Balloon flower language: 1, eternal love, hopeless love. 2. Constant love, honesty, meekness and sadness. Unforgettable love (red).
[Edit this paragraph] Overview of balloon flowers
Platycodon grandiflorum, also known as monk's crown cap and bell flower, is a perennial herb of Platycodon of Campanulaceae. The aliases are Bellflower, Hexagonal Lotus, Pedicularis and Baiyao. The height of the plant is about 70 cm, and the height of artificial cultivation can be as high as1m. The leaves are opposite, whorled or alternate, with smooth surface and pale white powder on the back. A single flower or two or three flowers are born on the treetops, which sprout like a monk's hat and are bell-shaped after opening. Flowers are purplish blue, emerald blue, white and other colors, mostly single, double and semi-double. The flowers are quiet and elegant, and the color is charming but not bright. Japan uses purple to represent platycodon grandiflorum, while North Korea regards platycodon grandiflorum as lofty. The purple of balloon flowers is blue, and purple is seen in blue. It is pure and refreshing, giving people a quiet, elegant, indifferent and comfortable enjoyment. Among the hundred gardens, it has a unique scenery and is known as "Chu Shi among flowers, not envious of prosperity". Paired with safflower, it feels "outstanding" and is a beautiful cut flower. It is widely used in flower orchids, bouquets and platycodon grandiflorum, which can increase the ornamental effect of flower arrangement. It can also be used as potted flowers or planted in flower diameters and flower beds. Root is a famous Chinese medicine, which can treat colds, cough, eliminate phlegm and help digestion. Young roots are edible and used to be cultivated for medicine. In recent years, it has been developed into cut flowers and used as anthers, which has great development prospects.
Platycodon grandiflorum is native to all parts of China, which has wide adaptability to climate and is suitable for cultivation in vast areas from northern South China to southern North China. More resistant to high temperature and cold, but not to cold and heat. Perennial roots are thick and rich in nutrients, which are beneficial to overwintering and can grow in the north. However, due to the low temperature, short growth period, short plants and low value of cut flowers, sunny and warm land should be chosen. The hot summer in the south also inhibits the growth of plants, so it is advisable to choose a cool area with higher altitude for planting. Like light, like humid air, avoid dry wind and unsustainable shadows. I like fertile, moist and well-drained loose soil, and sticky soil or waterlogged land is not good for growth. The requirements for soil fertility are not harsh. Generally, it can grow in medium fertility, but fertile land has high plants and many flowers. The cultivation of cut flowers requires deep cultivation of soil, sufficient basal fertilizer and top dressing for 2 ~ 3 times before flowering to promote the high growth of flower stems and the formation of flower buds. After cutting cut flowers, protect the remaining stems and leaves at the base, and apply phosphorus and potassium fertilizer 1 time to facilitate the growth of underground roots. After autumn, it can be collected for medicinal purposes or reserved for the germination of new plants in the coming year. Less pests and diseases, easier to manage.
[Edit this paragraph] Medicinal value of Platycodon grandiflorum
Platycodon grandiflorum was first recorded in Shennong Herbal Classic, which is a commonly used medicine in clinic. It tastes bitter, pungent and flat, and enters the lung meridian. Functions: dispersing lung qi, resolving phlegm, relieving cough, relieving sore throat, dispersing stagnation, widening chest and discharging pus. Pharmacological experiments show that Platycodon grandiflorum has many functions, such as anti-inflammatory, antitussive, expectorant, anti-ulcer, lowering blood pressure, dilating blood vessels, calming, relieving pain, relieving fever, lowering blood sugar, anticholinergic, promoting cholic acid secretion and antiallergic. It is often used to treat cough with excessive phlegm, chest tightness, sore throat, hoarseness, lung abscess, abscess and so on.
Platycodon grandiflorum mainly acts on lung meridian, and is mainly used for treating cough, sore throat and lung carbuncle.
Dispelling lung and relieving cough-Platycodon grandiflorum specializes in treating lung meridian, with mild property, and can be used for cough due to cold and heat deficiency and excess caused by exogenous or internal injury.
Relieving sore throat and dispersing stagnation —— Since treating shaoyin pharyngalgia with platycodon grandiflorum in Treatise on Febrile Diseases, platycodon grandiflorum can be used for all kinds of pharyngalgia caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis and heat stagnation and phlegm obstruction.
Eliminating carbuncle and expelling pus —— Tanggeng Decoction in Synopsis of the Golden Chamber is suitable for the purulent stage of lung carbuncle. Platycodon grandiflorum is used in the early stage of lung abscess, which can dispel pathogenic factors and produce pus, and can help poison and expel pus when suppurating. Few other drugs can treat lung abscess. Animal experiments have also confirmed that orange stem soup can dilute pus by increasing the excretion of lungs and respiratory tract, making it easy to discharge.
