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JIE GENG

Names related to Jie Geng
Pharmaceutical:	Radix Platycodi Grandiflori
Botanical:	Platycodon grandiflorum (Jacq.) A. DC. (Campanulaceae)
Other names:	Bai Jie Geng, Ku Jie Geng
Description:	Platycodon Root.

Actions
Stimulates the Lung dispersing and descending functions; Transforms Phlegm; Drains the pus; ...

Origin of jie geng
Anhui, Jiangsu, Shandong.;

Preparation of jie geng
The drug is collected in spring and autumn (with autumn preferable), washed clean, removed from rootflet, peeled when fresh or unpeeled, and dried, and cut into slices.;

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