Psyllium cornhusk cooked together has the effect of clearing heat, diuretic and diaphoretic (improve the problem of dribbling and urination, the amount of urine is not passable), clearing the liver and gallbladder, and so on.
Psyllium is the dried grass of Plantago ovata or Plantago ovata, family Plantagoceae. It is sweet and cold. Attributed to the liver, kidney, lung, small intestine meridian. It has the effect of clearing heat, diuretic and drenching, expelling phlegm, cooling blood and detoxifying. Clinically used in the treatment of fever drenching (burning stinging pain obvious when urinating, accompanied by urinary frequency and urgency, small abdominal traction discomfort) astringent pain, edema and urination, phlegm-heat cough and other symptoms of the disease. The person who is weak and slippery essence is not solid is prohibited.
Cornhusk for the graminaceous plant corn style and stigma. It is sweet, light, and flat in nature, and belongs to the kidney, stomach, liver, and gallbladder meridians. It has the effect of diuretic and swelling, clearing the liver and gallbladder. It is used clinically to treat edema, urinary dribbling (the feeling of not being able to urinate), jaundice, and lactation. Do not take when not used as medicine.
Therefore, plantain cornhusk with cooking has the effect of clearing heat, diuresis and drenching, clearing the liver and gallbladder. However, due to the limited precipitation of the active ingredients of the drug boiling water, the medicinal effect can not be equated with drug treatment. When you need to take Chinese herbs, you should apply them rationally under the diagnosis of professional Chinese medicine practitioners and avoid using them privately.