Plantain Seeds – che qian zi

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[Medicinal] The mature seeds of Plantago (Plantain Seeds) Asiatica L. or Plantago depressawilld, a grass plant of the Plantaginaceae family.
[Nature and flavor and meridians] Sweet, cold. Enter the liver, kidney, small intestine, and lung meridians.
[Effects] Clear heat, promote diuresis, relieve stranguria, penetrate dampness and stop diarrhea, clear the liver and improve eyesight, and relieve phlegm and cough.
[Application in stranguria] 1. Used for urinary incontinence, stranguria, edema, etc.
Plantago (Plantain Seeds) is sweet, cold and heat-clearing, has a sinking and downward nature, and is specialized in descending and purging. It has good urinary incontinence, penetrate dampness and purging heat. It is used for damp-heat, stranguria, and painful urination. It is often used in combination with Akebia and Talc. It also has significant effects on edema and urinary incontinence. It is commonly used in clinical practice and is mainly used for solid diseases; such as kidney deficiency edema, it can be used with Rehmannia glutinosa, cinnamon bark, aconite, Achyranthes bidentata, etc.
2. Used for damp-heat diarrhea.
Plantago seed can infiltrate water and dampness, separate the clear from the turbid and stop diarrhea, promote urination and solidify the stool. It is clinically suitable for treating damp-heat diarrhea. For mild symptoms, it can be used alone. For more severe symptoms, it can be used together with Poria cocos, Polyporus umbellatus, Alisma orientalis, and Coix seed.
3. Used for red and swollen eyes or blurred vision.
Plantago seed can clear liver heat and brighten the head. Regardless of deficiency or excess, it can be used together. For red and swollen eyes caused by liver fire, it can be used together with chrysanthemum, cassia seed, and green box; for blurred vision and tears in the wind caused by liver and kidney deficiency, it can be used together with Rehmannia glutinosa and Cuscuta chinensis.
4. Used for cough and sputum.
This product also has the function of expectoration and cough relief. It is more suitable for cough caused by lung heat. It can be used together with expectorant and cough relief medicines such as almond, platycodon, and perilla seed.
[General dosage and usage] One to three qian, wrapped and decocted.
[Attached medicine] Plantago: the whole plant. The nature, flavor and efficacy are similar to those of Plantago seed, and it can clear away heat and detoxify, so it can be used for sores, swelling and pain. The general dosage is three to five coins, decocted and taken orally.
[Comments] Plantago seed is sweet, cold and heat-clearing, and its nature is to descend and drain, so it can clear the water channel, drain dampness and drain heat, and is an important medicine for urination and stranguria treatment; urination can separate the clear and turbid, and stool can stop diarrhea, so it can also drain dampness and stop diarrhea; it enters the liver and clears heat, so it can treat red and swollen eyes; it enters the lungs and removes phlegm, so it can also treat cough and phlegm.
Plantago seed is mainly used to treat damp-heat, liver fire and lung heat, but it is often used in combination with tonic products to treat kidney deficiency edema and liver and kidney yin deficiency, blurred vision and other symptoms. It can be seen that its applicable diseases are relatively wide, but it must be appropriately matched.
[Examples of prescriptions] 1. Bazheng Powder (Heju Prescriptions): Akebia, Plantago seed, Gardenia, Talcum, Dianthus, Polygonum multiflorum, Rhubarb, and Licorice. Treat damp-heat, hot stranguria, urinary incontinence, and painful urination.
2. Cheqian powder (Zhengzhizhunsheng): Plantago seed, light bamboo leaf, red Poria, rush, and schizonepeta spicate. Treat all kinds of stranguria.
3. Jisheng Shenqi pill (Jishengfang): Plantago seed, Achyranthes bidentata, Rehmannia glutinosa, Chinese yam, Cornus officinalis, Poria, Paeonia suffruticosa, cinnamon twig, and aconite. Treat kidney yang deficiency, sore waist and knees, lower abdominal cramps, edema, urinary incontinence, or kidney deficiency, heaviness of waist, swollen feet, urinary incontinence, etc.
This product is the dried mature seeds of Plantago asiatica L. or Plantago depressa Wild. of the Plantaginaceae family. When the seeds are ripe in autumn, the fruit ears are harvested, and the seeds are rubbed out for summer, and the seeds are dried and the impurities are removed.
[Properties] This product is oval, irregularly oblong or triangular oblong, slightly flat, about 2mm long and about 1mm wide. The surface is yellow-brown to dark brown, with fine wrinkles, and one side has a grayish-white pit-shaped hilum. It is hard.
