What are the medicinal values and indications of plantain?

Plantain, also known as Asiatic plantain, is an utterly ordinary plant. It can be found in any nook or corner. But it is actually a medicinal herb! A medicinal herb often used in daily life! Now let the editor take you to learn about this inconspicuous little thing - the medicinal value of plantain~ (To be honest, when I was little I often pulled it up to play with, quiet whisper)

1. The medicinal value of plantain

1. Clearing heat and promoting urination

Plantain can increase the body's water content and promote its elimination, and waste products such as urea and uric acid that can be carried out of the body in urine are also eliminated in greater amounts

2. Relieving cough and calming asthma

Plantain can relieve cough and calm asthma, improve eyesight and remove phlegm; taken as a decoction, it can cause the cough electrical stimulation threshold to rise significantly

3. Anti-depressant

It must be said, this fellow is also a main force in anti-depression. It can extract a petroleum ether substance, and this petroleum ether substance is a great tool against depression!

4. Anti-inflammatory and disinfecting

Plantain can scavenge oxygen free radicals. Many ailments in the human body, such as wound inflammation and so on, are due to oxygen free radicals being overly active or something else. And clinical evidence shows that plantain's antibacterial effect is also first-rate. It mainly inhibits pathogens such as Staphylococcus aureus.

2. The pharmacological effects of plantain

1. Plantain treats chronic bronchitis

2. Plantain treats whooping cough

3. Plantain treats mumps

4. Plantain treats acute icteric hepatitis

5. Plantain treats gouty arthritis

6. Plantain treats diarrhea in children

7. Plantain treats the prostate

Alright, that is all for today's introduction to the medicinal value of plantain~ Do not look down on any ordinary plant around you~