It grows on the roadside and is what men need most.

Plantain is a kind of weed that we often see on the roadside. It has several broad leaves and several slender stems. Our ancestors began to eat plantain a long time ago. There are detailed records of plantain in famous Chinese medicine books such as "Shennong Bencao Jing" and "Ming Yi Bielu". Young plantain is one of the most commonly eaten wild vegetables and one of the best ingredients for herbal tea. For men, what they need most is plantain, because plantain can prevent prostatitis and cystitis.

[A moment of relaxation: "Humble Wild Grass"]

During the Northern Song Dynasty, people in Yonghe area of ​​Ji'an County, Zhejiang Province suffered from constant diarrhea due to the hot and humid weather. Many skilled doctors were invited, but they were helpless. It happened that a local doctor presented a bunch of herbs. After taking one dose, the diarrhea stopped, and after taking another dose, the disease was cured. Everyone went to thank the doctor and asked him to give them more miraculous medicine. After hearing this, the doctor laughed and said, "What kind of magical medicine or angelic herb is this! It's just a bunch of wild grass from the roadside." This grass was plantain.

However, the government doctors disdained it because it grew in the humble mountains and mixed with cow and horse dung, and refused to use it. Upon hearing this, Ouyang Xiu stamped his feet and sighed, "There is no distinction between noble and humble people in governing the world, and there is no distinction between noble and humble people in studying. This is common sense among the ancients. But there is still a distinction between noble and humble medicines for treating diseases. This is really nonsense. Quack doctors are pedantic and do great harm to people!" Only then did this little wild grass get its due.

【Effects and functions】

According to traditional Chinese medicine, plantain is sweet in taste, cold in nature, and enters the hand sun and yangming meridians. Diuretic, heat-clearing, eyesight-improving and expectorant.

It is used for urinary obstruction, stranguria, leucorrhea, hematuria, jaundice, edema, febrile dysentery and diarrhea, epistaxis, red and swollen eyes, sore throat, cough, and skin ulcers.

[How to use plantain]

1. Treatment of glaucoma headache: Take 60 grams of dried plantain, decoct in water and take it in 2 doses, 1 dose per day. Generally, take the medicine for 2-3 days, which can reduce intraocular pressure, relieve or eliminate headache and eye pain.

2. Treatment of recurrent oral ulcers: Oral ulcers, pain when eating. Take 30 grams of dried plantain, boil it in water, add appropriate amount of white sugar, take it in 2 doses, 1 dose per day, and it will be effective after 2-4 days of taking the medicine.

3. Treatment of acute mumps: Take 30-60 grams of dried plantain, decoct in water, and take it in 2 doses. The fever and swelling will subside after 2-4 days of taking the medicine.

4. Treatment of bacillary dysentery: Take 120 grams of fresh plantain, decoct in water and take in 3 doses, 1 dose per day for 3 consecutive days. The diarrhea will stop and the abdominal pain will be relieved. Take it for another 3 days to make the mild dysentery have formed stools and recover.

5. Plantain treats hypertension: Because plantain has a good therapeutic effect, people often use 30g of fresh plantain, 100g of fresh celery, and 100g of radish to squeeze into juice, add honey and stew it once a day to treat hypertension.

6. To treat bleeding from external injuries: Take an appropriate amount of fresh plantain, mash it and apply it to the affected area.

7. Treatment of oral erosion: 15 grams of plantain and 10 grams of rush, decocted in water and taken orally.

8. Treatment of vertigo: 60 grams of fresh plantain, decoct in water and drink as tea, 1 dose per day.

9. To treat edema caused by nephritis: take 30 grams of plantain, 20 grams of watermelon peel, 50 grams of mung bean, and an appropriate amount of rock sugar, decoct in water, eat the beans and drink the soup.

Ingredients: 5 grams of cinnamon, 30 grams of plantain, and 50 grams of glutinous rice.

practice:

① Boil cinnamon and plantain for 30 minutes, remove the residue;

② Put the japonica rice into the medicinal juice and cook it into porridge. After it is cooked, add brown sugar and you can eat it.

Treatment of cystitis: The seeds of Plantain are also called Plantago seeds, which have the effect of promoting diuresis and relieving stranguria. Cook 10g of Plantain seeds with rice and add sugar to treat nephritis edema, cystitis and urethritis.

Plantain is an important medicine for promoting diuresis and relieving heat. It is effective in promoting diuresis, relieving stranguria, eliminating dampness and heat in the bladder, and removing heat in the heart and chest. It can be taken orally but it should not be taken for a long time. Those who suffer from internal injuries, fatigue, sunken Yang Qi, kidney deficiency, spermatorrhea, and no internal dampness or heat should take it with caution.