Zhe Bei Mu
浙貝母 zhè bèi mǔ, "shell mother from Zhe"

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Is this Herb effective in the clinic?

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	Tastes: Bitter		Dosage: 4.5-9g

	Cautions: None noted		Meridians: Lung , Heart
	Preparation: No preparation data at this time		Quality: Good quality - dry, white, powdery, solid bulbs without areas of loose texture
	Reference Source: Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica (3rd edition) ('Bensky')		Notes: No notes at this time
	Formulas (5) chōng hé tāng (Flush and Harmonize Decoction) hǎi zǎo yù hú tāng (Sargassum Decoction for the Jade Flask) sāng xìng tāng (Mulberry Leaf and Apricot Kernel Decoction) xià kū cǎo gāo (Prunella Syrup) Xiān Fāng Huó Mìng Yǐn (Sublime Formula for Sustaining Life)

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Pharmaceutical: Bulbus Fritillariae Thunbergii

Botanical: Fritillaria Thunbergii Miq.

Japanese: setsubaimo

Korean: jeolpaemo

Common: Zheijiang fritillaria bulb, Thunberg fritillaria bulb, fritillaria

Temperature: Cold

	+1 Rootdown Staff (Rootdown Staff) Dissipates nodules (for Phlegm-Fire) add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Clears and Transforms phlegm-heat add comment

	+1 Andrus Shilling Stops Cough and Dissolves Phelgm (one of the most effective herbs for stopping cough) add comment

	+1 Andrus Shilling Not suitible if the phlegm is cold or damp [from Chen's "Chinese medical Herbology and Pharmacology"] add comment

	+1 Benjamin Satterfield (Rootdown Staff) Cough add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Lung heat patterns add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Neck swellings add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Breast abscesses and swellings add comment

Zhe Bei Mu浙貝母 zhè bèi mǔ, "shell mother from Zhe"