Bai He
百合 bǎi hé, ""hundred meetings""

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Is this Herb effective in the clinic?

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	Tastes: Slightly Bitter , Sweet		Dosage: 9-30g

	Cautions: Contraindicated in cases of cough due to Wind-Cold or Phlegm, or in cases with diarrhea due to Spleen or Stomach deficiency; None noted for Materia Medica 3rd edition, Bensky.		Meridians: Lung , Heart
	Preparation: No preparation data at this time		Quality: Good quality is thick and yellowish white with uniform scales and relatively few striations; Good quality consists of fleshy, hard, white scales, uniform in size, with leaf veins.
	Reference Source: Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica (3rd edition) ('Bensky') Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica (Revised edition) ('Bensky')		Notes: Major known ingredient: alkaloids;
	Formulas (1) bǎi hé gù jīn tāng (Lily Bulb Decoction to Preserve the Metal)

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Pharmaceutical: Lilii Bulbus

Botanical: Lilium brownii F.E.

Japanese: byakugo, byakugō

Korean: baekhap

Common: lily bulb

Temperature: Slightly Cold

	+1 Rootdown Staff (Rootdown Staff) Moistens the Lungs. add comment

	+1 Rootdown Staff (Rootdown Staff) Clears Lung Heat and Stops cough. add comment

	+1 Benjamin Satterfield (Rootdown Staff) Cough add comment

	+1 Veronica Rogers (Rootdown Staff) Intractable low-grade fever, insomnia, restlessness, irritability in the aftermath of a febrile disease add comment

	+1 Veronica Rogers (Rootdown Staff) Palpitations brought on by insfficiency of Qi and Yin; add comment

	+1 Veronica Rogers (Rootdown Staff) Sore throat add comment

	+1 Veronica Rogers (Rootdown Staff) 1. With (款冬花, ) Kuan Dong Hua for chronic cough due to Lung Heat, usually with Blood streaked sputum; add comment

	+1 Veronica Rogers (Rootdown Staff) 2. With (麥門冬, luxuriant winter) Mai Men Dong, (玄參, dark root) Xuan Shen and (川貝母, shell mother from Sichuan) Chuan Bei Mu for chronic, dry cough and sore throat due to Lung Yin deficiency or consumption; add comment

	+1 Veronica Rogers (Rootdown Staff) 3. With (生地黃, unprepared earth yellow) Sheng Di Huang for palpitations, irritability, insomnia and dark, scanty urine due to lingering Heat; add comment

	+1 Veronica Rogers (Rootdown Staff) 4. With (知母, know about mother) Zhi Mu for irritability and mental disorientation due to Yin deficiency or lingering Heat in the late stage of a febrile disease; add comment

Bai He百合 bǎi hé, ""hundred meetings""