浙贝母
Zhe = Zhejiang province
Bei = Shell
Mu = Mother
acute, excess heat coughs with phlegm, dissipates nodules (phlegm fire nodules/neck swellings)
Similar to Chuan Bei Mu, Zhe Bei Mu also travels to the Lung and Heart, and also is bitter. Chuan Bei Mu, being gentler, is also sweet. Zhe Bei Mu, being stronger, is not sweet.
Zhe Bei Mu is for the acute phlegm-heat excess cough. Zhe Bei Mu for the chronic, deficient, hard to expectorate cough with deficient heat.
The plants appear very similar as well. And the herbs both come from the bulb, but the Zhe Bei Mu must be bigger, as the bulb is sliced up and the pieces are bigger.
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