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Papua New Guinea Lilium Bulbus
Product Description
This product is the dried fleshy scale leaves of Lilium lancifolium Thunb., Lilium brownii F.E.Brown var. viridulum Baker or Lilium pumilum DC. of the Liliaceae family. It is dug in autumn. After washing, the scale leaves are peeled off, slightly scalded in boiling water and then dried.
**Properties, Flavors and Meridian Tropisms**
Sweet in flavor, cold in nature. It pertains to the heart and lung meridians.
**Functions and Indications**
Nourishes yin and moistens the lungs, clears the heart and calms the mind. It is used for dry cough due to yin deficiency, consumptive cough with hemoptysis, restlessness, palpitations, insomnia with many dreams, and mental confusion.