Psyllium plus Job’s Tears has the effects of clearing heat, diuretic and drenching (improving the problem of dribbling and urination, and the problem of small amount of urine not passing), strengthening the spleen, and detoxifying, which can be used for the treatment of edema, dysuria (unruly urine), and diarrhea due to deficiency of the spleen.
Plantago lanceolata is the dried herb of Plantago ovata or Plantago ovata of the Plantago family. It can be decocted for use in clearing heat, diuretic and detoxicating, expelling phlegm, cooling the blood and detoxicating, and can be used in the treatment of feverish gonorrhea and astringent pain (burning pain and stinging pain during urination, accompanied by frequent urination and urgent urination, and discomfort of traction in the abdomen), edema and urinary incontinence, summer-dampness and diarrhea, phlegm-heat cough and vomiting of epistaxis and other disorders.
Job’s medicinal source is the dried mature seed kernel of the plant Coix lacryma, which has the efficacy of inducing diuresis (promoting the flow of water to dispel dampness), strengthening the spleen and stopping diarrhea, removing paralysis, draining pus, detoxifying and dispersing knots and can be used in the treatment of oedema, dysuria, diarrhea of the spleen, dampness and paralysis, carbuncle, and warts (sarcoma growing on the skin), and other conditions.
It should be noted that Job’s tears are slippery in nature and should be used with caution by pregnant women. In addition, in order to rationalize the use of medication, it is recommended to use Chinese herbal medicines under the guidance of a Chinese medicine practitioner. Do not use the medicine privately, as this may cause damage to the organism.