What is the function of Licorice and Platycodon Decoction?

Since ancient times, China has had a method of curing diseases using traditional Chinese medicine. Many diseases are very difficult to treat with Western medicine, but they are finally cured with traditional Chinese medicine. As the traditional Chinese medicine market expands and its development prospects become better, some people now appreciate and trust traditional Chinese medicine. Many people usually use traditional Chinese medicine to treat some diseases or for preventive health care. Today, I will tell you what the function of Licorice Platycodon Decoction is.

Prescription 1

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[Usage] Prepare one dose of the above ingredients, add two cups of water, boil for one hour, and take after meals.

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2 Prescription 2

[Source] "Treatise on Febrile Diseases".

[Other names] Rushengtang (Volume 7 of Taiping Huimin Hejijufang).

[Composition] Platycodon grandiflorum 3g Licorice 6g

[Usage] Boil 300 ml of water and extract 200 ml. Remove the residue and take warm in two doses.

[Effects] Nourishes the lungs and relieves sore throat, clears away heat and detoxifies.

3 Prescription Three

[Source] "Jinkui Yaolue Fanglun".

[Composition] Platycodon grandiflorum (15g) Licorice root (30g)

[Usage] Add three liters of water to the two ingredients, boil until one liter is left, remove the residue, divide into portions and take warm, the solution will cause vomiting of pus and blood.

[Effects] Clear the lungs and relieve cough, eliminate phlegm and discharge pus.

[Main indications] Lung abscess. Coughing and chest pain, chills, rapid pulse, dry throat without thirst, occasional turbid saliva with a fishy smell, and spitting out pus like rice porridge for a long time.

4 Prescription 4

[Source] "Revised Yan's Prescriptions for Preventing Death"

[Ingredients] Platycodon grandiflorum (stalk removed), Fritillaria thunbergii (core and membrane removed), Angelica sinensis (stalk removed, soaked in wine), Trichosanthes fruit, Citrus aurantium (pith removed, stir-fried with bran), Coix seed (stir-fried), Morus alba bark (roasted with honey water), Stephania tetrandra 30g each, Licorice knot (raw), Apricot kernel (peeled and tip removed, stir-fried with bran), Lily (steamed), 15g each, Astragalus membranaceus (stalk removed), 45g

[Usage] Apply the medicine on the mouth. Take 12 grams each time, add 220 ml of water, add 5 slices of ginger, decoct and take at any time.

[Indications] Lung abscess, chest congestion, cough with pus and blood, restlessness, dry throat and thirst, swollen feet, red and yellow urine, and astringent stools.

[Original text] Coughing, chest fullness and chills. Rapid pulse, dry throat but no thirst. Sometimes he spit out foul and fishy saliva. Vomiting thick rice-like porridge for a long time is a lung abscess. Platycodon decoction is the main treatment.

5 Prescription Five

[Source] Volume 4 of Taiping Huimin Hejijufang.

[Other names] Platycodon and Pinellia Decoction (Volume 18 of "Lei Zheng Huo Ren Shu").

[Ingredients] Platycodon grandiflorum (crushed and lightly fried), Pinellia ternata (washed seven times with hot water and processed with ginger juice), Tangerine peel (remove the pulp), 300g each, Citrus aurantium (fried with bran until red and yellow), 150g

[Usage] The above is coarse powder. Take 6 grams each time, add 300 ml of water and 5 slices of ginger, boil together until 210 ml, remove the residue and take warm, regardless of time.

[Effects] Eliminate phlegm and relieve gas, relieve abdominal distension and relieve fullness.

[Indications] Fullness in the chest and flanks, vomiting and hiccups due to cold and heat, hard mass under the heart, shortness of breath and irritability, nausea due to phlegm, and loss of appetite.

Above, I have told you some knowledge about the Chinese medicine prescription. What is the function of this licorice and platycodon decoction? This question has told you that people will definitely encounter such situations in daily life. Then people can use the corresponding functions mentioned above to receive treatment. You can also boil some herbs to drink, which is also a great help to your body.

[Source] Volume 90 of "Shengji Zonglu".

[Composition] Platycodon (filed and fried) 3 fen, Pinellia (washed 7 times with hot water to remove the slippery skin, fried with ginger juice) 1 liang 1 fen, Atractylodes 3 fen, Licorice (roasted and file) 1 fen, cinnamon (remove the rough skin) half a liang, Paeonia lactiflora half a liang, Scrophularia 1 liang and a half.

[Usage] The above is coarse powder. Take 3 qian of the medicine each time. Add 1 cup of water and half a fen of ginger (smashed). Boil until 70% of the medicine is left. Remove the residue and add 1 fen of maltose. Take it warm on an empty stomach. Boil it again at night.

[Indications] Consumption, anxiety, and insomnia.

7 Prescription 7

[Source] Volume 57 of "Shengji Zonglu".

[Composition] Platycodon (filed and fried) 2 liang, Anemarrhena asphodeloides half a liang, Rhubarb (filed and fried) 1 liang and a half, Peach kernel (soaked in soup, peeled and pointed, fried with bran) 49 pieces.

[Usage] File it into pieces as big as a hemp bean. Take 3 spoonfuls each time, add 1 cup of water, boil until 60% of the water is left, remove the residue, add 0.5 spoonful of Mangxiao powder, take it warm on an empty stomach, take more if the person has walked 5-6 miles, 3 times a day.

[Main indications] Ascites.