Platycodon grandiflorum – Jie Geng

Platycodon grandiflorum
[Medicinal use] This product is the root of Platycodon grandiflorum, a plant of the Campanulaceae family.
[Nature and flavor and meridians] Bitter, pungent, and neutral. Enters the lung meridian.
[Effects] Clear the lungs and dispel phlegm, and discharge pus.
[Clinical application] 1. Used for cough with phlegm, sore throat, and hoarseness.
Platycodon grandiflorum is pungent and bitter, and has the function of clearing the lungs and dispelling phlegm. For cough caused by exogenous factors, it is often used together with antipyretic drugs. For those with exogenous wind-cold, it can be used with Nepeta tenuifolia, Saposhnikovia divaricata, Perilla leaf, and Apricot kernel; for those with exogenous wind-heat, it can be used with Peucedanum chinense, Burdock fruit, Chrysanthemum, and Mulberry leaf. For sore throat and hoarseness, it can be used with Burdock fruit, Licorice, Sophora flavescens, and Belamcanda chinensis.
2. Used for lung abscess and sore throat.
This product can remove phlegm and discharge pus. It can be used to treat lung abscesses. It can be used with raw coix seed, wax gourd seed, peach kernel, fresh reed root, houttuynia cordata, etc.; for throat abscesses, it can be used with isatis root, burdock seed, puffball, white silkworm, licorice, etc.
[Prescription name] Bitter Platycodon grandiflorum, white Platycodon grandiflorum, jade Platycodon grandiflorum (wash, dry, slice for use)
[General dosage and usage] One to two coins, decocted and taken.
[Comments] 1. Platycodon grandiflorum is pungent, dispersing, bitter and purgative. It is good at promoting lung qi, removing phlegm and discharge pus. Therefore, it is suitable for coughing with phlegm, expectoration, sore throat, aphonia, and lung abscesses.
2. This product can be used with licorice to remove phlegm and relieve sore throat; with Citrus aurantium, it can benefit the chest and diaphragm; with houttuynia cordata, it can discharge pus and detoxify and treat lung abscesses.
[Example of prescription] Platycodon grandiflorum decoction “Golden Chamber”: Platycodon grandiflorum, licorice. Treat lung abscess, cough, chest fullness, and vomiting of pus.
Where is the main part of Platycodon used as medicine?
The medicinal part of Platycodon:
The dried root of Platycodon grandiflorum (Jacq.) A.DC. of the Campanulaceae family. Characteristics of the medicinal part of Platycodon:
This product is cylindrical or slightly spindle-shaped, tapering at the bottom, some with branches, slightly twisted, 7~20cm long, 0.7~2cm in diameter. The surface is pale yellowish white to yellow, and the surface of the skin that is not removed is yellow-brown to gray-brown, with longitudinal wrinkled grooves, and horizontal long lenticel-like spots and root scars, with horizontal stripes on the upper part.
Some have shorter rhizomes or inconspicuous rhizomes at the top, with several half-moon stem scars on them. It is brittle, with uneven cross-section, brown cambium ring, yellow-white cortex, cracks, and light yellow wood.
How are Platycodon grandiflorum recorded in ancient books?
“Shennong’s Herbal Classic”: “It is used to treat chest and flank pains like being stabbed by a knife, abdominal distension and rumbling in the intestines, and panic and palpitations.
“Famous Doctors’ Records”: “It is beneficial to the five internal organs, intestines and stomach, replenishes blood and qi, eliminates cold, heat, wind and numbness, warms the middle and digests food, treats sore throat and pharynx, and removes poison. “Compendium of Materia Medica”: “Treats dysentery, breaks blood, removes accumulated qi, eliminates accumulation and phlegm, treats lung heat and cough, eliminates cold pain in the abdomen, treats nausea and epilepsy in children”
“Compendium of Materia Medica”: “The use of Platycodon grandiflorum is that it enters the lung meridian. The lung is the organ of the main qi, so it can make all qi descend.
Effects
Plantococcus grandiflorum has the functions of clearing the lungs, relieving throat, removing phlegm, and expelling pus.
What are the main effects and clinical applications of Platycodon grandiflorum?
Plantococcus grandiflorum is used for cough with phlegm, chest tightness, sore throat and hoarseness, and lung abscess with pus.
