Bellflower Medicinal Uses. The use of balloon flower in herbal medicine is primarily associated with lung and throat related ailments and the herb is often combined with Chinese licorice Glycyrrhiza uralensis in that regard. Description of the plant.
The flowers are used in Tibetan medicine they are said to have a sweet astringent and acrid taste with a cooling potency. 13012018 The herbal medicine was known to relieve phlegm wheezing and lung congestion. As used in this article the focus is on the 300 to 425 species of genus Campanula.
Campanula flowers are shaped more or less like little bells.
Aside from this bellflowers were also touted to ease various digestive illnesses such as gastrointestinal issues diarrhea and dysentery as well as ulcers and other kinds of intestinal disorders. Bellflowers may also reduce the risk of developing lung cancer. Videos you watch may be added to the TVs watch history and influence TV recommendations. Campanulaceae Bellflower Family Edible parts of Clustered Bellflower.