Plantago treats high blood pressure and glomerulonephritis
According to traditional medicine, Plantago has the effect of clearing heat, diuretic, treating cholera, dysentery, edema, jaundice, cough, phlegm, etc.
According to traditional medicine, Plantago has a cold, sweet taste and enters 3 meridians: liver, kidney, small intestine. Plantago seeds are also called xa tien tu, have a sweet taste, cold nature, non-toxic, enter the meridians of liver, kidney, bladder, lung. It has the effect of clearing heat, diuretic, treating cholera, dysentery, edema, jaundice, cough, phlegm, red eyes...
Plantain is an effective medicine for many diseases.
Medicines from plantain
Treatment of enteritis, diarrhea, dysentery:Plantago and Sophora japonica flowers in equal amounts, roasted until golden brown, ground into powder, take 8g each time, twice a day.
Treatment of gastric and duodenal ulcers:Use fresh plantain leaves to squeeze juice or boil and drink every day.
Treatment of hypertension:Boil young fresh plantain leaves, drink 3 times a day.
Treatment of diabetes:Plantago, Cornus officinalis, Poria, Rehmannia glutinosa, Chinese yam in equal amounts, decocted and taken for a long time.
Treatment of cough, cough with phlegm:Plantago, fritillaria, ophiopogon, and platycodon in equal amounts, decoct and drink until cured.
Treatment of painful urination, frequent urination, yellow, dark urine:12g of plantain, 20g of ban long extract, 12g of cogon root, 4g of cinnamon, boil and drink until cured.
Treatment of urinary stones, congestion and bleeding:Plantago 20g, Desmodium styracifolium 40g, Coix 16g, Achyranthes bidentata 12g, Large-leafed tangerine peel, Chicken gizzard lining, Peach seed, Curcuma, and Polygala tenuifolium each 8g, drink one dose boiled with water every day until the disease is cured.
Treatment of acute cystitis:Plantago 16g, Poria cocos, white hairy root, Phellodendron amurense, Coptis chinensis each 12g; Active gypsum, Pig's ear, Atractylodes macrocephala, Pinellia ternata each 8g, drink one dose daily, boiled with water until cured.
Treatment of glomerulonephritis:If acute glomerulonephritis, use 16g of Plantago, 20g of Gypsum, 12g of Atractylodes, Jujube, Ephedra each, 8g of Atractylodes Rhizome, 6g of Cinnamon, Ginger, and Licorice each. Drink one dose per day, boiled with water.
If chronic glomerulonephritis then use:Plantago 20g, Coix 16g, Poria, Alisma, Atractylodes each 12g, Cinnamon, Magnolia bark each 6g, Sichuan pepper 4g. Drink one dose boiled with water every day until the disease is cured.
Medicines from Plantago seeds
Treatment of edema and urinary retention:12g of Plantago, Pinellia, Ephedra each 6g, Saposhnikovia, Moutan bark, Almond, Poria, Perilla leaves, Tangerine peel, Pig's ear each 9g. Boil and drink 1 dose per day.
Treatment of edema, little urination, yellow urine, difficulty:12g Plantago seeds, 5g Atractylodes Rhizome, 6g Ephedra, 9g each of Chinese angelica root bark, tangerine peel, perilla leaves, saposhnikovia root bark, fang gypsum root bark, and 9g each of white mulberry bark, 12g each of peony bark and poria. Boil and drink 1 dose per day.
Treatment of dry mouth, dry throat, weak back and knees, mild fever, tinnitus, dizziness, red tongue, night sweats:25g of Plantago seeds, Alisma orientalis, Peony bark, Goji berries, Ligusticum wallichii, Chinese yam, 20g each, 15g of Chinese yam, 25g of white Poria cocos, Mulberry bark, Rehmannia glutinosa, and Rehmannia glutinosa. Boil and drink 1 dose per day.
Treatment of difficult urination due to enlarged prostate:24g Plantago seeds, 6g Safflower, Epimedium, Atractylodes Rhizome, Polygalae, Atractylodes Rhizome, each 15g. Boil and drink 1 dose per day. Divide into 2-3 doses, drink during the day.
Treatment of difficult urination, swollen face, swollen legs, distended abdomen, poor appetite:12g Plantago, 6g Cinnamon, 15g Spleen, Tangerine peel, Alisma, Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria, Porcine root, and White hairy root, each 12g. Boil and drink 1 dose per day.
Treatment of heat and dampness, difficult urination, burning sensation, little urine, red or cloudy urine:Use finely ground psyllium seeds, drink 8-10g per day, divided into 2 times.
TTreatment of damp heat and stagnation requires clearing heat, removing stagnation, detoxifying, and eliminating dampness:16g Plantago seeds, 6g Atractylodes macrocephala, 6g Rhubarb, 6g Safflower, 10g Peony root, 10g Atractylodes Rhizome, 10g Atractylodes Rhizome. Boil and drink 1 dose per day.
According to Tien Phong
