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Fritillaria cirrhosa D. Don
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English Name |
Sichuan Fritillary, Tendrilleaf Fritillary |
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Latin name |
Fritillaria cirrhosa D. Don |
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Family & Genus |
Liliaceae, Fritillaria |
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Description |
Perennial herb, up to 60cm tall. Bulb spherical or broadly ovate, 1-2cm in diameter, consisting of 2 scales. Leaf usually opposite, a few grown in middle and upper parts, or sparsely grown,or 3-4 pieces whorled, linear or linear lanceolate, 4-12cm long, 3-5(-15)mm wide, tip enrolled or not enrolled. Stem apex flower solitary, rarely 2-3, yellow or yellowish green, campanulate or narrowly campanulate, with various purple spots and quadrilled strips, sometimes purple spot or quadrilled strip more than yellowish green counterpart; leafy bract 3, accrete or not accrete with the leaf in lower part, tip enrolled or not curved; perianth 6 pieces, purple, with yellowish green spots, various in shape, 2.8-5.5cm long, dense-gland fossa clearly protruding, long ovate, invert ovate or broadly elliptical, 3-5mm long, green, yellowish green or purple, 4-8mm away from perianth and base; stamen 2-3mm long, anther nearly basal, filament not papillose or slightly papillose; stigma lobe 3-5cm long. Capsule ridge with narrow wings. Flowering: May to July, fruiting:August to October. |
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Distribution |
Growing in alp thickets, meadow or fir forests. Distributed in South Gansu, South Qinghai, Sichuan, Yunnan and Tibet. The medicinal materials are mainly produced in Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan and etc. |
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Part Used |
Medical part: bulb. Chinese name: Chuanbeimu. |
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Harvest & Processing |
Excavated both in the third growing season after sowing, and the next year of bulb propagation. Excavated on sunny days in June-July when stem leaves wither, cleared earth, avoid injury, not to elutriate, spread fresh Beimu timely on bamboo mat, sundried, better sun-dried until semi-dried in one day, and can be fully sun-dried the next day. |
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Chemistry |
Contains fririmine and sipeimine. |
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Pharmacology |
Effective on respiratory system and smooth muscle, decompressing; toxic. |
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Properties & Actions |
Taste sweet, bitter, little cold in nature.Clearing lung-heat and moistening, dissipating phlegm and suppressing cough, dissipating binds for detumescence. |
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Indications & Usage |
Pulmonasthenia due to long term coughing, coughing with asthma due to consumptive disease, xeropyretic cough, pulmonary abscess, scrofula, anthracia, mammary abscess.Oral administration: decocting, 3-9g; powdered, 1-1.5g; or made as pills or powders. External application: appropriate amount, powdered for applying; or applied after mixed with fluid. |
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Examples |
1. Whooping cough: baihuashe 5g, fritillary 10g, fresh ural licorice 10g. Crush the above three drugs, sieve, mix evenly. Take 1.5-3g orally each time, 3 times a day.
2. Promoting lactation: oyster, anemarrhena, fritillary. Grind three drugs into a fine powder, prepare with pig feet soup and swallow. |
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