| English
Name |
| Plantain
Seed |
| Chinese
Name |
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| Picture |
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| Origin |
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Plantain
Seed is the dried ripe seed of Plantago asiatica
L. or Plantago depressa Willd. (Fam. Flantaginaceae). |
| Nature
and Affinity |
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It
is sweet in taste and cold in nature, and is distributed to
the Liver, Kidney, Lung and Small Intestine Channels. |
| Main
Active Ingredient |
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| Precaution |
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Storage |
| Preserve
in a ventilated and dry place, protected from moisture. |
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DESCRIPTION |
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Ellipsoid,
irregularly oblong or triangular oblong, slightly flattened,
about 2 mm long, 1 mm wide. Externally yellowish-brown to
dark brown, with fine wrinkles, and a grayish-white concave
pointed hilm on one side. Texture hard. Odour, slight; taste,
weak.
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ACTION |
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To remove
heat, to cause diuresis and eliminate damp, to relieve dysuria,
to clear the eye, and to promote expectoration. |
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INDICATIONS |
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Edema;
dysuria with difficult painful urination; diarrhea caused
by summer-damp; inflammation of the eye; cough caused by phlegm-heat. |
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REFERENTIAL
ADVICE |
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1.
Inducing diuresis to treat stranguria
In treating edema, dysuria, stranguria with burning pain and
blood, etc., the drug is often used with Herba Diznthi, Caulis
Akebiae, Herba Polygoni Avicularis, Talcum, etc.
2. Removing dampness to arrest diarrhea
In treating vomitting and diarrhea due to summer-heat, and
dysuria, the drug is often used with Herba Elsholtziae seu
Moslae, Polyporus Umbellatus, etc.
3. Clearing away heat from the liver and improving vision
In treating conjunctival congestion due to liver-heat, the
drug can be used with Flos Chrysanthemi, Flos Buddlejae, Radix
Scutellariae, Radix Gentianae, etc.
4. Clearing away heat from the lung and resolving phlegm
In treating cough with profuse sputum, the drug can be used
in combination with Radix Platycodi, Semen Armeniacae Amarum,
Radix Asteris, etc.
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TIPS |
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This
is the only diuretic that also tonifies the kidneys and appears
in many aphrodisiac prescriptions; it also lowers blood pressure. |
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