The ten major benefits of Plantago

Salt plantain seed is a common Chinese herbal medicine, usually growing on hillsides. In rural areas, people are accustomed to calling it asphalt seed because it grows flat. We often see salt plantain seed, but we don’t know what are the functions and effects of salt plantain seed? What are the effects of soaking salt plantain seed in water? What are the ten major functions of salt plantain seed? Let’s take a look together.

Ten functions of salt plantain

1. We know that salt plantain has the effect of relieving cough and reducing phlegm. Therefore, in daily life, if people suffer from chronic bronchitis or whooping cough, they can take salt plantain appropriately, which can repair the body very well and alleviate the symptoms.

2. Plantain has a certain effect on promoting urination, so it has a very good therapeutic effect on latent nephritis;

3. Plantain also has certain effects on the stomach and intestines. After entering the body, it can promote intestinal fluid metabolism, but it is short-lived;

4. If a child has diarrhea, drinking plantain soaked in water will also have a very good effect.

5. Plantain also has a certain effect of resisting microorganisms. It can effectively inhibit inflammation in the human body. It has a good therapeutic effect on various icteric hepatitis, mouth sores, hemorrhoids, dysentery and mumps.

6. Under normal circumstances, most people can eat psyllium, but if you are a person who cares about spermatorrhea, it is not recommended to eat psyllium with salt to avoid causing unnecessary harm to the body.

7. Clearing away heat and detoxifying, it is beneficial for urination. Plantago seed can produce body fluids and is good at clearing the water channels and clearing away the heat in the bladder. It can be used together with Akebia, Feldspar and Dianthus Superbus to treat damp-heat in the lower abdomen in the bladder, which causes dribbling, painful and uncomfortable urination; for edema caused by stagnation of water and difficulty urinating, it can be used together with Poria, Poria and Alisma; if the disease has lasted for a long time with kidney deficiency, heaviness in the waist and swelling of the legs, it can be used together with Achyranthes bidentata and Rehmannia glutinosa.

8. Treating diarrhea with dampness-removing salt: Plantago seed can promote diuresis, separate the clear from the turbid and treat diarrhea. It is especially good at treating watery diarrhea and those with difficulty urinating. This product can be ground into powder alone and taken with millet soup. If the diarrhea is caused by summer-heat and dampness, it can be used together with Patchouli, Poria, and Polyporus. If the diarrhea is caused by spleen deficiency and dampness, it can be used together with Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria, and Coix seed.

9. Cough and phlegm-resolving salt Plantago can enter the large intestine meridian, can resolve phlegm and relieve cough, and treat wind-heat cough, cough with excessive sputum and other symptoms. It is often used together with expectorant and cough-resolving medicines such as Trichosanthes, Fritillaria thunbergii, and loquat leaves.

10. Clearing away heat and removing fire. Plantago seed has the effect of clearing the eyes. It can clear liver heat and clear the eyes, and treat red and painful eyes. It can also be combined with kidney-nourishing medicines to treat liver and kidney yang deficiency, dark eyes and blurred vision, to achieve the effect of clearing the eyes.