Materia Medica Data
- Category
- Herbs that Tonify Yin
- Temperature
- Slightly Cold
- Nature & Flavour
- Sweet, Slightly Bitter, Slightly Cold
- Channels Entered
- HT, LU
- Latin (pharmaceutical)
- Bulbus Lilii
- Chinese
- 百合
- Tone Marks
- băi hé
- Translation
- Hundred Meetings
Chinese Herb Actions
- Moistens the Lung, Stops Cough, and Clear Heat For Lung Qi and Yin Deficiency causing consumptive cough with symptoms such as consumptive, dry, chronic cough, shortness of breath, and white, yellow, or bloody sputum that is difficult to expectorate. Also for heat signs accompanying Lung Yin Deficiency such as night sweats, tidal fever, and an absence of sputum.
- Clears Heat and Calms the Spirit (Shen) For Lung Yin Deficiency directly affecting the Heart with symptoms such as physical or speech disorientation, trouble with concentration, sensory impairment, bitter taste in the mouth, dark yellow urine, and a rapid thready pulse.
- Nourishes the Yin and Harmonizes the Middle Jiao For dull pain associated with Stomach Yin Deficiency.
Chinese Herb Dosage
- 10-30 grams
Chinese Herb Combinations:
- Bai He (Bulbus Lilii)
- Zhi Mu (Rhizoma Anemarrhenae Aspheloidis)
Combined Actions:
- Nourish Yin and Clear Heat
Combined Indications:
- Mental agitation, insomnia, vertigo
- Dry cough
Preparation:
- Honey fry Bai He for dry cough and use raw Bai He for agitation and insomnia.
Chinese Herb Contraindications & Cautions
- As this herb it is moistening and cold, it should not be used in patients with Middle Jiao Deficiency, diarrhea, or loose stools.
- Do not use in cases of Wind-Cold or Phlegm cough.
- Bai He may also cause sedation and drowsiness, and may impair a person's ability to drive and operate machinery.
Chinese Herb Notes
- This herb is often used as a food.
Sources & References
Compiled and edited by Thomas Dehli, Founder & Editor, Sacred Lotus
The information here is referenced from numerous sources — teachers, practitioners, class notes from Five Branches University, the books below, and the published research literature, with citations given as resolvable PubMed identifiers. Where sources disagree, I have flagged the discrepancies directly. If facts couldn't be verified, I have left them out. How we source our content.
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