The efficacy and function of withered stems

Speaking of Chinese medicinal materials, there are many types. As long as they are animals or plants, they have a certain role in traditional Chinese medicine, and they can be combined with other Chinese medicinal materials to treat some diseases. The dried stems are also a traditional Chinese medicinal material, mainly used to treat cough, sore throat, constipation, mouth ulcers and other diseases. The dried stems have many functions and effects. They can be used as medicine together with perilla leaves, mulberry leaves, licorice, Houttuynia cordata, etc. to treat diseases.

1. Efficacy and function of Platycodon grandiflorum

【effect】

It can clear the lungs and eliminate phlegm, relieve sore throat and discharge pus. It is mainly used to treat cough with excessive sputum, sore throat, lung abscess, chest fullness and flank pain, dysentery and abdominal pain, urinary retention, constipation, mouth ulcers, and red and swollen mouth.

【application】

1. Platycodon grandiflorum and Perilla leaf: Platycodon grandiflorum is bitter, pungent and can open up the lungs and dispel evil; Perilla leaf can dispel wind and cold, open up the lungs and relieve cough. When used in combination, it can dispel wind and cold, promote lung function and relieve cough. It is often used to treat wind-cold exogenous infection, and cough and asthma caused by stagnation of lung qi.

2. The effects and functions of Platycodon grandiflorum with mulberry leaves, chrysanthemum and burdock seeds: the stems can clear the lungs and eliminate phlegm, mulberry leaves, chrysanthemums and burdock seeds can dispel wind, clear heat and relieve cough, and are used together to treat wind-heat cough.

3. The effects and functions of Jue Cup and Pinellia: the dried stems can clear the lungs and eliminate phlegm, while the Pinellia can dry out dampness and resolve phlegm. When used together, they can regulate Qi, resolve phlegm and relieve cough. They are used to treat cough with excessive phlegm that is difficult to cough up.

4. The effects and functions of Platycodon grandiflorum and licorice: Platycodon grandiflorum can clear the lungs, eliminate phlegm and relieve sore throat, while licorice can detoxify, moisten the lungs and relieve sore throat. They can be used together to treat sore throat. For those with wind-cold binding the lungs, add Schizonepeta tenuifolia and Saposhnikovia divaricata; for those with wind-heat attacking the lungs, add Periostracum cicadae and Fructus burdockii; for those with severe heat toxicity, add Sophora tomentosa, Puffball and Bombyx batryticatus; for those with yin deficiency and excessive fire, add Scrophularia ningpoensis and Ophiopogon japonicus; for those with aphonia and hoarseness, add Terminalia chebula and Oroxylum butterflyii.

5. Platycodon grandiflorum and Houttuynia cordata: Platycodon grandiflorum has the effect of removing phlegm and discharging pus, while Houttuynia cordata can enter the lungs to clear away heat, resolve phlegm and discharge pus. It can enhance the function of expelling evil, detoxifying and discharging pus, and can treat lung abscess, cough, spitting pus and fishy phlegm.

6. Platycodon grandiflorum and Citrus aurantium: Platycodon grandiflorum can open up the lungs, promote qi, and eliminate phlegm, and its strongest power is to lift and lift. Citrus aurantium is bitter and warm, and its function is to lower qi and relieve bloating, relax the chest and relieve the diaphragm, and its main power is to descend and disperse. The two medicines are combined, one ascends and expels, one disperses and the other disperses. Platycodon can relieve the stagnation of lung qi, and can lead the bitter and descending Citrus aurantium to move upward to the lungs. Citrus aurantium can reduce the adverse lung qi, and can also help Platycodon to open the diaphragm and expand the chest. It has the effects of raising and lowering qi, relieving depression and reducing phlegm, expanding the chest and benefiting the diaphragm. Liver depression and qi stagnation, qi movement is unfavorable and the lung qi fails to descend, resulting in cough, sputum and wheezing, chest distension and stuffiness, bloating and discomfort in the bladder, and difficulty in defecation. It can be used to relieve chest tightness and flank pain in coronary heart disease caused by phlegm blocking qi stagnation. It can be used to relieve numbness, expand the chest, and promote yang in the lungs and spleen. It can be used to relieve stagnation, promote lung function, and move the spleen, and separate the clear from the turbid. It can be used to relieve proteinuria in nephritis caused by poor spleen function and inability to distinguish between the clear and the turbid.

7. Platycodon and Rhubarb: Platycodon is a boat that can carry medicine upward, and is mostly used to treat diseases above the chest and diaphragm. The lung and the large intestine are the exterior and interior, and Platycodon can open up the lung qi and help the flow of visceral qi. Rhubarb is bitter and cold and can dissipate heat. It can treat wind-heat headaches, mouth sores, red and swollen mouth, and can also treat heat-stagnation constipation and dysentery. The two medicines are used together to clear the head and unblock the internal organs.

8. Platycodon grandiflorum and Wuling powder: Platycodon grandiflorum can invigorate the lung qi, and the lung is the upper source of water. Combined with Wuling powder, which can promote yang, transform qi and benefit water, it is used to treat those who have poor qi transformation, stagnation of water qi and urinary retention. It can regulate the water channels and let the dampness descend.