Jie Geng - Platycodon root (Radix Platycodi)

Properties: Neutral, Bitter, Acrid. Channels: Lung

Action and indication: Cough with phlegm due to Wind-Heat or Wind-Cold. (Ren Shen Bai Du San, Sang Ju Yin, Zhi Sou San)

Sore throat due to Wind-Heat, phlegm-heat, Yin deficiency heat. (Yin Qiao San)

Lung or throat abcess. (Pu Ji Xiao Du Yin)

Guides other herbs to upper jiao.

Contraindicated: coughing blood, Yin deficiency cough.

Dose: 3-9 g 

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