Psyllium is with heat diuretic, expectorant and other efficacy of Chinese medicine, there is no clear description of which three people can not eat, clinically no dampness and heat and its allergy is prohibited, the specific use of medication need to strictly comply with the doctor’s instructions.
Psyllium is sweet and cold in nature, belonging to the lung, liver, kidney and small intestine meridians. It is capable of clearing heat, facilitating urination, seeping dampness, stopping diarrhea, improving eyesight, and expelling phlegm.
It is clinically used in the treatment of dysuria (unsmooth urination), leucorrhoea, gonorrhea (increased frequency of urination, dribbling and astringent pain), oedema, redness and opacity of the eyes, distention and fullness of the epigastrium (abdomen), summer-dampness diarrhea and dysentery, and phlegm-heat coughing, wheezing, and other disorders.
It is contraindicated for those without dampness-heat and those who are allergic to psyllium, and should be used with caution by those with allergies. Those who suffer from the above conditions need to strictly follow the doctor’s instructions to take psyllium, so as to avoid the delay of the disease.