Cornhusk, plantain with water to drink has the effect of diuresis, can be used to relieve the symptoms of edema. But the effect of drinking water is limited, it is recommended to use under the guidance of a physician.
Cornhusker is a diuretic medicine, sweet taste, flat nature; to the bladder, liver, gallbladder meridian, has a diuretic swelling, diuretic jaundice (elimination of dampness, jaundice) effect, can be used for the treatment of oedema, jaundice and other illnesses.
Psyllium is a diuretic (improving the problem of dribbling in urine, and the problem of small amount of urine not being able to pass), sweet in taste and cold in nature; it belongs to the liver, kidney and bladder meridians, and has the efficacy of clearing away heat and diuretic, cooling the blood, and detoxifying the toxin, so it can be used in the treatment of heat knotting in the bladder, dysuria (unruly urine), gonorrhea (turbidity of urine and leucorrhea), summer-dampness diarrhea and dysentery, epistaxis (nosebleed) and other diseases.