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Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕	Radix stemonae
Latin name: 學名﹕	Stemona sessilifolia (Mig.) Mig. 直立百部 Stemona japonica Mig. 蔓生百部 Stemona tuberosa Lour 對葉百部
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕	byabubu
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕	paekpu
Pron. in Cantonese: 粵音﹕	bak poh
Other Names: 別名﹕
Common Name: 英文名﹕	stemona root
Distribution: 產地﹕	Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, hubei, Shandong (S. sessilifolia, S. japonica), hubei, Guangdong, Fujian, Sichuan, Guizhou, (S tuberosa)
Properties  characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕	sweet, bitter, slightly warm 甘﹐苦﹐微溫。
Channels  meridians) entered:   歸經﹕	lung 肺
Medical functions: 藥理﹕
Actions & Indications: 主治﹕	For: Pubic Phthiriasis (head lice, crabs, body lice),  cough, TB, whooping cough. 润肺下氣止咳，殺蟲。用于新久咳嗽，肺痨咳嗽，百日咳；外用于頭虱，體虱，蟯虫病，陰 虱症。
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕	Roots of Stemona sessilifolia (Mig.) Mig contain: 直立百部塊根含﹕ Stemona sessilifolia  (Mig.) Mig. 直立百部鹼 Hordonine 霍多林鹼 Tuberostemonine 對葉百部鹼 Protostemonine 原百部鹼 Roots of Stemona japonica Mig. contain: 蔓生百部塊根含﹕ Stemonine 百部鹼 Stemonidine 次百部鹼 Isostemonidine 異次百部鹼 Stemonidine 蔓生百部鹼 Iso stemonamine 異蔓生百部鹼 Protostemonine 原百部鹼 Roots of Stemona tuberosa Lour. contain: 對葉百部 塊根含﹕ Stemonine 對葉百部鹼 Isostemonine 異對葉百部鹼 Hypotuberostemonine 次對葉百部鹼 Oxotuberostemonine 氧化對葉百部鹼 Stemine 斯替明鹼
Dosage: 用量﹕	3～9 g.
Samples of formulae :處方舉例﹕	For chronic cough, abundance of phlegm: Name of formula: bai bu tang Composition: bai bu, mai dong, sha shen, sang bai pi, bai he, fu ling, di gu pi, yi yi ren, huang qi.   For pinworms: Formula:  raw bai bu 30 g, water 400 c.c. Simmer till 30 c.c. Apply liquid inside colon during night time. Let liquid stay overnight.  Five days is a therapy period. 治久咳不已，咳吐痰涎﹕百部湯《匯言》：百部、麥冬、沙參、桑白皮、百合、茯苓、地骨皮、苡仁、黃耆。。 用於蟯蟲病﹕每天用生百部一兩，加水400 毫升﹐煎取濃汁30毫升，在晚作保留灌腸。五天，為一療程。
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕
Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕	not to use in cases of pixu (spleen deficient) with loose stool. 脾虛 便溏忌用。

中文部份資料來源﹕北京中醫大學

sources: Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine