The present invention relates to antibiotics, anti-inflammatory agents, antihyperlipidemia
agents, antidiabetes agents and anticancer agents, of which medical treatment materials
are extracted by hot water or organic solvent from 20-year (or older) perennial
old platycodon (i.e., old platycodon) with various physiological
effects, or selective mixture of these extracts and other allowable herbal medicines
or herbal medicine extracts. The old platycodon extracts have further enhanced
effects than conventional medicines or 2-4 year old common platycodon, in
terms of antibiotic activity, lipid metabolism improving activity, blood glucose
level lowering activity, inhibition activity against adhesion of cancer cells immunity
increasing effect, anti-arthritis effect, etc.
