Jie Geng
Radix Platycodi Grandiflori桔梗
- Nature
- Neutral
- Flavours
- Acrid/Pungent, Bitter, Sour
- Meridians
- Lung
- Class
- Heat-Clearing and Phlegm-Heat-Resolving Medicinals (Qing Hua Re Tan Yao)Phlegm-Transforming, Cough-Stopping and Dyspnea-Calming Medicinals (Hua Tan Zhi Ke Ping Chuan Yao)
- Dosage
- 3–10 g
Actions / Functions
- Clarifies and resolves Phlegm-Heat
- Resolves Phlegm (Tan)
- Favors the Lung’s diffusion function
- Stops cough
- Smoothens the throat
- Restores the voice
- Favors eruptions
- Expels pus
- Reduces abscesses