Urethritis belongs to the Chinese medicine gonorrhea (increased frequency of urination, dribbling and pain) category, plantain can be used to treat urethritis Chinese medicine identification of heat gonorrhea (burning stinging pain during urination, accompanied by urinary frequency and urgency, abdominal traction discomfort), but a single Chinese medicine has limited efficacy, clinically need to be in the Chinese medicine practitioner diagnosis, and the use of other traditional Chinese medicines.
Psyllium has the efficacy of clearing heat and inducing diuresis, cooling the blood and detoxifying the toxin. It is mainly used in the treatment of heat knotting in the bladder, dysuria (irregular urination), gonorrhea (cloudy urine and leucorrhea), summer-dampness diarrhea and dysentery, epistaxis, blood in urine, redness of the eyes due to liver-heat, sore throat, hot gonorrhea and astringent pain, oedema and distension, and cough due to phlegm-heat, etc. It is also useful in treating the symptoms of dysentery.
Psyllium is contraindicated in patients with deficiency and slippery essence. The adverse effects of Plantago Ovata are not clear.
Patients with urethritis are advised to seek timely medical treatment. If you need to use Plantago Ovata, it must be used under the guidance of a professional doctor.