Psyllium is effective in clearing heat and diuresis, cooling the blood, detoxifying the body and expectorating phlegm.
Psyllium is a Chinese medicine derived from the plant Plantago ovata or Psyllium flatulatum, and is used as medicine by drying the whole herb. It is effective in clearing heat and inducing diuresis, cooling blood, detoxifying and expelling phlegm. It has therapeutic effects on edema with low urine output, feverish drenching (obvious burning and stinging pain when urinating, accompanied by frequent urination and urgency, and discomfort with traction in the lower abdomen), vomiting of blood, carbuncle sores, phlegm-heat cough, and so on.
The adverse reactions, contraindications and medication precautions of this product are not clear at present. Clinically, it is usually used in combination with other drugs, such as with Mutong for bladder dampness-heat syndrome; with Dihuang for blood drenching (the appearance of blood in the urine with pain), blood in the urine; with Dandelion for jaundice hepatitis; with honey for constipation.
Before taking this medicine, it should be used under the guidance of a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, and should not be used blindly on its own to avoid delaying the condition.