Plantain is a very common herb, it is in the plantain poetry known as the plantain, it is not very expensive but has a very good efficacy, but there are still some people on its efficacy but half-understood, and have not heard of this kind of traditional Chinese medicine, then what are the efficacy and role of the plantain? It has what taboos? Often eat on the body is harmful?

The efficacy and effect of plantain

1, the effect on the urinary system

Plantain has a certain diuretic effect, can make dogs, rabbits and human water discharges increase, and increase urea, uric acid and sodium chloride discharge.

2, antitussive, asthma, expectorant effect

Plantain decoction with high and low doses to the cat gavage, can make the cat's cough electrical stimulation threshold rises significantly, and with the increase in dosage, the graph is strengthened.

3, antipathogenic microbial effect

Plantain water infusion in the test tube on concentric Trichophyton, woolly small germ cell ringworm, stellate Nucella, etc. have different degrees of inhibition.

4, on the stomach, intestinal role

To the Pavlovian small stomach and gastric disorders of the dog instillation of plantain wood extract or immersion 0.5g/kg, the secretion of gastric juice has a bi-directional regulation of gastric juice; hairy fruit ruta alkaloids due to gastric juice secretion and adrenaline caused by gastric juice secretion of excess, are antagonistic effect. Plantain has an inhibitory effect on the stomach in working condition, but has no effect on the stomach in quiet condition. Plantain can also temporarily increase the secretion of intestinal fluid, intestinal motility has no significant effect.

5, anti-inflammatory effect

Rats orally administered 0.5g/kg or 1g/kg of psyllium, formaldehyde or dextrose-induced inflammatory edema, there is a significant inhibitory effect.

6, other effects

Psyllium extract has a weak inhibitory effect on Ehrlich ascites carcinoma and mouse sarcoma S180. Plantago luteinoside (plantaginin) in small doses can make the rabbit heartbeat slower, amplitude increased, blood pressure increased, large doses can cause heart paralysis, blood pressure decreased. It also makes breathing deeper and slower, and promotes the secretion of bronchial tubes and digestive tract.

How to eat psyllium

Psyllium dumplings, materials: psyllium, meat filling, all kinds of seasonings. Practice: the harvested plantain young plants, shoots, choose to wash clean, blanch with boiling water, until hot, put to the side of the chopped, dry water standby; will be the meat and dry plantain add seasonings and mix well, and then the dumpling filling is ready. This method is also suitable for making pies, steamed buns, are similar methods.