Witnessed by: TCM
Sichuan fritillaria (Fritillaria cirrhosa), of the Liliaceae family. Slender alpine perennial with a nodding bell flower; native range: alpine meadows of Sichuan, Yunnan, and the Tibetan plateau. Globally recognized as chuan bei mu (川贝母) in Chinese. The part used is bulb. Small ivory-white conical bulbs, sweet then faintly bitter, powdery and moistening in the mouth.
In this cross-tradition database, we analyze how this substance operates across world medicine systems — tracking its traditional tastes, temperatures, tissue affinities, post-digestive effects, and planetary correspondences across Ayurveda, Unani, and Western herbalism.
SICHUAN FRITILLARIA
IDENTITY
Name
- Common
- Sichuan fritillaria
- Scientific name
- Fritillaria cirrhosa D.Don
- Family
- Liliaceae
Form
- Part used
- bulb
PROPERTIES
Nature
Taste
how the plant declares itself on the tongue
- TCM
- bitter · sweet
Temperature
- TCM
- cool (slightly cold)
Affinity
where in the body it travels
Organs / channels
- TCM
- Lung · Heart
PRACTICE
Virtue
Actions
- TCM
- clears heat and transforms phlegm, moistens the Lung and stops cough, dissipates nodules
Cautions
- Contraindications
- avoid in cough from cold-phlegm or damp-phlegm; one of the eighteen incompatibilities, not combined with aconite (chuan wu, cao wu, fu zi)
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