Thunberg Fritillary Bulb zhè bèi mǔ · 浙贝母

Fritillaria thunbergii

Nature and flavour. Bitter, cold; Lung and Heart systems.

Classed as clearing heat and dissolving phlegm, as stopping cough, and as relieving toxicity while dispersing nodules and swellings. Traditional use covers hot phlegm cough, and the lumps and swellings described as phlegm-fire accumulations, including scrofula-type swellings of the neck and breast abscess.