Cough with phlegm and chest tightness
Treats wind-cold cough, often with Nepeta tenuifolia, Aster tataricus, Tangerine peel, etc. Treats wind-heat cough, often with mulberry leaves, chrysanthemum, almonds, etc. Treats phlegm-heat cough, often with Fritillaria thunbergii, Scutellaria baicalensis, loquat leaves, etc.
Sore throat and aphonia
Treats dry throat and hoarseness caused by exogenous wind-heat, often with Scutellaria baicalensis, Xiqing fruit , Sterculia lychnophora, etc. Treat sore throat and aphonia caused by internal heat and toxicity, often with Scrophularia, Ophiopogon japonicus, raw licorice, etc.
Lung abscess and pus
Always with licorice.
In addition, this product can open up the lung qi and relieve bowel movements, guide intestinal stagnation, open and close, and can be used for obstruction and constipation.
What other effects does Platycodon grandiflorum have?
In my country’s traditional food culture, some Chinese medicinal materials are often widely consumed as food ingredients among the people, that is, substances that are both food and Chinese medicinal materials according to tradition (i.e. edible medicinal substances). According to the documents issued by the National Health Commission and the State Administration for Market Regulation, Platycodon grandiflorum can be used as both medicine and food within a limited range of use and dosage.
Commonly used medicinal diet recipes for Platycodon grandiflorum are as follows:
Lung abscess, coughing up pus and blood
Platycodon grandiflorum 10g, reed root 20g, add 300mL of water, boil to remove the residue, add 20g of crystal sugar, stir, and wait Take in 3 doses after crystal sugar dissolves.
Cough with a lot of sputum, sore throat
Platycodon grandiflorum 9g, mulberry leaf 15g, chrysanthemum 12g, almond 6g, licorice 9g. Decoction in water to remove the residue, drink as tea.
What are the compound preparations containing Platycodon grandiflorum?
Platycodon grandiflorum winter flower tablets
Antitussive and expectorant. Used for cough with a lot of sputum caused by phlegm blocking the lungs; bronchitis with the above symptoms
Ganju Bingmei tablets
Clears heat and opens the voice. Used for aphonia and hoarseness caused by wind-heat invading the lungs; sore throat, dry and burning throat, congestion of pharyngeal mucosa, etc. caused by acute pharyngitis caused by wind-heat invading the lungs
Xuanmai Ganju granules/lozenges/capsules
Clears heat and nourishes yin, removes phlegm and relieves sore throat. Used for yin deficiency and fire, virtual fire floating, dry mouth and nose, sore throat.
Xingsu powder
Lightly dissipates coolness and dryness, regulates the lungs and resolves phlegm. Indications: exogenous coolness and dryness syndrome. Aversion to cold and no sweating, slight headache, cough with thin sputum, nasal congestion and dry throat, white fur and stringy pulse.
Sangjuyin
Dispels wind and heat, clears lungs and relieves cough. Indications: initial stage of wind-heat, mild symptoms of superficial heat. Cough, mild fever, slight thirst, and rapid pulse.
Platycodon decoction
Relieves lungs and relieves cough, removes phlegm and discharges pus. Indications: lung abscess. Cough and chest pain, chills, rapid pulse, dry throat without thirst, sometimes turbid saliva with fishy smell, and pus like rice porridge for a long time.
Sanwu Baisan
Warms and lowers cold, removes phlegm and breaks knots.
Modern research progress on Platycodon
This product has multiple pharmacological effects such as expectoration, cough relief, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, immune enhancement, inhibition of gastric juice secretion and anti-ulcer, lowering blood pressure and cholesterol, sedation, analgesia, antipyretic, and anti-allergic.
Usage
Plantago has the functions of clearing lungs, relieving throat, removing phlegm, and discharging pus. It is often added to decoctions, and the medication should be taken according to the doctor’s instructions.
How to use Platycodon correctly?
When Platycodon decoction is taken orally, the common dosage is 3~109.
Burn the ashes of Platycodon and grind them into powder and apply them to the affected area to treat tooth decay.
According to different processing methods, it can be divided into Platycodon and honey Platycodon. Different processing methods have different effects, but the method of use is the same. Please follow the doctor’s instructions for specific use.
Platycodon is generally used in decoctions, decoctions are taken, and can also be made into powders or pills for consumption. However, the use of Chinese medicinal materials must be treated according to syndrome differentiation and should be used under the guidance of professional Chinese medicine practitioners. It should not be used at will, and it is even more forbidden to listen to Chinese medicine prescriptions and advertisements at will.
