Psyllium has the effect of clearing heat, diuretic and drenching (improving the problem of dribbling in urine, and the problem of small amount of urine not being able to pass), and is mostly used together with other medicines, and has a therapeutic effect on the stone of the type of Damp-Heat Embedded Conjugation (Dampness and Heat Evil are agglutinated with each other in the body).
Plantain is the dried grass of Plantago ovata or Plantago ovata of Plantago family, cold in nature, with the effect of clearing heat, diuretic, expectorant, cooling blood, detoxification, suitable for the treatment of feverish gonorrhea and astringent pain, edema and urination, summer dampness and diarrhea, phlegm-heat cough, vomiting epistaxis, carbuncle, swelling, sores and poisoning and other diseases.
Psyllium is mostly used together with other medicines, and has therapeutic effect on stones of damp-heat accumulation type. Taking urinary stones as an example, it is the category of “stone drench” in Chinese medicine, stone drench is caused by the fact that dampness and heat form gravel that can not come out with urine, psyllium clears away heat, diuretic and drenching, which can inhibit the formation of gravel to a certain extent and promote the discharge of gravel, therefore, psyllium has a certain effect on the treatment of stone drench.
If you have stones, we recommend that you seek medical advice, and follow the doctor’s instructions for specific medications.