Family Name |
Campanulaceae |
Scientific name |
Platycodon grandiflorus |
Common name |
Burden flowers, Bell flowers, Mitral spend |
Growth habit |
Perennial herbs |
Leaf |
Leaf plants milk
leaves mostly alternate
a small number of students
nearly sessile leaves long oval serrated edges |
Flower |
Flower's skin brown
It is flowered from July to September.
Corolla bell-shaped
Colour is blue,purple or blue and white. |
Fruit |
Mature from August to November. |
More to learn |
Florid is eternal love,everlasting love,never forget the love (red)
Honest,supple,sadness,directly and without concealment. |
Properties |
bitter,acrid,flat |
Treats |
Chinese medicine,the root is used as nature,Bitterpungent,function Xuanfei,
expectorant,pus,attending cough.
Sputum unhappy,sore throat,lung abscess,embolism; the root contains platycodin,it can increase the secretion of the respiratory tract and play expectorant role. |
Reference |
General information on Platycodon grandiflorus
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