[Edit this paragraph] Talking about Platycodon grandiflorum from Orange Island
The beautiful lyrics of the orange stalk ballad: "Platycodon grandiflorum, Platycodon grandiflorum, Platycodon grandiflorum and White Platycodon grandiflorum are all over Shan Ye. Just dig out one or two trees and you can fill a big basket. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, how beautiful and cute this is. This is also our labor production. "
This is the Korean folk song "Ballad of Orange Stalk", also known as "Dolaji". "Dao La Ji" is a kind of wild vegetable that Koreans like to eat, namely platycodon grandiflorum. This Korean folk song was first produced in gangwon, and later spread all over the Korean peninsula. The lyrics are different, and the tune is smooth and smooth. Legend has it that Doraki is a girl's name. The local landlord robbed her of her debt, and her lover hacked her to death angrily. As a result, she was put in prison. The girl died of grief and asked to be buried on the mountain road where young people had to chop wood. The next spring, purple flowers appeared on her grave. People call it "Dolaji" (meaning "Platycodon grandiflorum" in Korean) and sing it in songs to praise the innocent love of girls. Every spring, Korean women go up the mountain to dig platycodon grandiflorum together. Because they are not allowed to go out on weekdays according to custom, this song also expresses a happy mood when collecting platycodon grandiflorum outside. The music of "Ballad of Orange Stalks" is light and clear, which vividly shapes the diligent and lively image of Korean girls.
Koreans have special feelings for platycodon grandiflorum. Platycodon grandiflorum is widely used as an edible vegetable in North Korea, South Korea and Japan. Koreans have the custom of eating fresh platycodon grandiflorum, and supermarkets and other places in Korea often sell small packages of platycodon grandiflorum that are fresh-preserved, refrigerated or pickled, which is regarded as an indispensable dish on the table. In the past, South Korea planted and processed a large number of platycodon grandiflorum, but savvy Koreans found that China's platycodon grandiflorum was of high quality and low price, so they turned to import a large number of platycodon grandiflorum from China, processed it into medicinal vegetables and sold it to Japan, the United States and other countries and regions, which made a lot of profits. Platycodon grandiflorum is native to China, and it is wild everywhere. In many areas of our country, platycodon grandiflorum is also used to make kimchi, which is quite delicious and deeply loved by people. In addition, platycodon grandiflorum can be used for brewing wine, making flour and making cakes, and the seeds can be eaten by squeezing oil.
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Platycodon grandiflorum, also known as Sophora alopecuroides, pedicel grass, bell flower and bag flower, belongs to the genus Platycodon of Campanulaceae. Li Shizhen explained its name in Compendium of Materia Medica: "This root is firm and straight, hence the name Platycodon grandiflorum".
Platycodon grandiflorum is a deep-rooted plant, a perennial herb perennial flower, which is mostly wild in the grass on the hillside. Its roots are plump and fleshy, cylindrical, unbranched or less branched. The taproot can be as long as 15 cm. The stems are erect, with a height of 0.5 ~ 1 m, the whole plant is milky white, and the upper part is usually unbranched or slightly branched. The leaves are opposite or whorled, the leaves are ovate-lanceolate, and the edges have irregular sharp serrations. The flowering period is late. From July to September, 1 or several blue or blue-purple flowers are born at the top of the stem. When they sprout, they expand into balloons. Corolla is bell-shaped, with split apex, and looks like an ancient clock when it is upside down, so it is also called bell-shaped flower. Results from August to 10.
The blue and purple flowers in Balloon Flowers are very beautiful and eye-catching. Many places, as ornamental plants, are cultivated in parks and courtyards, which are quiet, elegant and interesting.
[Edit this paragraph] The Legend of Platycodon grandiflorum
1 "Platycodon grandiflorum" is called "Dulaji" in Korean. Dawlaki is a girl's name in Korean folklore. The local landlord robbed her of her debt, and her lover hacked her to death angrily. As a result, she was put in prison. The girl died of grief and asked to be buried on the mountain road where young people had to chop wood. The next spring, a purple flower appeared on her grave, which people called "Doraki".
Once upon a time, there lived a girl named platycodon grandiflorum in a village.
Platycodon grandiflorum has no parents and lives alone at home.
However, there is a teenager who looks for Platycodon grandiflorum every day.
Platycodon grandiflorum, when I grow up, I will marry you.
I want to marry you when I grow up.
So they made an appointment.
A few years later, platycodon grandiflorum grew into a beautiful lady.
