The efficacy and effects of psyllium and how to eat

Plantago ovata is the dried mature seeds of Plantago ovata or flat plantain. It is produced in most parts of the country. Plantago ovata is cold and sweet in nature and belongs to the liver, kidney, lung and small intestine meridians. It can clear heat, diuretic and laxative, permeate dampness and stop diarrhea, brighten eyes and dispel phlegm.

Clearing heat and diuresis

Psyllium is sweet, cold and smooth, good at clearing water channels, clearing the heat of the bladder. It can be used together with Moutong, Slippery Stone and Qu Mai to treat damp-heat downward injection in the bladder, resulting in dripping and astringent discomfort in the urine; for edema caused by water-damp stagnation and unfavorable urination, it can be used together with Poria, Poria and Zeligia; if the disease is prolonged with kidney deficiency and heavy waist and swollen feet, it can be used together with Niubizi and Shu Di Huang.

Eliminate dampness and stop diarrhea

Che Qian Zi can promote water and dampness, divide clear and turbid and stop diarrhea, especially good at treating watery diarrhea in the stool and unfavorable urination, can use this product alone to grind and take with rice soup; if summer dampness diarrhea can be used with Huo Xiang, Poria, Poria; if spleen deficiency dampness wins diarrhea, can be used with Atractylodes Macrocephala, Coix Seed.

Brighten the eyes

Psyllium has a brightening effect on the eyes, can clear liver heat and brighten the eyes, treating redness and astringency of the eyes; can also be combined with nourishing liver and kidney medicine to treat liver and kidney yin deficiency, dimming of the eyes, etc., to achieve the effect of brightening the eyes.

Relieve phlegm and cough

Psyllium can enter the lung meridian, can clear the lung to resolve phlegm and stop cough, treating lung heat and cough with phlegm, mostly used with Gua Pou, Zhe Bei, loquat leaves and other drugs to clear the lung and resolve phlegm.

Anti-pathogenic microorganism

Plantago ovata aqueous infusion has different degrees of inhibition against Trichophyton rubrum, Trichophyton rubrum woolly, Trichophyton stellatus, etc. in the test tube.

Anti-inflammatory

The oral administration of psyllium pectin 0.5g/kg or 1g/kg to rats showed significant inhibitory effect on inflammatory edema caused by formaldehyde or dextran.

How to eat psyllium

Psyllium porridge

Ingredients: 50 grams each of psyllium and japonica rice. Directions: Put psyllium in a gauze bag, add water and boil for 30 minutes, remove the bag and discard. Add the round-grained rice to the liquid, boil it on a high flame, and then cook it on a low flame to make a porridge, and then mix in the right amount of sugar to serve. Efficacy: This porridge has the effect of clearing heat and relieving dampness and brightening the eyes, and is used for dampness and heat, dampness and turbidity, urinary inconvenience, red eyes and swelling pain, summer dampness and diarrhea, etc.

Yam and psyllium porridge

Ingredients: 30 grams of dried yam (powdered), 10 grams of psyllium, 50 grams of round-grained rice. Directions: Put psyllium in a bag, add water and boil for 30 minutes, remove the bag and discard. Add japonica rice to the medicinal liquid and cook the porridge. After boiling, add yam powder and cook into a thick porridge. Take 3 meals daily, continuously. Efficacy: This porridge has the efficacy of laxative, solid stool, suitable for the dietary treatment of people with prolonged unformed stool.

Psyllium tea

Ingredients: 9 grams of psyllium. Directions: Decoct the soup with water and drink it as tea. Efficacy: psyllium tea drink has the effect of lowering blood pressure, after drinking can blood will drop significantly, and no adverse reactions.