What are the effects and functions of salt plantain?

Have you ever paid attention to the effects and functions of salt plantain? It can play a very good role in clearing away heat, promoting diuresis, removing phlegm and improving eyesight. It can also effectively improve joint cysts and synovial inflammation, and is also very effective in preventing and treating kidney stones.

1. Plantago seed is mainly used for clearing away heat and promoting diuresis; dispelling dampness and stopping diarrhea; improving eyesight; and removing phlegm. It is used to treat dysuria, stranguria and leukorrhea, edema, diarrhea caused by summer heat and dampness, red eyes and cataracts, and cough and asthma caused by phlegm and heat.

2. Diuretic effect

For normal people, taking 10g of Plantago seed decoction orally has a diuretic effect, but the total volume of the decoction and the daily water intake are not recorded, and there is a lack of strict control. There is no obvious diuretic effect when taking plantain seed decoction in normal people and rabbits. Plantago seeds also have no diuretic effect.

3. Effect on joint capsule

When small amounts of Plantago seed decoction are injected multiple times into the rabbit's knee joint cavity, synovial inflammation occurs first, followed by connective tissue hyperplasia. Therefore, it is possible to restore the original tension of the relaxed joint capsule. It can be used clinically for temporomandibular joint subluxation. The seeds of Indian Plantain Plantagoovata contain a large amount of mucilage, which can be used as a bulk laxative and has the effect of lowering serum cholesterol in humans. The alcohol extract can lower the blood pressure of anesthetized dogs and cats, inhibit isolated rabbit hearts and frog hearts, excite the intestines of rabbits, rats and guinea pigs, and can be inhibited by atropine. Therefore, it is believed to have a choleretic effect. Injecting 0.05-0.2ml of 5% Plantago seed decoction into the rabbit's knee joint cavity can promote the proliferation of synovial connective tissue in the joint capsule, thereby restoring the original tension of the relaxed joint capsule. Plantago seed decoction showed no diuretic effect on normal humans, rabbits, and rats.

4. Pharmacological research of Plantago

Pharmacological studies have shown that Plantago has a significant diuretic effect, can promote the secretion of respiratory glands, and dilute sputum, so it can eliminate phlegm and inhibit bacteria; it can also prevent and treat kidney stones and regulate intraocular pressure.