Slight odor, light taste.
[Identifikation]
(1) Plantago (Plantain Seeds) : The powder is dark yellow-brown. The outer epidermal cells of the seed coat are square or tangentially elongated in cross section, and the cell wall is mucilaginous. The inner epidermal cells of the seed coat are rectangular in surface view, 5-19um in diameter, about 83um in length, thin-walled, wavy, and often arranged in a mosaic pattern. The endosperm cell wall is very thick and filled with tiny starch particles. Plantago: The inner epidermal cells of the seed coat are relatively small, 5-15um in diameter, 11-45um in length.
(2) Take 1g of the crude powder of this product, add 10ml of methanol, ultrasonically treat for 30 minutes, filter, evaporate the filtrate, add 2ml of methanol to dissolve the residue, and use it as the test solution. Take the geniposide reference substance and verbascoside reference substance separately, add methanol to make a solution containing 1mg of each per 1ml, and use it as the reference solution. According to the thin layer chromatography method (general rule 0502), take 5 of each of the above three solutions and spot them on the same-brick glue GF25 thin layer plate, use ethyl acetate-methanol-formic acid-water (18:2:1.5;1) as the developing agent, develop, take out, dry, and check under ultraviolet light (254nm). In the chromatogram of the test sample, the same color spot appears at the corresponding position of the chromatogram of the reference sample: spray with 0.5% vanillin sulfuric acid solution, heat at 105℃ until the spot is clearly colored, and in the chromatogram of the test sample, the same color spot appears at the corresponding position of the chromatogram of the reference sample.
【Inspektion】
Vandindholdet må ikke overstige 12,0% (generel regel 0832 anden metode).
Total ash content shall not exceed 6.0% (General Rule 2302)
Acid insoluble ash content shall not exceed 2.0% (General Rule 2302)
Degree of expansion Take 1g of this product, weigh it, and determine it according to the degree of expansion determination method (General Rule 2101), which should not be less than 4.0.
[Indholdsbestemmelse]
Determine it according to the high performance liquid chromatography method (General Rule 0512).
Chromatographic conditions and system suitability test Use octadecyl tridane bonded tridacnaline as filler; methanol as mobile phase A, 0.5% acetic acid solution as mobile phase B, and perform gradient elution according to the provisions in the table below; the detection wavelength is 254nm. The number of theoretical plates calculated based on the geniposide peak should not be less than 3000,
Preparation of reference solution Take appropriate amount of geniposide reference substance and verbascoside reference substance, weigh them accurately, put them in a brown volumetric flask, add 60% methanol to make a mixed solution containing 0.1mg of each per 1ml, and obtain

Preparation of test solution Take about 1g of the powder (passed through No. 2 sieve), weigh accurately, place in a stoppered conical flask, accurately add 50ml of 60% methanol, weigh, heat and reflux for 2 hours, cool, weigh again, make up the lost weight with 60% methanol, shake well, filter, and take the filtrate.
Determination method Accurately aspirate 10ml of reference solution and test solution respectively, inject into liquid chromatograph, and determine.
This product, calculated on the basis of dry product, contains not less than 0.50% geniposide (C16H22010) and not less than 0.40% verbascoside (CzgH36015).
Afkogsstykke
[Forarbejdning]
Remove impurities from Plantago.
[Properties] [Identification] [Inspection] [Content determination]
Same as medicinal materials.
Salt Plantago Seed Take clean Plantago seed, stir-fry it according to the salt water roasting method (General Rule 0213) until it crackles, spray salt water and stir-fry until dry.
[Egenskaber]
This product is shaped like Plantago seed, with a dark brown surface. It has a slight fragrance and a slightly bitter taste.
[Inspektion]
Vandindholdet er det samme som det medicinske materiale, ikke mere end 10,0%.
Total ash content is the same as the medicinal material, not more than 9.0%.
Acid insoluble ash content is the same as the medicinal material, not more than 3.0%.
Swelling degree Take 1g of this product, weigh it, and measure it according to the swelling degree determination method (General Rule 2101), which should not be less than 3.0.
[Indholdsbestemmelse]
Same as the medicinal material, containing geniposide (C16H22010) not less than 0.40%, and verbascoside (C2gH36015) not less than 0.30%.
[Identification)
Samme som det medicinske materiale.
[Egenskaber og meridianer]
Sweet, cold. Enter the liver, kidney, lung, and small intestine meridians.
