''Bulbus fritillariae cirrhosae'' () is the bulb of the
Himalayan frillitary lily (''Fritillaria cirrhosa'').
It is used extensively in
Chinese herbology
Chinese herbology () is the theory of traditional Chinese herbal therapy, which accounts for the majority of treatments in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). A ''Nature'' editorial described TCM as "fraught with pseudoscience", and said that t ...
. For example, in the ''
Baihe Gujin Wan Baihe Gujin Wan (, pinyin: bǎihégù jīnwán ) is a blackish-brown honeyed pill used in Traditional Chinese medicine to "nourish yin of the lung, resolve phlegm and relieve cough".State Pharmacopoeia Commission of the PRC (2005). "Pharmacopoeia of ...
'', it is used to "nourish
yin
Yin may refer to:
*the dark force in the yin and yang from traditional Chinese philosophy and medicine
*Yīn (surname) (), a Chinese surname
*Yǐn (surname) (), a Chinese surname
*Shang dynasty, also known as the Yin dynasty
**Yinxu or Yin, the S ...
of the lung, resolve phlegm and relieve cough".
References
Plants used in traditional Chinese medicine
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