Is Fritillaria cirrhosa and Fritillaria cirrhosa a medicine? How to distinguish?
Hello, Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae and Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae are the same medicine, but their names are different. Nature and taste: bitter, sweet, slightly cold, meridian tropism: lung and heart meridian tropism: 1 clearing away heat and resolving phlegm: indications are lung heat cough and exogenous cough; 2 Runfei Zhike: Indications: cough due to lung dryness, chronic cough due to lung deficiency, and fatigue cough. Often used with Anemarrhena asphodeloides. 3. Dispelling depression: Indications are phlegm-fire or fire depression, chest tightness, carbuncle, breast carbuncle and lung carbuncle. Fritillaria cirrhosa is commonly used in clinic to treat cough caused by various reasons, and stewed pear with rock sugar is also a common prescription to moisten lung and relieve cough. I hope my answer is helpful to you. Thank you.