Health Benefits of Ladybell Roots

Adenophora is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, the bellflowers. Plants of this genus are known commonly as ladybells. Most are native to eastern Asia, with a few in Europe. Many are endemic to either China or Siberia. There are at The least ten species of Adenophora ladybells, Ladybells are easy to grow, but their fleshy roots defy division. Plants need full sun or partial shade. They self-seed and spread makes enough to be we weedy. Keep ladybells in check by digging out sections of Plants that are becoming invasive in early spring.

Many Adenophora species have been used in traditional Chinese medicine. Root tastes bitter, slightly cold, but non-toxic.

 According to Compendium of Materia Medica written by the uncrowned king of Chinese naturalists, published in 1593. Ladybell root benefits list below:

1. Regulate immune balance and increase lymphocyte conversion rate
2. Clear sputum, Antifungal and strength heart.
3. Treatment of stomach cramps and abdominal pain, headache, and dizziness
4. Nourishing the liver, benefit the heart and lungs.
5. It benefits the lungs and the kidneys, treatment of chronic bronchitis, cough, sputum is not easy to spit out and dry mouth.
6. Help to produce more breast milk after gave birth.

According to Chinese ancient literature, the lady bell root used by the predecessors is the lady bell grow in the southern part of China, the most common purple ladybells, which produce blue flowers and grows in USDA zones 7 to 9. The ladybell root grow in The southern is larger and soft. Its shape is coarse and is relatively loose, benefit the "lung", partial to clearing the lungs and relieving cough;

In the Qing Dynasty, the ladybell root from the north was being recorded, Common ladybells with droopy blue flowers, and lilyleaf ladybells, with blue or white hanging blooms, are both hardier plants suitable for zones 3 through 7. The lady bell root grown in The North has thin strips, its shape is slender, the quality is firm and dense, and as the most popular and widely used and planted. Benefit the "stomach", biased towards nourishing yin and thirst

Caution: To see a traditional Chinese medicine practitioners or herbalist before you consume for the right portion.