The efficacy and function of Chuanbei powder

Traditional Chinese medicine has a history of thousands of years. It is the essence left by our ancestors. It also carries the imprint of history and the context of time. After thousands of years of trials and tribulations, people have learned a lot about many kinds of medicines. With the accumulation of their predecessors and the achievements passed down from generation to generation, people have also gained a lot of experience in traditional Chinese medicine and can solve many diseases that were previously considered difficult and complicated. The inheritance of medicines is also a kind of human cultural inheritance.

If we talk about the most effective Chinese medicine for treating cough, it must be Fritillaria cirrhosa. Nowadays, all kinds of cough syrups contain Fritillaria cirrhosa. But how much do people know about Fritillaria cirrhosa? Let’s take a look at the introduction to its effects and functions.

Chuanbei is the dried bulb of Chuanbei, dark purple Fritillaria, Gansu Fritillaria, and Sophora flavescens. The first three types are commonly called "songbei" and "qingbei" according to their different properties, and the latter is commonly called "lubei". Produced in Sichuan, Gansu and other places. The biggest morphological feature of Songbei is "holding the moon in the arms". Characteristics of the Moon in the Arms: This medicinal material is conical or nearly spherical, with two outer scales of different sizes. The large petal tightly embraces the small petal, and the unembraced part is crescent-shaped, commonly known as "The Moon in the Arms"; the top is closed. There are cylindrical heart buds with slightly pointed apex and 1 to 2 small scale leaves inside. The tip is blunt and slightly pointed, the base is flat and slightly concave, with a gray-brown bulb disk in the center and occasional residual fibrous roots. It is hard and brittle, white in cross section and powdery. It has a faint smell and a slightly bitter taste.

Chuanbei has the effects of moistening the lungs, relieving cough, reducing phlegm and relieving asthma, clearing away heat and reducing phlegm. It is used for coughs caused by heat, such as wind-heat cough, dryness-heat cough and lung fire cough. Chuanbei has antitussive, expectorant, antihypertensive and certain antibacterial effects.

Indications: Used for lung deficiency, chronic cough, consumptive cough, dry cough with little sputum, bloody sputum, lung abscess, scrofula, carbuncle, and mastitis.

Chuanbei is a great cough suppressant and is very useful for the lungs. People often use it to relieve cough, and it is very well-known among the people. With the advancement of economic life, daily life should also keep up. It is also of great benefit to have a certain understanding of medicines. I hope this article will help you understand the medicine Chuanbei.