Names: Pseudobulbus Shancigu.  Cremastra variabilis (Bl.) Nakai (sometime Iphigeniae Indicae Kunth. et Benth, a toxic plant, mistakenly identified as shan ci gu).  Bulb of Chinese tulip, cremastra

Indications: clears heat and fire toxicity. For boils, TB of the lymph nodes, breast cancer, cancer of cervix uteri,( cervix, neck of uterus, neck of womb), lung cancer, tumor of the lymph.

Can be use internally and externally

External use: make into paste and apply to affect parts.

Dosage: 3 to 6 g as decoctions. No limit for external use.

Toxicity: The ingredient colchicine is  very toxic. Symptoms of toxicity: frequent vomiting, intensive  pain in the abdomen, diarrhea, bleeding of the digestive tract, dehydration, acidosis, shock, anxious, coma, lack of urine.

It might cause death in serious cases 

Cautions: not to be used in deficient cases (weak).