Jie Geng
桔梗 jié gěng

Category:

Transform Phlegm and Stop Cough

Warm and Transform Cold Phlegm

Is this Herb effective in the clinic?

Pinyin Pronunciation:

	Tastes: Acrid , Bitter		Dosage: 3-9g

	Cautions: Contraindicated for chronic cough from Yin Deficiency or in patients with a tendency to cough up blood		Meridians: Lung
	Preparation: • Dry-fried • Honey-prepared • Charred		Quality: Good quality - thick, white, heavy roots with a bitter taste. Roots that are thin and greyish yellow in color are of inferior quality
	Reference Source: Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica (3rd edition) ('Bensky')		Notes: No notes at this time
	Formulas (39) bǎi hé gù jīn tāng (Lily Bulb Decoction to Preserve the Metal) bái sǎn (White Powder) bèi mǔ guā lǒu sǎn (Fritillaria and Trichosanthea Fruit Powder) chái gé jiě jī tāng (Bupleurum and Kudzu Decoction to Release the Muscle Layer Decoction) chái hú dá yuán yǐn (Bupleurum Decotion to Reach the Membrane Source) chái hú xiàn xiōng tāng (Bupleurum Decoction for Sinking Into the Chest) chái hú zhǐ jié tāng (Bupleurum, Bitter Orange, and Platycodon Decoction) cōng bái jié gěng tāng (Scallion and Platycodon Decoction) fáng fēng tōng shèng sǎn (Ledebouriella Powder that Sagely Unblocks) guā loú zhǐ shǐ tāng (Trichosanthes Fruit and Immature Bitter Orange Decoction) huáng lóng tāng (Yellow Dragon Decoction) huò xiāng zhèng qì sǎn (Agastache powder to Rectify the Qi) jī míng sǎn (Powder to Take at Cock's Crow) jiā jiǎn wēi ruí tāng (Modiified Polygonatum Odoratum Decoction) jīng fáng bài dú sǎn (Schizonepeta & Ledebouriella Powder to Overcome Pathogenic Influences) jǐu xiān sǎn (Nine-Immortal Powder) miào xiāng sǎn (Marvelously Fragrant Powder) nèi shū huáng lián tāng (Internal Dispersing Decoction with Coptis) niú huáng shàng qīng wán (Cattle Gallstone Pill to Ascend and Clear) pǔ jì xiāo dú yǐn (Universal Benefit Decoction to Eliminate Toxin) qīng wēn bài dù yǐn (Clear Epidemics and Overcome Toxin Decoction) qīng xīn liáng gé sǎn (Clear the Heart and Cool the Diaphragm Powder) qū fēng zhì bǎo dān (Greatest Treasure Special Pill to Dispel Wind) rén shēn bài dú sǎn (Ginseng Power to Overcome Pathogenic Influences) rén shēn huáng qí sǎn (Ginseng and Astragalus Powder) sāng jú yǐn (Mulberry Leaf and Chrysanthemum Decoction) shēn líng bái zhú sǎn (Ginseng, Poria, and Atractylodes Macrocephala Powd) shēn sū yǐn (Ginseng and Perilla Leaf Decoction) shēng xiàn tāng (Raise the Sinking Decoction) wǔ jī sǎn (Five Accumulation Powder) wū yào shùn qì sǎn (Lindera Powder to Smooth the Flow of Qi) xià kū cǎo gāo (Prunella Syrup) xiāng bèi yǎng yíng tāng (Cyperus and Fritillaria Decoction to Nourish the Nutritive Qi) xìng sū sǎn (Apricot Kernel and Perilla Leaf Powder) xuān dú fā biǎo tāng (Dissipate Toxin and Release Exterior Decoction) xuè fú zhú yū tāng (Drive Out Stasis in the Mansion of Blood Decoction) yín qiáo bài dú sǎn (Honeysuckle and Forsythia Powder to Overcome Pathogenic Influences) yín qiáo sǎn (Honeysuckle and Forsythia powder) zhǐ sòu sǎn (Stop coughing Powder)

Family:

Campanulaceae

Alternate Names:

Pharmaceutical: Radix Platycodi Grandifolii

Botanical: Platycodon Grandiflorus A.dc.

Japanese: kikyō

Korean: kilgyeong

Common: baloon flower root, platycodon root

Temperature: Neutral

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Dispels phlegm add comment

	+1 Andrea Murchison (Rootdown Editor) Promotes the discharge of pus add comment

	0 Rootdown Staff (Rootdown Staff) Opens up and Disseminates Lung Qi add comment

	+1 Benjamin Satterfield (Rootdown Staff) Cough add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Profuse sputum add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Throat pain add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Loss of voice add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Cough with profuse sputum from either heat or cold add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) When the actions of a formula should be focused on the upper regions of the body add comment

Jie Geng桔梗 jié gěng

Jie Geng
桔梗 jié gěng