气平。味辛。无毒。主伤寒烦热。淋沥邪气。疝瘕。喉痹。乳难。金疮。风痉。（
去心糯米炒）
贝母气平。禀天秋平之金气。入手太阴肺经。味辛无毒。得地西方之金味。入手阳明燥
金大
肠经。气味降多于升。阴也。其主伤寒烦热者。伤寒有五。风寒湿热温。而风与热。乃阳盛
之症。阳盛所以烦热也。贝母气平则清。味辛润散。故主之也。淋沥者膀胱有热也。邪气者
热邪之气也。膀胱以气化为主。贝母味辛润肺。肺乃主气之脏。肺化则气润及于州都。小便
通而不淋沥矣。其主疝瘕者。肺气不治。则不能通调水道。下输膀胱。因而湿热之邪。聚结
成疝成瘕。贝母气平。可以通调水道。味辛可以散热结也。大肠之脉。其正者上循咽喉。火
发
于标。乃患喉痹。痹者闭也。其主之者。味辛气平。能解大肠之热结也。肺乃津液之腑。主
乳难者。味辛能润。润则乳自通也。肺主皮毛。味辛气平。则肺润而皮毛理。可愈金疮也。
风痉者。风湿流于关节。致血不能养筋而筋急也。贝母味辛。辛则散风湿而润血。且贝母入
肺。肺润则水道通而津液足。所以风湿逐而筋脉舒也。
制 方:
贝母、姜汁丸。治忧郁不伸。同浓朴丸。化痰降气。同知母、牡蛎末。猪蹄汤调服。治
乳汁
不下。专末。治吐血衄血。吹鼻中。治吹乳作痛。同知母、前胡、麦冬、葛根、甘草。治伤
寒烦热。同陈皮、前胡、石膏、知母、麦冬、竹沥。治痰疟。同白芷、白蒺藜。治郁症乳痈
。
气性平和。味辛。无毒。主治伤寒引起的烦热、淋沥不尽及邪气侵袭、疝气和癥瘕积聚、喉痹（咽喉肿痛闭塞）、乳汁不通、金疮（金属利器造成的创伤）以及风痉（因风邪引起的抽搐痉挛）。
（制作时去除心部，用糯米炒制）
贝母气性平和，禀受了秋季平和金气的特性，归属于手太阴肺经；味辛且无毒，获得了西方金的辛味特性，归属于手阳明燥金大肠经。其气味下降多于上升，属性为阴。它主治伤寒烦热的原因在于：伤寒包含五种类型，即风寒、风湿、湿热、温病和暑病，其中风和热属于阳气过盛的病症，阳气过盛因此导致烦热。贝母气性平和则能清热，味辛且具有润散之效，所以能主治此症。淋沥不尽是因为膀胱有热；邪气是指热邪之气。膀胱的功能以气化为主，贝母味辛能润肺，肺是主管气的脏器，肺气调和滋润后，津液下输至州都（指膀胱），小便通畅而不再淋沥。它主治疝气和癥瘕的原因在于：肺气不调治，就不能通调水道，向下输送至膀胱，因而湿热之邪聚结形成疝气和癥瘕。贝母气性平和，可以通调水道；味辛，可以消散热结。大肠的经脉，正常的走向是向上循行经过咽喉，如果火邪发于标（指经络的末端或体表部分），就会患喉痹。痹就是闭塞的意思。贝母主治喉痹，是因为其味辛气平，能够解除大肠的热结。肺是津液汇聚的腑脏，主治乳汁不通，是因为贝母味辛能润，滋润则乳汁自然通畅。肺主皮毛，贝母味辛气平，能使肺滋润而皮毛纹理致密，从而治愈金疮。风痉是由于风湿之邪流注于关节，导致血液不能滋养筋脉而引起筋脉拘急痉挛。贝母味辛，辛能疏散风湿并滋润血液，且贝母入肺经，肺滋润则水道通畅、津液充足，所以风湿被驱逐而筋脉舒展。
制方应用：
贝母与姜汁制成丸剂，治疗忧郁气机不畅。与厚朴丸同用，可化痰降气。与知母、牡蛎粉末混合，用猪蹄汤送服，治疗乳汁不下。单用贝母研末，治疗吐血、鼻衄（鼻出血），吹入鼻中，治疗乳痈引起的疼痛。与知母、前胡、麦冬、葛根、甘草同用，治疗伤寒烦热。与陈皮、前胡、石膏、知母、麦冬、竹沥同用，治疗痰疟。与白芷、白蒺藜同用，治疗郁症及乳痈。
Nature: Neutral. Flavor: Acrid (Pungent). Toxicity: Non-toxic. Indications: Mainly treats vexatious heat in Shanghan (Cold Damage syndrome), strangury with lingering pathogenic qi, hernia and mass accumulation, throat obstruction (sore throat with swelling and blockage), difficulty in lactation, metal wounds, and wind-induced spasms.
