The efficacy, function and Edible method of plantain

Plantain, also known as plantain, field shrub grass, wheelgrass, wheelpulley round, for plantain perennial herbs. Grow in wetlands such as mountains, roadsides, flower beds, rivers, etc. Rhizome shortening and thickening, densely bearded roots. All the leaves are root, the leaf blade is smooth, widely ovate, the margin is undulate, there are inconspicuous obtuse teeth between them, the main veins are five, protruding to the back of the leaf, extending into the petiole like a rib, the leaf is often as long as the petiole. Spring, summer and autumn plants produce spikes in the center, with small flowers and inconspicuous Corolla. Bear ellipsoid capsule, apical persistent style, lid split when ripe, sow seeds. Seeds are beneficial to the effects of water, heat-clearing and detoxification, clearing liver and eyesight, expectorant and antidiarrheal.

The efficacy of plantain:

According to traditional Chinese medicine, plantain leaves have a sweet and cold taste. It can clear heat and diuresis, clear the liver and clear the eye, dispel phlegm and stop cough, ooze and stop diarrhea, which is suitable for edema of damp-heat internal depression. Urinary tract infection occurs when frequent urination, urgent urination, pain, hematuria; summer heat diarrhea, bacillary dysentery. The eyes caused by liver heat are swollen and painful, afraid of light and tears, and the vision is dizzy.

Plantain has been used as a medicine since ancient times. Plantain has been recorded in detail in famous traditional Chinese medicine books such as Shennong Materia Medica Classic, famous Doctor Bielu, Southern Yunnan Materia Medica and Huiyan of Materia Medica. Plantain has diuretic, antitussive, expectorant, antidiarrheal, eyesight and other effects. Young plantain is one of the wild vegetables that are often eaten, and it is also one of the best raw materials for Herb juice. Plantain is rich in colloid and absorbs water after eating, which can promote intestinal peristalsis, treat constipation and feel full after eating.

The role of plantain:

1. Effect on urinary system: plantain has a certain diuretic effect, which can increase the excretion of water in dogs, rabbits and humans, and increase the excretion of urea, uric acid and sodium chloride.

2. Antitussive, antiasthmatic and expectorant effects: Plantago asiatica decoction was given to cats at high and low doses, which could significantly increase the electrical stimulation threshold of cough in cats, and the mapping was enhanced with the increase of dose.

3. The effect of anti-pathogenic microorganisms: the water extract of plantain had different inhibitory effects on Trichophyton concentricum, Trichophyton woolly and Nuca stellata in the test tube.

4. Effect on stomach and intestine: administration of plantain plant extract or extract 0.5g/kg to Pavlov's small stomach and dogs with stomach diseases has a two-way regulating effect on gastric juice secretion. It has antagonistic effect on excessive gastric juice secretion caused by Prunus tomentosa and too little gastric juice secretion caused by epinephrine. Plantain has an inhibitory effect on the working stomach, but has no effect on the quiet stomach. Plantain can also temporarily increase intestinal fluid secretion, but has no significant effect on intestinal movement.

5. Anti-inflammatory effect: oral administration of plantain pectin 0.5g/kg or 1g/kg could significantly inhibit the inflammatory edema caused by formaldehyde or dextran.

6. Other effects: plantain extract has weak inhibitory effect on Ehrlich ascites cancer and mouse sarcoma S180. A small dose of plantain flavonoid glycosides can slow down the heartbeat, increase the amplitude and increase the blood pressure in rabbits, while the high dose can cause cardiac paralysis and decrease the blood pressure. It also makes breathing deeper and bigger and slower, promotes the secretion of bronchi and digestive tract, and promotes the movement of intestines and uterus.

How to eat before the car:

Plantain bamboo leaf licorice soup

100 grams of plantain leaves, 12 grams of light bamboo leaves, 10 grams of licorice, the right amount of rock sugar. Wash the plantain leaves, light bamboo leaves and licorice, put them into the pot, fry the water to remove the dregs and take 1 large bowl of juice, add rock sugar and simmer in the casserole. Substitute tea drinking, one dose a day, continuous use of 7-10 days as a course of treatment. Light bamboo leaves taste light and slightly cold. The lower can guide the dampness and heat of the small intestine and bladder to go out, and clear the fire of the heart meridian to remove annoyance, so it is beneficial to urination, clearing the heart and removing annoyance.

Plantain leaf porridge

Plantain leaves 50 grams, millet 100 grams, scallion white 1 stem, salt, monosodium glutamate a little. Wash and chop the front leaves, cut them into pieces with green onions and set aside. Wash millet clean, add water to boil porridge, get off the front leaves, green onions and salt when cooked, then simmer for 10 minutes, mix in monosodium glutamate. Get up in the morning and eat on an empty stomach. 5-7 days as a course of treatment. Can clear heat, expectorant, diuretic, clear eyes. It is suitable for unfavorable urination, astringent pain, blood in urine, edema, swelling and pain in the eyes, cough and sputum, etc.

Plantain leaves can also be replaced with 25g plantain seeds (cloth bags) to add millet to cook porridge. First fry the plantain seeds, and then cook porridge with millet. Functions are the same as above.

Tremella fuciformis soup

60 grams of fresh plantain leaves or 20 grams of dry products, 10 grams of Tremella, the right amount of rock sugar. Wash and cut up the plantain leaves and remove the roots of Tremella fuciformis. Put the two flavors into the pot, boil for 5 minutes, add rock sugar and simmer to serve. One dose a day for 10-15 days. Tremella can nourish yin and moisturize the lungs, treat heat and lung dryness in the lungs, clear heat and moisten the plantain leaves, and also treat lung dryness and cough. Add the rock sugar of clearing heat and tonifying the middle, moistening the lungs and invigorating the body, which is similar in work. It is an ideal medicinal diet for lung dryness and cough.

Side effects of plantain:

Because plantain is a diuretic, it is easy to cause low potassium and other electrolyte abnormalities. Plantain can be soaked in water, but it cannot be used for a long time. About the side effects of plantain: it is believed in Benjing Fengyuan that "if the essence is not solid, it is prohibited." Because it can cause gastrointestinal dysfunction and electrolyte disorders. Therefore, it is suggested that patients who drink plantain should not stick to it if the curative effect is very little, because it will affect the intestines and stomach of the patients.

Put the two flavors into the pot, boil for 5 minutes, add rock sugar and simmer to serve. One dose a day for 10-15 days. Tremella can nourish yin and moisturize the lungs, treat heat and lung dryness in the lungs, clear heat and moisten the plantain leaves, and also treat lung dryness and cough. Add the rock sugar of clearing heat and tonifying the middle, moistening the lungs and invigorating the body, which is similar in work. It is an ideal medicinal diet for lung dryness and cough.

Side effects of plantain:

Because plantain is a diuretic, it is easy to cause low potassium and other electrolyte abnormalities. Plantain can be soaked in water, but it cannot be used for a long time. About the side effects of plantain: it is believed in Benjing Fengyuan that "if the essence is not solid, it is prohibited." Because it can cause gastrointestinal dysfunction and electrolyte disorders. Therefore, it is suggested that patients who drink plantain should not stick to it if the curative effect is very little, because it will affect the intestines and stomach of the patients.