Plantain is a common Chinese medicinal material in daily life. After taking it, it has good diuretic, antidiarrheal, heat-clearing and detoxifying effects, which is very beneficial to the body. However, not all people are suitable for drinking plantain soaked in water. If you want to take plantain to maintain your body, you must know in advance and avoid the related taboos. Then let’s give you some advice. Let’s talk about the taboos of plantain in detail, let’s take a look!

One of the benefits of plantain: it can treat high uric acid and urinary tract stones. Plantain has a certain diuretic effect, which can increase the excretion of water, and increase the excretion of urea, uric acid and sodium chloride. It causes an increase in urine output, increases the frequency of ureteral peristalsis, and increases intracavity pressure in the upper segment of the ureter. Pressure changes are manifested as peristaltic, short-term (15-70 seconds) tonic and long-term (more than 70 seconds) tonic pressure increases. The synergistic effects of these aspects are beneficial to the downward movement of ureteral stones, which may be one of the mechanisms of plantain as a diuretic and stone expeller. Efficacy of plantain

1. It can eliminate phlegm and treat cough. Plantain decoction can inhibit cough caused by ammonia water, has antiasthmatic effect, and has a certain expectorant effect. It can inhibit the respiratory center, make breathing deeper and slower, and has a certain antitussive effect.

2. Bactericidal effect. Plantain water infusion has varying degrees of inhibitory effects on Trichophyton concentricum, Microsporum woolly, Nocardia stellate, etc. in test tubes. Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Typhoid bacteria are mildly sensitive.

3. It can also be used for liver heat, red eyes, sore throat, gills, erysipelas, carbuncle, sores and other diseases. For example, to treat erysipelas, it can be combined with forsythia suspensa, gypsum, etc., and the effect is very good. Contraindications of plantain: No matter how good the medicine is, there are contraindications, and plantain is no exception. Medical books record that plantain should be contraindicated if it is deficient in smoothing the essence and qi, and should be used as little as possible in patients with spleen and stomach deficiency.