Chuan Bei or Chuan Bei Mu is also known as Fritillary Bulb, the slightly cold, sweet and bitter herb has been used in traditional Chinese medicine as antibiotic agent and to treat cough and get rid of phlegm, hot cough, etc, as it transforms Phlegm, relieve cough, clears Heat, dissolves nodules, etc., by enhancing the function of lung and heart channels.
Ingredients
1. Chinpeimine
2. Sonpeimine
3. Fritimine
4. Sipemine
5. Etc.
Health Benefits
1. Antitussive, expectorant and anti-inflammatory activities
In the evaluation the antitussive, expectorant and anti-inflammatory effects of alkaloids - imperialine, imperialine-β-N-oxide, isoverticine, and isoverticine-β-N-oxide, which were isolated from BFW, found that the four alkaloids significantly inhibited cough frequency and increased latent period of cough in mice induced by ammonia. Imperialine and isoverticine showed obviously antitussive activities in a dose-dependent manner. Besides, the four alkaloids markedly enhanced mice's tracheal phenol red output in expectorant assessment and significantly inhibited the development of ear edema in anti-inflammatory evaluation assay(1)
2. Etc.
1. Antitussive, expectorant and anti-inflammatory activities
In the evaluation the antitussive, expectorant and anti-inflammatory effects of alkaloids - imperialine, imperialine-β-N-oxide, isoverticine, and isoverticine-β-N-oxide, which were isolated from BFW, found that the four alkaloids significantly inhibited cough frequency and increased latent period of cough in mice induced by ammonia. Imperialine and isoverticine showed obviously antitussive activities in a dose-dependent manner. Besides, the four alkaloids markedly enhanced mice's tracheal phenol red output in expectorant assessment and significantly inhibited the development of ear edema in anti-inflammatory evaluation assay(1)
2. Etc.
Side Effects
1. Raw Chuan Bei or Chuan Bei Mu is toxic
2. Do not use the herb in case of cough caused by spleen deficiency or cold with wet phlegm1. Raw Chuan Bei or Chuan Bei Mu is toxic
3. Do not use the herb in newborn, children or if you are pregnant or breast feeding without approval from the related field specialist
4. Etc.
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Sources
(1) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22101082
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