Shangzhi Pingbei

Pinctada Shangzhi is the dried bulb of Fritillaria ussuriensis Maxim．. of Liliaceae. It was included in People's Republic of China (PRC) Pharmacopoeia, 1990 edition. Fritillaria Fritillaria, also known as Pingbei and Fritillaria, is a kind of medicinal Fritillaria. The application of Fritillaria was recorded as early as Shennong's Herbal Classic in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and it was listed as a Chinese product, "pungent and flat" and "mainly treating typhoid fever, throat obstruction and milk difficulty ...". In the Wei-Jin period, "A Bie Lu of Famous Doctors" contained the words "Cure abdominal firmness, cough with qi, stop vexation and thirst, ...". Later, medical works such as Theory of Medicinal Properties, Tang Herbal Medicine, Compendium of Materia Medica and Textual Research on Plant Names and Facts recorded the efficacy, harvest and variety source of Fritillaria. But not this species. There has always been a habit of using Fritillaria Fritillaria to treat diseases in Northeast China. In the middle of 19th century, during Xianfeng years, there were folk prescriptions such as "Fritillaria Pear" for treating lung heat and cough and asthma in Northeast China. At the beginning of this century, pharmacies such as "Shiyitang" in Jilin City have operated Fritillaria and other medicinal materials, and they have been resold by Yingkou and other places. So Fritillaria Fritillaria began to enter the domestic medicinal market and supply medicinal materials everywhere. Distribution of origin: Wild Fritillaria Fritillaria in China is mainly distributed in the Changbai Mountains in Northeast China and the southern mountainous areas of Xiaoxing 'an Mountains. Location: Shangzhi, Tieli, Wushang, Yichun, Jiamusi, Muling, Acheng, Binxian, Fangzheng, Tonghe, Yanshou and Dongning in Heilongjiang. Jilin Hunjiang, Huadian, Ji 'an, Tonghua, Liuhe, Meihekou, Dunhua, Fusong, Changbai, Jingyu, Helong, Antu, Wangqing, Huinan, Yongji, Jiaohe, Lan Shu and Dongfeng; Liaoning Kaiyuan, Qingyuan, Xinbin, Fushun, Kuandian, Donggou, Huanren and Benxi. Mostly cultivated, but also introduced from Shanxi, Shaanxi and Hebei.
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