Fresh Plantago Ovata is Plantago Ovata, which can be used to treat dampness-heat accumulation in the bladder (dampness and heat in the body and each other) with Mutong, etc., to treat haemorrhagic drenching (the appearance of blood in the urine and accompanied by pain) with Dihuang, etc., and to treat summer-dampness diarrhea and dysentery with Polygonum spicatum, etc., and decocted in soup for internal use.
Psyllium has the efficacy of diuresis, clearing heat, cooling blood, expelling phlegm and detoxifying. It is used for heat drenching (burning stinging pain when urinating, accompanied by urinary frequency and urgency, abdominal traction discomfort), astringent pain, urination, edema, vomiting blood, nosebleed, phlegm-heat cough, summer-dampness diarrhea, carbuncle swollen sores and poisons. The person who is deficient in essence is forbidden to take psyllium.
Psyllium is generally used as a decoction for internal use. It is used to treat dampness and heat in the bladder can be combined with talc, wood and other diuretic to clear heat and gonorrhea. For the treatment of hemorrhagic bleeding and blood in urine, it can be combined with lotus root nodules, raw rhizome, ink dry lotus, artichoke, etc. to cool the blood and disperse blood stasis to stop bleeding. For the treatment of summer-damp diarrhea, it can be used with Polygonum officinale. For the treatment of jaundice, it can be combined with Yin Chen and Dandelion.
The adverse effects and contraindications of the above drugs are not clear. Specific combinations should be used under the guidance of a doctor.