Psyllium and licorice can be taken in water, but the effect of drinking in water is limited, and should be used reasonably in accordance with medical advice.
Plantain has the efficacy of expectoration, clearing heat, diuretic and drenching (improving the problem of dribbling and urination, and the problem of small amount of urine not being able to pass), detoxification, and cooling the blood. It is used for summer-dampness diarrhea, heat drenching (burning and stinging pain when urinating, accompanied by frequent urination and urgency, and discomfort of traction in the abdomen), astringent pain, phlegm-heat cough, edema and urination, vomiting blood and nosebleed, carbuncle, swelling, and sores. This product is forbidden to those who are weak and slippery, and whose essence is not solid.
Licorice has the effect of clearing heat and removing toxins, benefiting the qi and tonifying the spleen, relieving cough and expectoration, and relieving pain (relieving more urgent pain symptoms). It is used in treating weakness of the spleen and stomach, shortness of breath, palpitation, tiredness and fatigue, contractural pain, cough and phlegm, carbuncle, swelling and sores. This product should not be used in conjunction with seaweed, licorice, daphne and coriander.
Plantain and licorice have no contraindications and can be used together. Psyllium is used as a decoction to be taken internally, or freshly pounded juice. Licorice is used as a decoction to be taken internally. The effective dosage of both of them is limited, and it is difficult to achieve the therapeutic effect.
It is difficult to achieve the therapeutic effect. The doctor should guide the rational use of medication by identifying the evidence.