A teenager also grows into a handsome young man.
They are lovers.
However, in order to fish, the young man had to go far away by boat.
It's so sad, I can't live without you,' said Platycodon with tears.
Platycodon grandiflorum must wait for me, and I will come back.
Finally, the day came when the young people left.
Remember to come back, I'm waiting for you.
See you again.
Set out for the sea
Farther and farther away, Platycodon grandiflorum kept crying.
However, the young man who loves platycodon grandiflorum didn't come back after ten years.
The more platycodon grandiflorum looks at the sea, the sadder it gets.
Therefore, I decided to go to the temple temporarily.
Master, please let me calm down.
There is no amitabha in the south. If you want to know this, you must first empty your heart.
Don't dwell on the marriage in your heart.
Platycodon grandiflorum is determined to do so.
But I can't forget that young man.
Always running to the beach
After decades, Platycodon grandiflorum has become an old man.
Looking at the platycodon grandiflorum in the sea, I remembered those young people who never came back and left tears.
Pray to God that my love must come back.
At this time, the gods appeared.
Platycodon grandiflorum, haven't you endured it yet?
God, I want to forget him, but I can't.
Gee! You have been waiting hard, but now you have to give up that yearning.
Mr Mountain spirit, said
God, no matter what, my heart is always the same.
Hehe, forget it.
Immortals are particularly worried about platycodon grandiflorum.
God, I can't help being lonely.
Didn't I tell you to give up that yearning?
I want to judge your youth.
The eyes of Platycodon grandiflorum slowly closed and the body became a flower.
Later, people called that kind of flower balloon flower.
Balloon flowers look at the sea looking for teenagers.
[Edit this paragraph] A good medicine for relieving cough and resolving phlegm
Platycodon grandiflorum was first recorded in Shennong Herbal Classic, which is a commonly used medicine in clinic. It tastes bitter, pungent and flat, and enters the lung meridian. Has the effects of dispersing lung qi, resolving phlegm, relieving cough, relieving sore throat, resolving hard mass and expelling pus. It is often used to treat cough with excessive phlegm, chest tightness and sore throat, hoarseness, lung abscess, abscess, abscess, etc.
Platycodon grandiflorum mainly acts on lung meridian, and is mainly used for treating cough, sore throat and lung carbuncle.
Dispelling lung and relieving cough-Platycodon grandiflorum specializes in treating lung meridian, with mild property, and can be used for cough due to cold and heat deficiency and excess caused by exogenous or internal injury.
Relieving sore throat and dispersing stagnation —— Since treating shaoyin pharyngalgia with platycodon grandiflorum in Treatise on Febrile Diseases, platycodon grandiflorum can be used for all kinds of pharyngalgia caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis and heat stagnation and phlegm obstruction.
Eliminating carbuncle and expelling pus —— Tanggeng Decoction in Synopsis of the Golden Chamber is suitable for the purulent stage of lung carbuncle. Using platycodon grandiflorum in the early stage of lung abscess can dispel evil and produce pus, and pus can nourish poison and expel pus, so there is almost no other medicine to treat lung abscess. Animal experiments have also confirmed that orange stem soup can dilute pus by increasing the excretion of lungs and respiratory tract, making it easy to discharge.
In addition to the above main functions, Platycodon grandiflorum can also be used in the following aspects:
Promoting intestinal hyperactivity, relieving exterior syndrome and eliminating pathogenic factors-exogenous pathogenic factors trapped in exterior syndrome can easily lead to lung qi stagnation and abnormal promotion. Spreading the lung is helpful to relieve exterior symptoms and eliminate pathogenic factors. Platycodon grandiflorum is flat in nature and can spread lung qi, which can be used regardless of wind-cold exterior syndrome or wind-heat exterior syndrome.
Dispelling lung and facilitating defecation-lung and large intestine are exterior and interior, and stagnation of lung qi leads to constipation. When the lung qi is unobstructed, it can indirectly dredge the stomach and lower the bladder, so it also has a good effect on intestinal diseases and urination. It is reported that 20 cases of anal atresia after hemorrhoid were treated with Zhujuyin (Herba Lophatheri and Radix Platycodi each 10g), and satisfactory results were obtained. Platycodon grandiflorum can open the knot of lung qi, and can be combined with Lophatherum Bambusae, which can benefit one opening and one descending, regulate qi, diffuse light, and eliminate evil in a light dose. This is the treatment method of "ascending first if you want to descend", which is actually the method of "the disease is above the downward shoot" and "lifting the pot and uncovering the lid" in Neijing.
There are three treasures in Cynomorium songaricum: red willow, bell grass and Cynomorium songaricum.