Psyllium is not recommended for pregnant women and should be used under medical supervision if required for a medical condition. Psyllium is the dried whole grass of Plantago ovata or Plantago ovata of the Plantago family. It is sweet in flavor and cold in nature. Attributed to the liver, kidney, lung, small intestine meridian. It can clear heat, diuretic and diaphoretic (to improve the problem of dribbling in the urine and urinating in a small amount without passage), dispel phlegm, cool the blood and detoxify the toxin. It is used in treating heat drenching (obvious burning and stinging pain when urinating, accompanied by frequent urination and urgency, and discomfort of traction in the abdomen) and astringent pain, oedema and scanty urination, summer-dampness and diarrhea, cough with phlegm-heat, epistaxis, carbuncle, swelling, sores and poisoning. If due to the deficiency of the slippery essence of Qi is not solid, it is forbidden to use Plantago Ovata. Pregnant women need to be careful with medication, so it is not recommended to take medication on their own to avoid adverse effects on themselves and their babies.