What diseases can Plantago cure?

SKĐS - Plantain is a wild grass that grows everywhere in Vietnam, familiar in home gardens. Not only a rustic vegetable, plantain has long been used in traditional medicine as a precious medicine to help clear heat, detoxify, diuretic, effectively support liver and kidney protection.

1. Effects of plantain according to traditional medicine

Content

• 1. Effects of plantain according to traditional medicine
• 2. Commonly used remedies contain plantain
• 3. Things to note

Plantain also has other names: Cotton plantain, sa tien thao, su ma (Tay), nang chay sugarcane (Dao), xu ma, nha en tat (Thai). This is a perennial herb, easy to grow and adaptable to many climates.

In Vietnam, wild plantain grows everywhere, from the plains to the mountains, and is even grown by people for medicine or as a vegetable. In traditional medicine, plantain is considered a benign medicine, sweet in taste, cold in nature, has the effect of clearing heat, diuretic, anti-inflammatory, cooling the liver and supporting the treatment of many common diseases in daily life.

Properties and meridians of plantain:

• Properties: Plantago has a sweet taste and cold properties.
• Meridians: Liver, Kidney and Bladder.

Effects: Clears heat, clears urine, promotes perspiration, diuretic; brightens eyes, clears wind-heat in the lungs and eliminates congestion; cures bedwetting or frequent urination in children and cures many other diseases...

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2. Commonly used remedies contain plantain

Below are some remedies using plantain introduced by BSCK2. Physician Tran Ngoc Que, Quang Tri Oriental Medicine Association:

Lesson 1. Treatment of newly diagnosed hypertension, blood pressure regulation

Whole plant of Plantago, remove roots: 20-30 grams; 500 ml water. Boil down to 400 ml, divide into 2-3 doses per day.

Lesson 2. Treatment of chronic glomerulonephritis

The medicinal decoction includes: 16g Plantago, 12g Cogon root, 8g Pigweed, 12g Phellodendron bark, 8g Talcum, 12g Coptis chinensis; 1000ml water. Boil down to 300ml, divide into 2-3 doses to drink during the day, drink 1 decoction per day.

Lesson 3. Diuretic, cures dysuria

Ingredients: 10g Plantago seeds (Spinach), 2g Licorice; 600ml water, boil down to 200ml, divide into 2 doses to drink during the day.

Lesson 4. Treating bladder stones

Ingredients: 30g of plantain, 30g of moneywort (coin vine), 30g of fish mint; 1000ml of water. Boil down to 800ml, divide into 4-5 times to drink during the day; use continuously for 7-10 days.

Lesson 5. Cure lung heat and persistent cough

Ingredients: Fresh whole plant of Plantago, remove roots 20 - 50g, fresh rhizome of Cyperus rotundus 10 - 15g (fan-shaped), peeled, thinly sliced; 500ml water, boil down to 300ml, drink 3 times/day.

Lesson 6. Treatment of hematuria

Ingredients: 12g plantain leaves, 12g motherwort leaves; 100ml water.

How to make: Wash, crush, add water, squeeze to get the juice to drink, once a day, drink for 5-7 days.

Lesson 7. Treatment of dengue fever

Ingredients: 50g fresh Plantago, 30g kudzu root (sand root), 1000ml water.

How to make: Boil down to 500ml, divide into 2 doses to drink on an empty stomach; do this continuously for 3 days, on the 4th and 5th days only drink once.

Lesson 8. Improve hair loss

Ingredients: 100-150g dried plantain leaves and plants; enough rice vinegar.

How to do: Burn the plantain into charcoal, mix with vinegar, put in a jar and soak for 1 week, then apply to the hair loss area.

Lesson 9. Treatment of long-term high blood pressure

Ingredients: 30g fresh Plantago, 12g Motherwort, 20g dried Cassia tora, 12g black sesame seeds, 600ml water.

How to make: Boil down to 400 ml, divide the medicine into 2 doses to drink during the day, morning and afternoon.

Lesson 10. Treating nosebleeds

Ingredients: 30-50g fresh plantain leaves, 50ml filtered water.

How to make: Wash, crush, add water, squeeze to get the juice and drink once a day.

Lesson 11 Treating chronic diarrhea

Ingredients: 8g Plantago seeds (sagium fruit), 12g licorice, 12g gotu kola, 12g sand root (kuzu root), 12g codonopsis, 8g chrysanthemum, 400ml water.

How to make: Boil down to 300 ml, divide into 2-3 times a day, drink 1 dose per day for 10-15 days.

Lesson 12. Treatment of impetigo in children

Ingredients: Young plantain 10-30g, minced pork (pork) 50-150g (depending on age, the older the person, the more quantity).

How to do: Chop the plantain leaves, cook with ham and feed the child until the illness subsides.

Lesson 13. Treatment of hives and allergies

Ingredients: 20-30g of plantain root, 20-30g of Indian pennywort, 10-20g of young fig leaves, 800ml of water

Directions: Boil, reduce to 600 ml, divide into 2-3 doses to drink during the day.

14. Cure eczema

Ingredients: 50g of plantain seeds, enough black sesame oil (about 10-15 ml).

How to make: Roast black plantain seeds, grind finely; roast with black sesame oil, put in a jar and store in the refrigerator for later use, apply to eczema at noon and at night before going to bed.

3. Things to note

BSCK2. Traditional medicine practitioner Tran Ngoc Que recommends: Before using the herb Plantago or any other medicinal herbs to treat any disease, you should consult a medical professional or traditional medicine practitioner.

At the same time, users need to learn about how to use specific herbs and dosages to avoid unwanted side effects, especially pregnant women, the elderly and children.

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