Decoction of 3 to 10 grams, excessive dosage can lead to nausea and vomiting.

Platycodon grandiflorum is slightly cold in nature, bitter in flavor, and enters the lung meridian. It enters the lung meridian and is effective in promoting the lungs, inducing diaphoresis and expelling phlegm and pus.

This product is pungent, bitter, and can open the lung qi, clear the throat, expel phlegm and pus, so it is often used in the treatment of the lung and carbuncle.

1, external cough, chest tightness is often used with asters, white before.

2, sore throat, mute voice can be used with licorice, cicada metabolism and so on.

3, lung carbuncle spitting pus can be used with fish grass, coix seed and so on.

Medicinal Value:

Functions: Promoting the lungs, facilitating the pharynx, expelling phlegm and draining pus. It is used for coughing and phlegm, chest tightness, sore throat, hoarseness, lung carbuncle spitting pus, sores and ulcers with pus not festering.

Clinical application

1, Yin Qiao San ("Articles on Warm Diseases")

The main treatment for the first signs of warm disease. Forsythia 9g, silver flower 9g, bitter platycodon 6g, mint 6g, bamboo leaves 4g, raw licorice 5g, thorns 5g, tempeh 5g, burdock 9g, reed root 9g. the formula platycodon clear throat, is the use of adjuvant.

2, mulberry chrysanthemum drink (" warm disease article discernment ")

The main treatment of wind temperature at the beginning. Sang Ye 7.5g, chrysanthemum 3g, almond 6g, forsythia 5g, mint 2.5g, 6g, licorice 2.5g, reed root 6g. two cups of water, boiled to take a cup, the day two service. The formula of Platycodon grandiflorus is clear and beneficial to the throat.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Platycodon grandiflorum