Jie Geng, Platycodon root - 4 oz.

Jie Geng, Platycodon root - 4 oz.

Jie Geng, Platycodon root - 4 oz.

SKU FES942-4
Brand Far East Summit Single Herb Liquid Extracts
Unit Size 4 oz.
Potency 8:1
Taste Bitter, Acrid - Bensky
Properties Neutral - Bensky
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
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
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
Channels Entered Lung - Bensky
Chinese name Jie Geng
English name Platycodon Root; Balloon Flower Root; Platycodon grandiflora
Description

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.*
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