Platycodon grandiflorum
Platycodon grandiflorum benefits the five internal organs, the stomach and intestines, replenishes qi and blood, eliminates cold and heat, warms the middle, digests food, treats sore throat and reduces neck toxins.
Synonyms: Platycodon glaucum (Thunb.) Nak., Campanu;a grandiflora Jacq.
Other names: Peony, petals, petals.
Foreign names: Balloon flower, Chinese bell – flower, Japanese bell – flower.
Family: Campanulaceae.
Describe:
Perennial herb, 50-80 cm tall. Double tuberous roots, when branched, the outer skin is pale yellow. Leaves have almost no petioles. The lower leaves either grow opposite or in whorls of 3-4. The leaf blade is ovoid, with large serrated edges. The upper leaves are small, sometimes alternate. Flowers grow singly or in sparse clusters. Long green, wide bell-shaped, with 5 lobes on the edge. The bell-shaped corolla is purple-blue or white. The fruit is inverted ovoid. Flowers from May to August. Fruits from July to September.
Distribution: Platycodon grandiflorum has been grown for a long time in China, then introduced to India. The plant was imported to Vietnam about 40 years ago.
Parts used: The roots are dug up in winter, when the tree is dying. For trees that have been planted for two years (highlands) or one year (lowlands), remove charcoal, leaves, and small roots, and wash away sand and dirt. Scrape off the outer layer and dry in the sun or with a dryer.
Chemical composition:
The main chemical components of Platycodon grandiflorum are platycodin A, C, D, D2 . The sapogenins are platycodigenin and polygalactic acid.
In addition, Platycodon grandiflorum also contains phytosterols and a significant amount of tannins.
Pharmacological effects:
Clinically, the saponin of Platycodon grandiflorum has a clear expectorant effect. The saponin of Platycodon grandiflorum has the effect of breaking blood and dissolving blood. At a dilution of 1/10,000, the saponin is still effective.
Properties and functions:
Sweet, slightly spicy, neutral, has the effect of clearing the lungs, eliminating phlegm, and causing toxic pus to burst out.
Effect:
- Benefits the five internal organs, stomach and intestines, replenishes qi and blood, eliminates cold and heat, warms the middle, digests food, treats sore throat, and reduces neck poison (Bie Lu).
- Breaks blood, eliminates stagnant qi, eliminates phlegm accumulation, and eliminates abdominal pain (Materia Medica).
- Eliminate phlegm, stop cough, clear lungs, expel pus, and promote lung qi (Chinese Medicine).
- Clears the lungs, disperses evil, eliminates phlegm, reduces pus, and leads medicine upward (Essentials of Oriental Medicine).
Prescription:
Treatment of sore throat: Platycodon grandiflorum 8g, Licorice 4g. Boil or grind into powder and drink (Platycodon grandiflorum Decoction – Treatise on Cold Damage).
Treatment for full breasts without pain: Platycodon grandiflorum and Polygala tenuifolia, equal parts, boil with two cups of water until there is one cup left, drink hot (Nam Duong Hoat Nhan Thu).
Treatment of typhoid fever that causes abdominal bloating due to imbalance of yin and yang: Platycodon grandiflorum, Pinellia ternata, and tangerine peel each 12g, 5 slices of ginger, boil with 2 and a half cups of water until 1 cup remains, drink hot (Platycodon grandiflorum Decoction - Nam Duong Hoat Nhan Thu).
Treatment of cough with phlegm: 60g of Platycodon grandiflorum, ground into powder, boiled with half a cup of Copper coinage, drink hot (Simple Essentials of Prescriptions).
Treats lung cancer, cough, chest fullness, shivering, rapid pulse, dry throat, no thirst, occasionally spitting out foul-smelling foam like porridge: Platycodon grandiflorum 40g, Licorice 80g, boil with 3 liters of water until 1 liter remains, divide into several doses, drink while hot. If in the morning you take the medicine and in the afternoon you vomit pus and thick blood, it is good (Gan Cat Thang - Kim Quy Yeu Luoc).
Treatment of tooth decay, toothache: Platycodon grandiflorum, Coix seed, grind the two into powder and drink (Yong Loai Kiem prescription).
Treatment of nosebleeds: Platycodon grandiflorum, ground into powder. Take 1 tablespoon with water each time, 4 times a day (Universal Prescription).
Treatment of heat cough, thick phlegm: Platycodon grandiflorum 8g, Loquat leaves 12g, Mulberry leaves 12g, Licorice 4g, decoct and drink 1 dose per day, continuously for 2-4 days (Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Medicine in Clinical Practice).
Treatment of cough with loose phlegm: Platycodon grandiflorum 8g, Almonds, Perilla each 12g, Peppermint 4g, decoct and drink continuously for 4 days (Handbook of Commonly Used Clinical Chinese Medicine).
Treatment of tonsillitis: Platycodon grandiflorum 8g, Lonicera japonica, Forsythia japonica each 12g, Raw licorice 4g, decoct to drink (Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Medicines in Clinical Practice).
Treatment of lung cancer, chest fullness, cough with pus and phlegm: Platycodon grandiflorum 4g, White hairy root 40g, Fish mint 8g, Licorice (raw) 4g, Coix seed 20g, Winter melon seed 24g, Fritillaria cirrhosa 8g, Silver flower vine 12g, decoct to drink (Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Medicine in Clinical Practice).
