The old Chinese doctor told us that plantain is a plant with high medicinal value. It has the effects of promoting dryness, dispelling cold, eliminating dampness, stopping diarrhea, cooling blood, stopping bleeding, clearing away heat, stopping leukorrhagia, relieving fever and pain, and reducing swelling and hemorrhoids. Therefore, it can be used to treat damp-heat or blood diseases, damp-heat diarrhea, dysentery, blood-heat epistaxis, menorrhagia, toothache, sore throat, earache, heat inflammation, hemorrhoids and other symptoms. Plantago asiatica has certain diuretic effect, which can be used to treat occult nephritis, and has certain cough relieving, asthma relieving, expectorant, anti-inflammatory and diarrhea treating effects in children.
Besides medicinal value, plantain can also be eaten as a common vegetable, and it is also loved by many people. There are many ways to eat. In addition to the common direct soaking method, there are some methods that can maximize the efficacy of plantain.
Lycium barbarum jujube plantain soup
Ingredients: 200 grams of plantain, ginger 1 tablet, 30 grams of jujube, 20 grams of medlar, and a piece of rock sugar.
1. Wash plantain with clear water, add ginger slices and appropriate amount of clear water, and boil over high fire.
2. Add jujube and rock sugar, cook over high fire, and continue to cook over low fire for 20 minutes.
3. Finally, add Lycium barbarum and cook for about 10 minute.
Lycium barbarum jujube plantain soup is a very good soup for clearing away heat and toxic materials, nourishing liver and yin. If you have acute eczema and sore throat, this soup is very effective!