Holistic Health Articles and Research Related to Herbal Medicines, Foods and Phytochemicals : Chinese Herbs

Friday, 15 November 2013

Chinese Herbs– Bei Mu (Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae)

Bei Mu is also known as Fritillary Bulb. The sweet, bitter and cold herb has been used in TCM as antibiotic and to raise blood pressure, stop cough, , increased blood sugar,etc. as it transforms Phlegm, calms cough; clears Heat, dissolves nodules, etc. by enhancing the functions of heart and lung channels.
Ingredients
1. Chinpeimine
2. Sonpeimine
3. Fritimine
4. Sipemine
5. Songbeisine
6. 26-Imino-17
7. 23beta-oxido-5alpha-jerv-12-en-11-oxo-3beta-ol
8. Minpeimine,
9. Minpeiminine
10. Imperialine,
11. Delavine
12. Delavinone
13. Chuanbeinone
14. Dalafrinone
15. Dalafrine Solanid-5-enine-3beta
16. 5alpha, 6beta-triol
17. Beilupeimine
18. Fritiminine
19. Etc.
Health Benefits
1. Antitussive, expectorant and anti-inflammatory
alkaloids imperialine, chuanbeinone, verticinone and verticine isolated, have exerted the enhancement as imperialine(I), verticinone(III) and verticine(IV) have enhanced mice’s tracheal phenol red output in expectorant evaluation, and imperialine(I), chuanbeinone(II) significantly inhibited the development of ear edema in a dose-dependent manner in anti-inflammatory assessment, according to the study of “Antitussive, expectorant and anti-inflammatory alkaloids from Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae” by Wang D, Zhu J, Wang S, Wang X, Ou Y, Wei D, Li X.(1)
2. Allergically reaction
Fritillaria ussuriensis (FU, derived from the bulbs of various species of the genus Fritillaria, including Fritillaria thunbergii Miq) has shown significant inhibition of mast-cell accumulation in ear tissue at the chronic phase. These results indicate that it inhibits allergic reactions, according to the study of “Fritillaria ussuriensis extract inhibits the production of inflammatory cytokine and MAPKs in mast cells” by Cho IH, Lee MJ, Kim JH, Han NY, Shin KW, Sohn Y, Jung HS.(2)
3. Anti-Helicobacter pylori
Ethanol extracts of Fritillaria thunbergii (Liliaceae) in 30 Chinese herbal medicines has exerted the ability inhibitory against all the six Helicobacter pylori strains (MICs: approximately 60 microg/ml), according to the study of “In vitro anti-Helicobacter pylori action of 30 Chinese herbal medicines used to treat ulcer diseases” by Li Y, Xu C, Zhang Q, Liu JY, Tan RX.(3)
4. etc.
Side effects
1. Raw Bei Mu is toxic and not for internal use.
2. Do not use Bei mu if you are pregnant or breast feeding without consulting with related field specialist.
3. Do not take Bei mu if you have high blood pressure.
4. Etc.