Jie Geng Granules

SKU	BPG436
Brand	Blue Poppy Single Herb Granules
Unit Size	100g
Potency	5:1
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
English name	Platycodon Root; Balloon Flower Root; Platycodon grandiflora

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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.*