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| Lily bulb |
Name
Pinyin name:
Bai he
Latin name:
Bulbus Lilii
English
name: Lily Bulb, Brown’s Lily Bulb, Lilium
Location and Harvest
Cultivated
in most areas of China, plucked in autumn
Properties
Taste:
Sweet, slightly bitter
Nature: Slightly
cold (Cool), heart and lung meridians entered
Best qualities
Thick flesh,
hard and white
Processing
Split off
each bud scales and then sun-dry
Actions
- Nourish Yin, moisten the lungs, clear heat and stop cough
- Clear the heart and calm the spirit
- Nourish stomach Yin and harmonize the middle Jiao
Indications
a) Lung Yin
deficiency syndromes
It is
indicated for Lung Qi and Yin deficiency with symptoms such as consumptive, dry
and chronic cough; shortness of breath; white, yellow or bloody sputum that is
difficult to expectorate or other heat signs such as night sweats, tidal fever.
b) Heart Yin
deficiency syndromes
It can
nourish heart Yin, clear heart heat, pacify heart and induce tranquilization.
It is combined with Yin- nourishing and heat- clearing herbs to treat symptoms
of dark- yellow urine, rapid pulse absentmindedness due to heart Yin deficiency
with heat or insomnia, dream- disturbed sleep, restlessness.
Dosage
10- 30 grams
Contraindications and Cautions
- Contraindicated for those with diarrhea due to Middle Jiao
deficiency
- Do not use in cases of Wind- Cold or Phlegm cough
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