Bellflower (scientific name: Platycodon grandiflorus), alias burden flower, bell flowers, flower mitral for Campanulaceae Campanulaceae species, growth in China, the Korean Peninsula, Japan and eastern Siberia.
TCM root medicine, nature, Bitterpungent function Xuanfei, expectorant, drainage, attending sputum unhappy, sore throat, lung abscess embolism; root contains platycodin, can increase the secretion of the respiratory tract and play cured phlegm effect.
Pharmacological effects contained platycodin of mouth, throat, direct stimulation of the gastric mucosa, reflecting increased mucous secretion of bronchial hyperactivity so diluted sputum, easy to discharge; bellflower has antitussive effect, with enhanced anti-inflammatory and immune function, its strength and similar anti-inflammatory aspirin; water extract can enhance macrophage phagocytosis, enhanced neutrophil bactericidal, increase lysozyme activity; ulcer prevention. Bellflower crude Saponins have sedative, analgesic, antipyretic effect, but also lower blood sugar, cholesterol, smooth muscle relaxation. Platycodin strong hemolysis, but oral administration can be decomposed in the digestive tract damage and loss of hemolysis.
Bellflower except with the governance of respiratory diseases in recent years, other systems also often cure diseases, herb soup bellflower and indigestion treatment of children with viral enteritis, and achieved satisfactory results; rhubarb rhubarb composition bellflower bellflower soup, open blisters service, governance antipsychotic dysuria were 68 cases of drug-induced, only four cases were ineffective; take bellflower, angelica root decoction Pieces, made of oil / water emulsions, rub facial rash at the treatment of melasma have indeed valid.