Veratrum album, White Hellebore Veratrum album, White Hellebore Veratrum nigrum, Li Lu 藜芦 Li Lu 藜芦 (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Veratrum albumFlora von Deutschland, Kohler, 1886 Rhizome and rootlets of V.eratrum virideNotes on Pharmacognosy, Otto Augustus Wall, 1902 Botanical name: Veratrum albumOther species used include: V. nigrum (TCM) V. schindleri (TCM) V. grandiflorum (TCM, Sichuan) V. rnaackii (TCM, NE China) V. taliense (TCM, Yunnan) V. japonicurn (TCM, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan) V. viride (US) V. lobelianum (US) V. nigrum is used in TCM (called Li Lu). A local variety used for it is V. grandiflorum which is considered a variety of V. album. This suggests that V. album (–type) and V. nigrum are used interchangeably in TCM. In TCM Li Lu is principally used as an Emetic and to kill parasites and stop Itching.Veratrum album was largely replaced by the American V. viride during the 19th century, the two being very similar in action: ‘Veratrum viride Alton, a plant in every respect closely resembling V. album, of which it is one of the numerous forms. In fact, the green-coloured variety of the latter (V. Lobelianum Bernh.), a plant not uncommon in the mountain meadows of the…

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