Platycodon Root

• functions_en self-translated from 本草纲目 traditional_functions (public domain; the Chinese tf carries verbatim excerpt_hash citations). No modern work consulted.
• WHO IST-TCM terminology-aligned for the English rendering.
• public pharmacopoeia & botanical facts (public-domain reference facts; no proprietary modern source).

Classical source text (Chinese) — English summary above.

传统中医记载：《本经》载桔梗主胸胁痛如刀刺、腹满肠鸣幽幽、惊恐悸气；《别录》利五脏肠胃、补血气、除寒热风痹、温中消谷、疗喉咽痛、下蛊毒；甄权谓去肺热气促嗽逆、消积聚痰涎；张元素谓利窍、除肺部风热、清利头目咽嗌。

Nature & flavor: 辛，微温，有小毒（《本经》）；李时珍谓当以苦、辛、平为是；王好古谓阳中之阴、升，入手太阴肺经气分及足少阴经。·Meridians: 肺（手太阴·气分）, 肾（足少阴）

• Platycodon Decoction
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• Discharge Pus Powder
• Bamboo Leaf Decoction
• Dioscorea Pill

• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十二·草部·山草类·桔梗（条目标题·《本经》下品）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十二·草部·山草类·桔梗·释名（白药·梗草·荠苨；荠苨《本经》同名别名，《别录》后分立、李时珍主分，实为同名异物，当以《别录》为是）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its alternate names.
• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十二·草部·山草类·桔梗·气味（《本经》·时珍）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十二·草部·山草类·桔梗·发明（好古：入手太阴肺经气分及足少阴经）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its meridian tropism.
• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十二·草部·山草类·桔梗·主治（《本经》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十二·草部·山草类·桔梗·主治（《别录》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十二·草部·山草类·桔梗·气味（之才·为使畏忌）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.