In addition, Platycodon can also be used for daily health care. The common methods of consumption are as follows:
· Cook porridge (Schizonepeta Platycodon porridge): 9 grams of Schizonepeta, 12 grams of Platycodon, 6 grams of licorice, first boil water to take the juice, then add rice to cook porridge.
· Boil water (scallion white throat soup): 2 scallions, 6 grams of Platycodon, 3 grams of licorice, boil water and drink, which can detoxify and dispel cold, and clear the throat.
How to process Platycodon?
Platinum: Take the original medicinal materials, remove impurities, wash, moisten, cut thick slices, and dry.
Honey Platycodon: Take refined honey and dilute it with an appropriate amount of boiling water, add it to the Platycodon slices, mix well, simmer, put it in a pot, heat it over a low heat, stir-fry until it is not sticky, take it out and cool it. For every 100kg of Platycodon, use 20kg of refined honey.
What drugs should be used with Platycodon at the same time and pay special attention?
The combined use of Chinese medicine and the combined use of Chinese and Western medicine requires syndrome differentiation and clinical individualized treatment.
If you are using other drugs, please consult a doctor before taking the medicine, and inform the doctor of all your confirmed diseases and treatment plans you are receiving.
Medication Instructions
Platycodon ascends and disperses, and excessive dosage can easily cause nausea, so it is not suitable for those with symptoms of vomiting, dizziness, and other symptoms of qi reversal, as well as those with yin deficiency, long-term cough, and hemoptysis.
What precautions should be taken when using Platycodon?
It is not suitable for those with qi reversal, vomiting, choking, dizziness, and yin deficiency, fire, and hemoptysis.
· Excessive dosage can easily cause nausea and vomiting.
· Pregnant and lactating women: If you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant or are lactating, please inform your doctor in time and ask whether Chinese medicine can be used for treatment.
· Children: Children should take medicine under the guidance of a doctor and under the supervision of an adult
· Please keep the medicinal materials properly and do not give the medicinal materials you use to others.
Medication tips
The most frequently asked questions by patients
Q
What are the side effects of taking Platycodon?
Plantcodon has no obvious toxic side effects, but it also needs to be used with caution. For example, patients with chronic cough due to yin deficiency, qi reversal or hemoptysis should not take Platycodon.
In addition, Platycodon is bitter, pungent and flat. It enters the lung meridian and has the effect of opening and dispersing lung qi, resolving phlegm and expelling pus. It can treat exogenous cough, sore throat, rib pain, lung abscess, coughing up pus and sputum, etc. Platycodon also has the effect of promoting qi.
What medicines are often used with Platycodon?
Use raw
·Cough caused by wind and cold: It is often used with almonds, perilla leaves, tangerine peel, etc., to dispel wind and cold, and dissipate lung qi and remove phlegm. It can be used for patients with wind-cold invading the lungs, coughing with thin sputum, headache and nasal congestion.
· Wind-heat cough: It is often used with mint, schizonepeta, forsythia, honeysuckle, licorice, etc. It has the effects of pungent and cool penetrating the surface, clearing heat, detoxifying and relieving throat pain. It is used for patients with wind-heat invading the lungs, coughing with yellow sputum, itchy and painful throat, fever and slight aversion to wind and cold.
· Lung abscess: It is often used with licorice, that is, Platycodon decoction, which can be used for patients with lung abscess cough and chest fullness, smelly sputum or pus. Preparation and use
· Yin deficiency cough: Honey Platycodon is often used with cooked rehmannia, raw rehmannia, ophiopogon, lily, Fritillaria, angelica, etc. It has the effects of nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, resolving phlegm and relieving cough. It can be used for patients with yin deficiency and excessive fire, dry throat and dry mouth, cough with blood in sputum, and afternoon hot flashes.
· Phlegm and cough: Honey platycodon is often used with almonds, ephedra, and schizonepeta, etc., which can treat rheumatism, cold body and cold fluid, phlegm and cough, such as Wuao Decoction.
What are the effects of Platycodon Licorice Decoction?
Planthocerospore Licorice Decoction is a Chinese medicine prescription, the main effect of which is used for typhoid cough, chest congestion, and irritability.
Can children drink Platycodon water when they cough?
You can drink it, but the effect is not great. Chinese medicine needs to be prescribed under the guidance of clinical Chinese medicine doctors after syndrome differentiation and treatment. It is difficult for a single medicine to achieve the ideal therapeutic effect.