Also known as plantain, cow beet, wheel lettuce, duck's foot board, toadstool, urine can not pass, cartwheel lettuce.

Morphological characteristics of perennial herbs, 10 to 20 cm high. Born in the field, roadside, barren lawn. Leaves clustered on the ground, ovate or elliptic, apex pointed or obtuse. Base narrowed into a long stalk, entire or irregularly undulate shallowly toothed, usually with five to seven arcuate veins. The pedicels are drawn from the leaf tufts, and the flowers are tiny, white, and in slender spikes. The fruit splits open in rings at maturity. The seeds are tiny, black-brown. The whole herb and seeds are used for medicine, the whole herb is collected in summer and fall and used fresh or dried, and the seeds are collected in fall and dried (the seeds should not be washed with water).

Growing environment of China's north and south provinces are distributed. Born in the field, grassland, roadside.

The flavor and efficacy of sweet taste, cold nature. It can clear away heat and detoxification, and cool the blood.

Selected prescriptions: Fresh Plantago Ovata in appropriate quantities.

Use: Pound and apply to the affected area.

Treatment: traumatic bleeding. The second formula: plantain root 10 grams.

Use: wash, pounded, glutinous rice amorphous water appropriate amount to serve.

Treatment: leucorrhea. Third party: 60 grams of psyllium.

Use: water decoction.

Treatment: acute congestive glaucoma. Fourth formula: 15 grams of Plantago Ovata, 10 grams of Lanternwort.

Use: Decoction with water.

Treatment: oral erosion. Fifth formula: fresh plantain appropriate amount.

Use: wash, pound, external compresses on the affected area, change the medicine once a day, has a pain-relieving effect.

Treatment: corns. Sixth formula: 12 grams of psyllium (or 30 grams of psyllium), 12 grams of Morus alba, 10 grams of Platycodon grandiflorus, 10 grams of burdock, 6 grams of licorice.

Use: Decoction with water.

Treatment: lung-heat cough with much phlegm, and sputum is not refreshing. Seventh formula: 25 grams of psyllium, 100 grams of mung beans.

Use: Decoction with water, divided into 2 doses, 1 dose per day.

Treatment: summer diarrhea, diarrhea and not refreshing. Eighth formula: 30 grams of plantain.

Use: water decoction, divided into 2 times, each time with white wine 5 ml with the service, served for 3 to 5 days.

Treatment: mumps.