Wutong Zi has the effect of smoothing qi, harmonizing the stomach, strengthening the spleen and eliminating stagnation, and is often used in diarrhea, stomach and epigastric pain.
Wutong Zi belongs to the spleen and food medicine, the family is the dry mature seeds of Wutong, family Wutong plant. Sycamore seeds are sweet in flavor and flat in nature. Wutongzi belongs to the heart, lung, kidney meridian. Wutong seeds can be used internally and externally. Sycamore seeds are long used in the treatment of hernia, epistaxis (nosebleed), and mouth sores in children.
Sycamore seed is contraindicated in people with a history of allergy to Sycamore seed. The adverse reactions of Platycodon grandiflorum are not known.
Although Wu Tong Zi can be used to treat a variety of diseases, it must be used on the basis of traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis. Moreover, there are some differences in the way of administering the drug for different diseases, so it is important to strictly follow the doctor’s instructions and use the correct method of applying Platycodon grandiflorum in order to make the drug give full play to its due efficacy.