(Preparation: Remove the heart, stir-fry with glutinous rice.)
Beimu (Fritillariae Bulbus) has a neutral nature, inheriting the metallic Qi of autumn's equilibrium, entering the Hand-Taiyin Lung Meridian. Its acrid flavor and non-toxic property derive from the metallic flavor of the West, entering the Hand-Yangming Large Intestine Meridian of Dry Metal. Its descending quality exceeds its ascending quality, belonging to Yin. It treats vexatious heat in Shanghan because Shanghan encompasses five types: wind-cold, wind-damp, damp-heat, warm disease, and summerheat. Wind and heat are conditions of Yang excess; thus, Yang excess causes vexatious heat. Beimu’s neutral nature clears heat, and its acrid flavor moistens and disperses, thereby treating this condition. Strangury arises from heat in the Bladder. Pathogenic qi refers to the Qi of pathogenic heat. The Bladder’s function relies on Qi transformation. Beimu’s acrid flavor moistens the Lung, which is the organ governing Qi. When Lung Qi harmonizes and moistens, fluids reach the Zhoudou (Bladder), allowing urination to flow freely without strangury. It treats hernia and mass accumulation because when Lung Qi is not regulated, it fails to diffuse and descend water passages to transport fluids downward to the Bladder, causing damp-heat pathogens to gather and form hernias and masses. Beimu’s neutral nature regulates water passages, and its acrid flavor dissipates heat knots. The Large Intestine meridian normally ascends along the throat; if fire flares at the Biao (exterior/terminal aspect), throat obstruction occurs. "Bi" means obstruction. Beimu treats this because its acrid flavor and neutral nature resolve heat knots in the Large Intestine. The Lung is the reservoir of fluid and moisture. It treats difficulty in lactation because Beimu’s acrid flavor moistens; when moistened, milk flows naturally. The Lung governs skin and hair. Beimu’s acrid flavor and neutral nature moisten the Lung and tighten the skin pores, healing metal wounds. Wind-induced spasms occur when wind-dampness flows into joints, preventing blood from nourishing tendons, leading to tendon tension and spasm. Beimu’s acrid flavor disperses wind-dampness and moistens blood. Furthermore, as Beimu enters the Lung, Lung moistening ensures unobstructed water passages and sufficient fluids, driving out wind-dampness and relaxing sinews and vessels.
Prescription Applications:
Beimu pills made with ginger juice treat melancholy with stagnant Qi. Combined with Houpo Wan (Magnolia Bark Pill), it resolves phlegm and directs Qi downward. Combined with Zhi Mu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma) and Muli (Ostreae Concha) powder, taken with pig trotter soup, it treats insufficient lactation. Used alone as powder, it treats hematemesis and epistaxis (nosebleed); blown into the nose, it treats painful mastitis. Combined with Zhi Mu, Qianhu (Peucedani Radix), Maidong (Ophiopogonis Tuber), Gegen (Puerariae Lobatae Radix), and Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma), it treats vexatious heat in Shanghan. Combined with Chenpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium), Qianhu, Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum), Zhi Mu, Maidong, and Zhuxi (Bambusae Succus), it treats phlegmatic malaria. Combined with Baizhi (Angelicae Dahuricae Radix) and Baji Li (Tribuli Fructus), it treats depression syndromes and mastitis.