upright and stabilized, and is hard and brittle. The cross-section is white, rich in powder. To small, uniform, complete, solid, pure white color, with glossy is preferred. Green shell is flat spherical or conical. The outer surface is white or light yellowish brown. The outer two scale leaves are similar in size and relatively embracing. The tip is more open. Inside there is a thin cylindrical stump and small scale leaves 2 to 3. The bottom is slightly flat. Generally can be put stable, bulb disk slightly concave, texture is slightly lax than the pine shell, section white. Furnace shell is oblong conical, shaped like a horse's teeth. Surface yellowish white, slightly rough, often with yellowish brown patches. The tip is pointed, more open, revealing the inner tiny scale leaves 1 to 3 and a stump (core bud). Base oblique, bluntly rounded or bluntly pointed. Cannot stand upright. Root tip protrudes outward, brittle in texture. The section is white and slightly rough.

3. The common forgeries of shellfish include a round of shellfish, light Cixi, grass shellfish, etc., in addition to a round of shellfish, the other are not divided into petals, clinical use and genuine shellfish have a clear difference. A round of Baymax is conical or ovoid, the surface is light yellow or yellowish brown, one side has a shallow grain groove, the tip is acuminate, the bottom of the bulbous disk protrudes, next to the bulbous leaves, the texture is hard, difficult to break, the section of the keratinous-like.

Precautions

1. Neither Chuanbeimu nor Zhebeimu should be egged on with aconite. 2. Neither Chuanbeimu nor Zhebeimu should be used in the treatment of cold phlegm or wet phlegm.