(1) beautify the environment
The most important function of balloon flowers is to beautify the environment. It is a perennial herb with smooth and green leaves. Beautiful purple flowers bloom after flowering, which can give off a faint fragrance. If you put it indoors, you can beautify your home. Planting in garden scenic spots can beautify the environment and have high ornamental value, and can also purify the air during growth.
(2) Edible efficacy
Platycodon grandiflorum is a kind of wild vegetable that can be eaten by human beings. Its roots and leaves can be processed for human consumption. It can supplement a lot of carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals for the human body, enhance its own resistance, further enhance the functions of various organs, safeguard human health and improve physical fitness.
(3) medicinal efficacy
The leaves, roots and buds of Platycodon grandiflorum can be used as medicine, and its medicinal value is extremely high after being used as medicine. It can not only clear away heat and toxic materials, but also diminish inflammation and sterilize, and can treat bad symptoms such as cough with excessive phlegm, sore throat and hoarseness. If necessary, Radix Platycodi can be mixed with Chinese herbal medicines such as Herba Houttuyniae and Semen Benincasae for decoction.
2. Can Platycodon grandiflorum fight cancer?
Platycodon grandiflorum can play a certain anti-cancer role, inhibit the proliferation activity of tumor cells, induce tumor cell apoptosis, enhance immune function, inhibit telomerase activity, block cell cycle, and inhibit tumor cell infiltration and metastasis. Therefore, platycodon grandiflorum resources have a good research prospect as a new anticancer drug. However, at present, the research on anti-tumor activity of Platycodon grandiflorum is still limited to the study of water extract, total saponins or single monomer compounds. Combining the study of biological activity with the study of chemical constituents, exploring the material basis of anti-tumor activity of Platycodon grandiflorum, and exploring the structure-activity relationship of anti-tumor effect of Platycodon grandiflorum through the structural modification of monomer compounds will be the direction and focus of future research.