Chinese medicine believes that Platycodon grandiflorum belongs to the lung meridian, and its main functions are dispersing the lung, relieving cough, resolving phlegm, relieving sore throat and discharging pus into the lung, and the abscess will not collapse. Clinically, it is often used for sore throat, hoarseness, aphonia, cough with excessive phlegm, chest tightness, lung abscess and so on. It is also equivalent to acute tonsillitis, acute pharyngolaryngitis, acute and chronic bronchitis and acute and chronic pneumonia. Platycodon grandiflorum contains a variety of saponins, and platycodon grandiflorum saponins also have anti-inflammatory effects. The above health science knowledge is for reference only.
Platycodon grandiflorum, scientific name of traditional Chinese medicine. It is the dried root of platycodon grandiflorum. ) A.DC Digging, cleaning, removing fibrous roots in spring and autumn, peeling or not peeling when fresh, and drying in the sun. Born on mountain slopes, forest margins or cultivated. Distributed all over the country. Has the effects of dispersing lung qi, relieving sore throat, resolving phlegm and expelling pus. Used for cough with excessive phlegm, chest distress and sore throat, and purulent lung abscess.