| drug name | Platycodon Root |
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This product is the root of Platycodon Root (Platycodon grandiflorus (Jacq.) A. DC.), a perennial herbaceous plant of the Platycodon Root family. Available in most parts of the country. The Northeast and North China regions have larger output, while the East China region has better quality. Excavate in spring and autumn, remove fibrous roots, peel off the skin or not, slice into slices, and dry in the sun for raw use.
[Property]
bitter and acrid, neutral. act on lung channel.
ventilating lung and resolving phlegm, disinhibiting benifiting the pharynx, expelling pus.
- For lung qi failing in dispersion cough with excessive phlegm and chest tightness. This product relieves pungent and bitter effects, releases lung qi, resolving phlegm and invigorates qi. It can be used regardless of whether it is cold or hot. For those with wind-cold, go with Perilla Leaf, Bitter Apricot Seed, such as Apricot Kernel and Perilla Powder; for those with wind-heat, go with Mulberry Leaf, Chrysanthemum Flower, Bitter Apricot Seed, add Mulberry Leaf and Chrysanthemum Decoction; if the chest For those with stuffiness in the diaphragm, phlegm blocking qi stagnation, and inability to ascend or lower the qi, use Submature Bitter Orange to elevate the descending qi and regulate qi and broaden the chest.
- For sore throat and loss of voice. This product can ventilating lung disinhibiting benifiting the pharynx restoring voice. For those with external evils attacking the lungs and suffering from sore throat and loss of voice, use Liquorice Root, Great Burdock Achene, etc., such as Platycodon Decoction and Flavoured Licorice and Platycodon Decoction ; if the throat is swollen and painful, or if heat toxin is excessive, use Belamcanda Rhizome, Puff-Ball, Isatis Root etc. are used to clear heat and remove toxin disinhibiting benifiting the pharynx.
- Used for lung abscess, coughing up purulent sputum. The nature of this product is that it spreads upward and can stimulate the lung qi to expel pus and phlegm blocking the lungs. To treat lung abscess, cough and chest fullness, sometimes turbid saliva with fishy odor, and long-term vomiting of pus, use it with Liquorice Root, such as "Golden Chamber" Platycodon Decoction ; Clinically, Heartleaf Houttuynia Herb, waxgourd seed, etc. are used to enhance the lung-clearing effect of expelling pus.
- In addition, it can be used to open lung qi and relieve constipation, and is used to treat ischuria and constipation.
- Benjing: "It mainly treats hypochondriac pain in the chest like a knife stabbing, abdominal distension and fullness, and faint bowel sounds."
- Zhenzhunang: "It treats sore throat. , relieve lung qi, and treat nasal congestion. "
- Bencao Qiuzhen: "Platycodon Root is the medicine that relieves lung qi. ”
Decoct and take 3~6g. Available in 10g for expelling pus.
The nature of this product is rising and dispersing. It should not be used when the qi movement is reversed, vomiting, choking, vertigo, yin deficiency with effulgent fire hemoptysis, etc. Excessive dosage may cause nausea and vomiting, and because Platycodon Root saponins have hemolytic effects, it is not suitable for injection.
[Modern Pharmacology]This product contains a variety of saponins, mainly Platycodon Root saponins, and also contains inulin, phytosterols, etc.
- It can reflexively increase tracheal secretion, dilute sputum, and has a strong dispelling phlegm effect; it also has an antitussive effect.
- Platycodon Root saponins have anti-inflammatory effects, can inhibit gastric juice secretion and resist ulcers; in addition, they also have antispasmodic, analgesic, sedative, hypoglycemic, and hypolipidemic effects.
- Platycodon Root saponin has a strong hemolytic effect, but if taken orally, it will be decomposed and destroyed in the digestive tract and lose the hemolytic effect.
