What diseases can be treated with the medicinal value of plantain?

Plantain is a kind of Chinese herbal medicine and has great medicinal value. Appropriate decoction has a certain diuretic effect; it can also relieve cough and reduce phlegm, and has a certain anti-pathogenic microbial effect. It can be seen that if people pay more attention to the proper use of plantain in life, it will be of great help to better health.

Pharmacological effects of plantain

1. Effect on the urinary system: Plantain has a certain diuretic effect, which can increase the water excretion of dogs, rabbits and humans, and increase the excretion of urea, uric acid and sodium chloride. For normal people, taking 10g of Plantago seed decoction orally has a diuretic effect, but the total volume of the decoction and the daily water intake are not recorded, and there is a lack of strict control. There is no obvious diuretic effect when taking plantain seed decoction in normal people and rabbits. Plantago seeds also have no diuretic effect.

2. Antitussive, antiasthmatic and expectorant effects.

3. Anti-pathogenic microbial effect: Plantain water extract has different degrees of inhibitory effect on Trichophyton concentricum, Microsporum woolly tinea, Nocardia asteroides, etc. in test tubes. The plate punch method proved that Staphylococcus aureus was highly sensitive to plantain, Shigella dysenteriae sonnei was moderately sensitive, and Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Salmonella typhi were slightly sensitive.

4. Effects on the stomach and intestines: Giving 0.5g/kg of plantain water extract or infusion to dogs with Pavlov's small stomach and gastric fistula has a bidirectional regulatory effect on gastric juice secretion; it has an antagonistic effect on the excessive secretion of gastric juice caused by rutin and the insufficient secretion of gastric juice caused by adrenaline.

5. Anti-inflammatory effect.

6. Other effects: Plantain extract has a weak inhibitory effect on Ehrlich ascites carcinoma and mouse sarcoma S180. Small doses of plantaginin can slow down the heartbeat, increase the amplitude, and raise blood pressure in rabbits, while large doses can cause heart paralysis and lower blood pressure. It also makes breathing deeper, larger and slower, promotes secretion in the bronchi and digestive tract, and promotes the movement of the intestines and uterus.