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Thunberg fritillaria, perennial herbs. Bulb hemispherical, 1.5 -- 6 cm in diam., with 2 -- 3 fleshy scales. Stem simple, erect, 
cylindrical, 50 -- 80 cm tall. Leaves sessile; Lower stem leaves opposite, rarely alternate, narrowly lanceolate to linear, 6 -- 17 cm long, 6 -- 15 mm wide; Middle upper leaves often 3 to 5 whorls, rarely alternate, leaf blade shorter, apex tendril.
Fritilary, sichuan taste sweet best; western taste thin second, xiangshan slightly bitter and second, a big bitter can only detoxify. And use it mindfully. All lung medicine should go to the heart, not only fritillaria. In the previous literatures, there was no clear separation of special articles of Sichuan shell, Zhejiang shell and Tubei. In Ming Dynasty, "Bencao Zheng" began with a special article of Fritillaria, which was referred to as this article.
Plants are 50-80 cm long. The bulb is composed of 2-3 scales, 1.5-3 cm in diameter. Leaves opposite or scattered at bottom, often scattered, opposite, and whorled upward, substriate to lanceolate, 7 -- 11 cm long and 1 -- 2.5 cm wide, apex uncurled or slightly curved. Flowers 1-6, pale yellow, sometimes slightly lavender, apical flowers with 3-4 leaflike bracts, others with 2 bracts; Bracts curled at apex; Tepals 2.5-3.5 cm long, ca. 1 cm wide, inner and outer whorls similar; Stamens about 2/5 as long as perianth segments; Anthers subbasal, filaments without papillae; Stigma lobules 1.5-2 mm long. The capsule is 2-2.2 cm long and 2.5 cm wide, with wings 6-8 mm wide on the ribs. Flowering from March to April, fruiting from May.
It is the bulb of thunberg fritillary bulb of liliaceae. May ~ June digging, cleaning the soil, size separate, the large one to pick the heart bud, divided into 2 pieces, was ingot shape, called yuan baby, the small one called pearl shell. Place respectively in the rubbing cage, wipe off the skin, add lime and mix well, after a night, so that lime infiltration, drying or drying.
Yuan baby is the single petal of the bulb outer layer. Convex on one side, concave on the other side, was ingot shape, valve length about 1.7 ~ 4 cm, 7 ~ 17 mm thick. White surface, or with light yellow, white powder, hard and brittle, easy to break, uneven section, white or light yellow, rich powder. The air is slightly split and tastes bitter.
The bulb of pearl shell is complete, oblate and spherical, 1 ~ 1.7 cm high, 2 ~ 3.5 cm in diameter. The surface is white, and the outer two scaly leaves are hypertrophic and slightly kidney shaped. There are 2 ~ 3 shrunken scaly leaves and residual stems in the center, and the inner surface is pale yellow and white. Texture and smell of the same baby.
The above two kinds of medicinal materials, both of the scale leaf hypertrophy, surface and cross section white, pink foot is the best. Small, gray surface, cross section center brownish red is inferior. Yuan baby is better than pearl shell.
Pick out the impurities, dip in water slightly, remove, after wetting, cut thick slices, dry in the sun.
