Can plantain cure nephritis? The side effects are minimal.

Traditional Chinese medicine is a common method for treating nephritis and the effect is very good. Plantain is a kind of Chinese herbal medicine. It can promote urination without losing vital energy, so it is a top-grade diuretic. It has the effect of strengthening the kidneys and improving sperm quality, but the side effects are very small.

Plantain is a perennial herb with spoon-shaped leaves, so it is also called spoon grass. It has five obvious arc-shaped veins, light green-brown spike inflorescence, and several flower stalks protruding from the middle of the spoon-shaped leaves. Its unique shape makes it very easy to identify.

Condition Analysis: Plantain: sweet, cold, enters the hand sun and yangming meridians. It can promote diuresis, clear away heat, improve eyesight and eliminate phlegm. It is used for urinary obstruction, stranguria, leucorrhea, hematuria, jaundice, edema, febrile dysentery and diarrhea, epistaxis, red and swollen eyes, sore throat, cough and skin ulcers. Plantain is sweet, cold and slippery in nature, so it is not suitable for patients with spermatorrhea and enuresis, and should be used with caution by pregnant women.

Suggestions: Long-term use of plantain can easily cause hypokalemia due to its diuretic effect.

Life care: Stop taking psyllium to increase nutrition and keep a regular schedule.

Plantago seed can promote urination without losing vital energy, so it is a top-grade diuretic, and has the effect of strengthening the kidney and benefiting the essence. It is one of the main ingredients of the famous prescription "Wu Zi Yan Zong Wan" (including Plantago seed, Lycium barbarum, Schisandra chinensis, Rubus idaeus, and Radix Angelicae Pubescentis), because it can dissipate heat and promote diuresis without losing vital energy, and it can supplement by clearing away the body, thus strengthening the yin and producing more offspring. In addition to the main functions mentioned above, Plantain can also treat asthma, whooping cough, phlegm, chronic renal failure, metritis, edema, cystitis, urethritis, urinary tract stones, gout, dysentery, headache, remove wind toxins, swelling toxins, liver wind heat, heart disease, pericardial oil, remove dampness and arthritis, prostate hypertrophy, relieve pain, promote urination, guide small intestinal heat, and treat dystocia in women.

Side effects of plantain? The leaves are basal and have long petioles; the leaves are wrinkled and ovate-elliptical or broadly ovate when flattened; 6 to 13 cm long and 2.5 to 8 cm wide; the surface is gray-green or dirty green, with 5 to 7 obvious arcuate veins; the apex is obtuse or short-pointed, the base is broadly cuneate, the margin is entire or has several irregular wavy shallow-toothed spike inflorescences, and the flower stems are long. Capsule lid cracked, calyx remains. It has a slight fragrance and a slightly bitter taste. The main root of Plantain Plantago is straight and long. The leaf blade is narrow, oblong or elliptical-lanceolate, 5 to 14 cm long and 2 to 3 cm wide. Identification: Surface observation of the leaves of this product: The upper and lower epidermal cells of Plantain are rectangular, and the upper epidermal cells have cuticular lines. Stomata are indeterminate, with 3 to 4 accessory cells. The head of the glandular hairs is 2-celled, oval, and the stalk is single-celled. Non-glandular hairs are rare, with 2 to 5 cells, 100 to 320 μm long, slightly thick walls, and slightly warty protrusions. The non-glandular hairs of Plantago have 3 to 7 cells and are 350 to 900 μm long.