Plantain is a kind of herb widely distributed in the north and south of China, with short plants, recumbent or oblique leaves, no stems and several erect peduncles.

First, what is the effect of plantain?

First, the young leaves of plantain are rich in nutrients such as carotene, vitamins, calcium, phosphorus and iron. People often pick the tender leaves of banana and eat them as wild vegetables. They can make cold salad, steamed buns, jiaozi, soup, stir-fry and so on. They are delicious and people like them very much.

Secondly, the whole grass and seeds in front of the car can be used as medicine. According to the determination, the whole plant of Plantago asiatica contains substances such as Plantago asiatica and aucubin, which has the functions of diuresis, clearing away heat, resolving phlegm, detoxicating and cooling blood. Seeds called plantain seeds contain pectin and can be used as laxatives. Please follow the doctor's advice when taking medicine.

When is the plantain harvested?

The harvest time of plantain is related to its use. If it is edible, it is best to pick the tender leaves of banana in spring, mainly fresh and tender, with good taste and delicious taste. If it is medicinal, generally dig the whole grass in summer, take it home to remove the soil, dry it and use it as medicine; The seeds of plantain should be harvested in summer and autumn when the seeds are mature. Due to the characteristics of plantain, the flowering and fruiting lasts for a long time, and it always blooms from April to August, so the fruit matures from June to September. When harvesting, the ear in front of the car turns grayish brown, and the seeds turn brown or black.

The seeds are ripe, so it is best to harvest them at this time. After the harvested spike is dried in the sun, the seeds are rubbed out and impurities are removed, so that it can be used as medicine.

Plantago asiatica is a perennial herb. Its leaves are clustered with rhizomes and close to the ground. The leaves are oval, 4- 15cm long, with blunt teeth on the edge: the leaves are green, the back is sometimes purple, with no hair or short hair, and the stalks are long. The stems are pulled out from March to April, and the light green flowers are mostly arranged in spikes, with 4 sepals, 4 petals and 4 stamens per spike.

Growing environment: Born in wet roadside of Yuan Ye, distributed all over Sichuan Province.

Collection: the whole plant is collected for medicinal use in summer.

Nature and taste: cold in nature, sweet and light in taste, entering the liver, kidney and small intestine.

Indications: diuresis, clearing away heat, stranguria, improving eyesight, eliminating edema, and treating dysuria, hematuria, summer diarrhea, red eyes and swelling and pain.

Dosage and usage: Measure one to San Qian and five to one or two fresh daily decoctions.

Attached … Plantago asiatica is the seed of Plantago asiatica, and the whole plant with ear is collected in July and August. When seeds are used as medicine, they are cold in nature and sweet in taste. When they enter the liver, kidney and small intestine, they can improve eyesight, induce diuresis and stop diarrhea, and treat diseases such as red eyes, damp arthralgia, hematuria and heat diarrhea. , and the amount is three to four yuan a day, which can be decocted, eaten raw or decocted with light salt water.

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Plantain is a traditional Chinese medicine, which is often used blindly in urinary system diseases. Roadside, grassland and forest road can be seen everywhere, and diuretic effect is obvious.

As an edible vegetable, plantain can grow about 6 leaves at seedling stage, and can also be harvested when the plant grows to about 15 cm.

If you want to make use of the medicinal value of plantain, you must wait until it heads and grows to the same length as the leaves (be careful not to wait until it blooms, otherwise the efficacy will be obviously weakened) before you can harvest it and use it as medicine.