Platycodon grandiflorum

Platycodon grandiflorum: well-known throughout the country. As an authentic Chinese herbal medicine with a long history in Yuxian County, Eupatorium grandiflorum, a herbal medicine with local flavor, is being known by more and more people. Platycodon grandiflorum, alias Baiyao, Monkshood Head, Bellflower and talinum, is a perennial herb, which is wild in hillside and grass. It is not only a Chinese herbal medicine, but also a nutritious vegetable. As one of the top ten specialties in Yuxian County, Platycodon grandiflorum has gradually stepped out of the mountains and become a cash crop to promote local people to increase their income and get rich. Chinese traditional medicine has a long history, and the folk use of platycodon grandiflorum as medicine can be traced back to the Qin and Han Dynasties. Platycodon grandiflorum mainly contains platycodin, betulin, platycodin, platycodon grandiflorum sugar, etc., and is mainly used for treating cough with excessive phlegm, stuffy chest, diaphragm and spleen, sore throat, hoarseness, and coughing up pus and blood. In history, the efficacy of platycodon grandiflorum was first recorded in Shennong Materia Medica Classic. In the Compendium of Materia Medica, Li Shizhen, a medical scientist in the Ming Dynasty, recorded that "the root of this grass is firm and straight, and there are two kinds of sweet and bitter, so it is named platycodon grandiflorum." Although platycodon grandiflorum is planted in many places in China, the quality of medicinal materials and its therapeutic effect are significantly different because of the different soil and water, climate, sunshine and biological distribution. Yuxian county has a wide mountainous area, high altitude, fresh air, rich phosphorus and potassium fertilizers in the soil, and unique natural conditions provide a good environment for the growth of Platycodon grandiflorum. The local wild platycodon grandiflorum is of high quality, with great medicinal and health value. It is called "Little Ginseng" by the people and has become one of the top ten famous specialties in Yuxian County. Since 1970s, many mountain farmers in Yuxian County have tried to plant platycodon grandiflorum while collecting wild platycodon grandiflorum on the mountain for sale. Chinese medicine vendors from Hebei, Henan and other places have always regarded Yuxian County as the main purchasing base of platycodon grandiflorum.
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