桔梗花的英文介绍

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翻译这段话：
蓝蓝的桔梗花，以清雅高洁取胜，得到人们的喜爱，可作切花，植于盆中或花坛都可。其根祛痰效果最佳，可治气管炎、咽喉炎。有趣的是，朝鲜族同胞用其肉质根加工、腌制成咸菜，不仅可口，还是滋补身体的佳品。
桔梗（Platycodon grandiflorum）为桔梗科桔梗属多年生草本植物，朝鲜人把它叫做“道拉基”。朝鲜族有一首非常好听的《桔梗谣》唱的就是这种植物。本科著名植物主要有党参、轮叶党参、紫斑风铃草、沙参等。桔梗中的“桔”字读作jie2(音杰)，淡紫加淡蓝的色彩，呈现严格五次旋转对称的桔梗花，几乎人见人爱。

Answer 1

Platycodon grandiflorum
(Radix Platycodi Grandiflori, Jie Geng)

Platycodon is the principal herb in Chinese medicine for diseases of the lungs and throat, and is commonly used for inflammatory conditions of the eyes, ears, and sinuses. The herb has a strong expectorant and antitussive effects and is included in many cough formulas, usually in combination with licorice.

The active components of platycodon — saponins, sterols, and triterpenoids — reduce inflammation and thin the sputum. It helps to treat skin swellings, including abscesses in the lungs and intestines. It also aids to soothe sore throats and relieve hoarseness. Platycodon is commonly added to formulas to direct the actions of the other herbs to the upper body.

Traditional
Chinese
Medicine
Circulates the Lung Qi and expels Phlegm – used for cough. Promotes the discharge of pus – pus in lung or throat abscess. Benefits the throat – sore throat or loss of voice. Directs the effects of other herbs upwards.

Constituents Polygalain acid, platycodigenin, alpha-spinasterol, stigmasterol, betulin, platycodonin, platycogenic acid.

Precautions None known.
Side Effects None known.

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Answer 2

The blue platicodon grandiflorum flower, by simple and elegant nobllyand purely wins, obtains people's affection, may do cuts the flower,plants Yu Penzhong or the flower-bed all may. Its 祛痰 effect isbest, may treat the tracheitis, the pharyngolaryngitis. Interestingis, the Korean National Minority compatriots with its pulp rootprocessing, the salt make 咸菜, not only is delicious, or nutritiousbodily high quality goods.
The platicodon grandiflorum (Platycodon grandiflorum) is theplaticodon grandiflorum branch platicodon grandiflorum is theperennial herb, the North Korean is called it "拉基". The KoreanNational Minority has extremely to be pleasant to hear "Platicodongrandiflorum Ballad" to sing is this kind of plant. The undergraduatecourse famous plant mainly has the codonopsis pilosula, the propellerblade codonopsis pilosula, the purple spot Canterbury bells, 沙参and so on. In the platicodon grandiflorum "the orange" the characterreads makes jie2 (sound to be outstanding), the pale purple Canadianblue color, presents the strict five rotational symmetry theplaticodon grandiflorum flower, nearly 人见人爱.