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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:36:38.09231+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
  <source-url>https://bencaoindex.com/</source-url>
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  <licence>Free to use and republish with visible attribution and a link back to the source page. The catalogue is a reference work and is knowingly incomplete; nothing in it is medical advice.</licence>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">zhe bei mu</name>
    <name type="chinese">浙贝母</name>
    <name type="latin">Bulbus Fritillariae Thunbergii</name>
    <name type="english">thunberg fritillary bulb</name>
    <name type="japanese">setsubaimo</name>
    <name type="korean">jeolpaemo</name>
  </names>
  <category>Cool &amp; Transform Phlegm Heat</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Lung</channel>
    <channel>Heart</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heat, transforms Phlegm and stops cough</summary>
      <indication>Cough with phlegm in acute Lung Heat, of external or internal origin, for which it is among the more effective herbs</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heat and dissipates nodules</summary>
      <indication>Neck swellings from Phlegm-Fire</indication>
      <indication>Scrofula and goiter</indication>
      <indication>Sores and carbuncles (Chuang Yong), particularly before they ulcerate</indication>
      <indication>Lung and breast abscesses</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
