Functions and effects of Radix Codonopsis

Radix Codonopsis pilosulae is the root of Radix Platycodon grandis, Radix Chuanensis and Radix Pilosulae Suffruticosa, which belongs to the Chinese herbal medicine of tonic qi, with the following main functions: 1. It can be used for people with deficient spleen qi, showing little food, dullness, loose stools, indigestion, etc.; it can also be used for people prone to coughing and wheezing, less breath and lazy speech and other symptoms of lung qi deficiency. Its effect is very similar to that of ginseng, but a little weaker than ginseng, with the benefit that there are no contraindications related to ginseng; 2, nourishing blood and generating fluid: party ginseng not only nourishes qi, but also nourishes blood and generates fluid, so it can be used for qi and blood deficiency or qi and yin deficiency diseases. In the Guangzhou herbal market, we found that the purchase of ginseng is the largest in the daily purchase of tonic herbs, and we can use ginseng to make meals, together with Poria, Licorice and Atractylodes, which is the “four gentlemen soup”. “Four Gentlemen Duck”. Party ginseng can also be made directly into tea and stewed in various soups with tonic spleen qi and lung qi to regulate the deficiency evidence of human body. Party ginseng does not have so many contraindications as ginseng, so it is very convenient and simple for the common people to choose.