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Jie Geng, Platycodon root - 4 oz.
Jie Geng, Platycodon root - 4 oz.
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Platycodon Root causes the qi and the actions of other herbs to rise, soothes the throat, releases the exterior, transforms phlegm, expels pus. - Bensky
Excerpted from Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica
- Opens up and disseminates the Lung qi, dispels phlegm, and benefits the throat: for cough or wheezing with profuse sputum, throat pain, and loss of voice. Can be used for cough with profuse sputum from either cold or heat.*
- Pushes out pus: for expelling pus associated with Lung abscess or throat abscess. The traditional disease of Lung abscess is marked by fevers, chest pain, coughing of yellow sputum with a fishy smell, along with coughing up of blood and pus.*
- Opens up and raises the Lung qi, while also directing the actions of other herbs to the upper regions of the body: used not only to reinforce the actions of other herbs that clear and drain the upper burner, but also whenever the actions of a formula should be focused on the upper regions of the body.*
English Name: Platycodon Root; Balloon Flower Root; Platycodon grandiflora
Chinese Name: Jie Geng
Unit Size: 4 oz.
Potency: 8:1
Taste: Bitter, Acrid - Bensky
Properties: Neutral - Bensky
Channels Entered: Lung - Bensky
Actions: Causes the qi and the actions of other herbs to rise, soothes the throat, releases the exterior, transforms phlegm, expels pus. - Bensky
Pattern: Cold or Hot phlegm conditions; abscess - Bensky
Chinese Symptomology: Cough or wheezing with profuse sputum, throat pain, loss of voice; Lung abscess with fevers/chest pain/coughing of yellow sputum with a fishy smell, throat abscess - Bensky
Materia Medica: Transform Phlegm & Aid Cough
Contraindications: Because of this herb's acrid, dispersing, and draining qualitities, it is contraindicated for chronic cough from yin deficiency or in patients with a tendency to cough up blood. - Bensky
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