{"id":187,"date":"2015-04-24T13:59:56","date_gmt":"2015-04-24T13:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dannyblyth.co.uk\/?p=187"},"modified":"2015-04-24T14:01:37","modified_gmt":"2015-04-24T14:01:37","slug":"fritilleries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dannyblyth.co.uk\/?p=187","title":{"rendered":"Fritilleries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What an amazing sight to see a swathe of Snakeshead Fritilleries growing near Cricklade at the edge of the Cotswolds &#8211; home to a staggering 80% of this native beauty still growing in the wild.\u00a0 This is one of the few remaining &#8220;Lammas&#8221; &#8211; a community grown hay-field on a nutrient rich flood plane &#8211; most of these sites have long been lost to modern farming methods.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dannyblyth.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_73781.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"  wp-image-188 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/dannyblyth.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_73781-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7378[1]\" width=\"327\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dannyblyth.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_73781-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dannyblyth.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_73781-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In Chinese Medicine, Fritillary bulbs have a long history.\u00a0 The &#8220;Divine Farmer&#8217;s Materia Medica&#8221;, thought to have been compiled around 200-300 BCE, listed Fritillary for such diverse sympoms as acute fever, dribbling, phlegm accumulation, insufficient breast-milk, and wounds1.\u00a0 However, DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME &#8211; many fritillaries are poisonous, not to mention rare, and have to be carefully processed before use.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In more recent times they are regarded as bitter\/cold in nature, and having an affinity to the chest.\u00a0 They are used for clearing hot-phlegm from the lungs (for cough and asthma), and for clearing phlegm nodules (non-healing abscesses, sores and swellings)3.\u00a0 Chuan Bei Mu (\u5ddd\u8d1d\u6bcd Fritillaria cirrhosa2) is sweeter, more nourishing to the Lung fluids, and hence used for more chronic conditions.\u00a0 Zhe Bei Mu (\u6d59\u8d1d\u6bcd &#8211; Fritillaria thunbergii) is stronger, harsher, and used for more acute conditions3.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It is a member of the Lily family.\u00a0 Interestingly it&#8217;s cousin Bai He (Lily bulb) also has a distinct affinity to the Lungs and respiration, and is consumed as both medicinal herb and vegetable in Asia.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dannyblyth.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_73811.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"  wp-image-189 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/dannyblyth.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_73811-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7381[1]\" width=\"383\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dannyblyth.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_73811-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dannyblyth.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_73811-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please note:<\/strong> This information is for your information only, and is not meant as medical advice &#8211; always seek the advice of a health professional. The author accepts no responsibility for the consequences of the use of the information, or for any liability arising therefrom.<\/p>\n<p>1The Divine Farmer&#8217;s Materia Medica (Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing) by Yang Shou-zhong, Blue Poppy Press, ISBN 9-780936-185965<\/p>\n<p>2 Also other varieties &#8211; Fritillaria cirrhosa, unibracteata, przewalski, and delavayi.<\/p>\n<p>3 Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica, third edition (2004) &#8211; Bensky, Clavey, Stoger, <span class=\"a-color-secondary\">ISBN-13: <\/span>978-0939616428, pp372.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What an amazing sight to see a swathe of Snakeshead Fritilleries growing near Cricklade at the edge of the Cotswolds &#8211; home to a staggering 80% of this native beauty still growing in the wild.\u00a0 This is one of the few remaining &#8220;Lammas&#8221; &#8211; a community grown hay-field on a nutrient rich flood plane &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,1],"tags":[43,42,44],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dannyblyth.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dannyblyth.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dannyblyth.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dannyblyth.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dannyblyth.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=187"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dannyblyth.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":191,"href":"https:\/\/dannyblyth.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187\/revisions\/191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dannyblyth.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dannyblyth.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dannyblyth.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}