What are the effects and functions of plantain?

In fact, everyone has often heard of plantain because of its high medicinal value and efficacy. It can help us clear away heat and improve eyesight, and it has a good effect of removing phlegm and promoting urination. It can also be used to treat and solve problems such as frequent urination and painful urination.

1. Plantago, sweet, cold, enters the palm of hand, Yangming meridian. It can promote diuresis, clear away heat, improve eyesight and eliminate phlegm. It is used for urinary obstruction, stranguria, leucorrhea, hematuria, jaundice, edema, dysentery and diarrhea, epistaxis, red and swollen eyes, sore throat, cough and skin ulcers.

2. According to modern scientific analysis, the young leaves of plantain contain water, carbohydrates, protein, fat, calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene, vitamin C, as well as nutrients such as bile alkaloids, potassium salts, citric acid, oxalic acid, and aucubin. It is cold in nature and sweet in taste, and has the effects of helping to relieve stranguria, clear away heat and improve eyesight, and clear the lungs and resolve phlegm. It is mainly used to treat urinary incontinence, diarrhea caused by high summer temperatures, red and swollen eyes, etc. In addition to its medicinal uses, plantain can also be eaten. It can be made into plantain leaf amaranth porridge, plantain stewed pig tripe, plantain and small watermelon porridge, plantain tea, plantain leaf radish porridge, etc.

3. Plantago is sweet, cold in nature, non-toxic, and is mainly used to treat lower abdominal and kidney sac pain, difficulty urinating or pain after urinating, promote urination, and remove dampness. It can treat injuries to men and eyebrows, urgency, frequent urination, pain when urinating and loss of appetite in women, and nourish the lungs, strengthen yin and benefit essence.

4. The whole plantain is a treasure, it is edible and has medicinal value. It is sweet and cold in nature, non-toxic, and has the effects of clearing away heat, promoting urination, removing phlegm and relieving cough, clearing the liver and improving eyesight, and removing dampness and arthralgia. "Compendium of Materia Medica" believes that long-term use can make the body light and delay aging. Because Plantain has great therapeutic effects, people often use 50g of fresh Plantain to mix with other cold dishes to treat stomatitis. Or use 30g of fresh plantain, 100g of fresh celery, and 100g of radish to make juice, add honey and stew it, once a day to treat high blood pressure. The ovule of Plantain is also called Plantago seed, which has the effect of helping to relieve stranguria. Cook 10g of Plantain Seed with white rice and add sugar to treat kidney inflammation edema, cystitis, and urethritis. Or use 30g of Plantago seeds and 60g of Dioscorea zingiberensis, grind them into powder and drink it with water to treat vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal distension, etc. caused by excessive food intake due to spleen deficiency.