[Funktioner og indikationer]
Clears heat, promotes diuresis, relieves stranguria, infiltrates dampness and stops diarrhea, improves eyesight, and eliminates phlegm. Used for hot stranguria, edema, diarrhea caused by summer heat, redness and pain in the sun, and cough caused by phlegm and heat.
[Anvendelse og dosering]
9~15g, wrapped and decocted.
[Opbevaring]
Anbring på et ventileret og tørt sted, fugttæt.
Where is the main origin of Plantago?
It is produced in most parts of the country.
Where is the main medicinal part of Plantago?
Medicinal part of Plantago:
This product is the dried mature seeds of Plantago asiatica L. or Plantago depressa Willd. of the Plantaginaceae family. When the seeds are mature in summer and autumn, the fruit ears are harvested, dried, the seeds are rubbed out, and impurities are removed. The characteristics of the medicinal part of Plantago
This product is oval, irregular oblong or triangular oblong, slightly flat, about 2mm long and about 1mm wide. The surface is yellow-brown to dark brown, with fine wrinkles, and one side has a grayish-white concave dot-shaped hilum. It is hard. It has a slight smell and a light taste.
How do ancient books record Plantago?

“Ben Jing”: “It cures qi-induced stranguria, relieves pain, promotes urination, and removes dampness.

“Ming Yi Bie Lu”: “It cures male injuries, female stranguria, loss of appetite, nourishes the lungs, strengthens yin and improves essence, makes people fertile, improves eyesight, and cures redness and pain.
“Compendium of Materia Medica”: “Guide the small intestine heat, stop summer heat and dampness diarrhea.
Effekter
Plantago (Plantain Seeds) has the effects of clearing heat, promoting diuresis, relieving stranguria, penetrating dampness and stopping diarrhea, improving eyesight, and removing phlegm.
What are the main effects and clinical applications of Plantago?
Plantago is used for hot stranguria, edema, summer heat and dampness diarrhea, red and swollen eyes, and phlegm-heat cough.
Stranguria, edema
Treats hot stranguria, dribbling and painful urination, often used with Akebia, Talc, Dianthus, etc.
Treats edema, dysuria, and can be used with Poria, Alisma, Poria, etc..
Diarrhea
Treats watery diarrhea caused by dampness, can be used alone with ground powder, taken with rice drink; or used with Atractylodes, Poria, Alisma, etc.
Red and swollen eyes
Treats red and swollen eyes caused by liver fire inflammation, photophobia and excessive tears, often used with chrysanthemum, Prunella Vulgaris, Cassia Seed, etc..If it is used to treat liver and kidney yin deficiency, dark and blurred eyes, it is often used with Rehmannia glutinosa, Cuscuta australis, etc. . Phlegm-heat cough
It is often used together with Trichosanthes, Fritillaria, Scutellaria, etc.
What other effects does Plantago have?
In my country’s traditional food culture, some Chinese medicinal materials are often widely consumed as food ingredients among the people, that is, substances that are both food and Chinese medicinal materials according to tradition (i.e. edible medicinal substances). According to the documents issued by the National Health Commission and the State Administration for Market Regulation, Plantago can be used as both medicine and food within a limited range of use and dosage.
Common medicinal diet recipes for Plantago are as follows:
Clearing heat and removing dampness, diuresis and relieving stranguria
Wash the Plantago, wrap it with gauze, put it in a pot with sorghum rice, add water and boil it, and cook it until the rice is rotten. Remove the Plantago and eat it warm.
Note: The use of Chinese medicinal materials must be based on syndrome differentiation and treatment, and should be used under the guidance of professional Chinese medicine practitioners. Do not use them at will, and do not listen to Chinese medicine at will. Medicine prescriptions and advertisements.
What are the compound preparations containing Plantago?
Bazheng Powder
Clears away heat and purges fire, promotes diuresis and relieves stranguria. Indications: stranguria caused by dampness and heat. Frequent urination, urgency, astringent pain during urination, poor urination, muddy red urine, or even urinary retention, abdominal distension, dry mouth and throat.
Zhujing Pill
Tonifies the liver and kidneys, and improves vision. Indications: liver and kidney deficiency, often dim eyes, often black spots, or obstruction, unclear vision, tears in the wind.
Wuzi Yanzong Pills
Tonify the kidney and replenish essence. Used for impotence and infertility, premature ejaculation, low back pain, and residual urine caused by kidney deficiency and essence deficiency.
Mingmu Shangqing Tablets
Clears heat and dispels wind, improves eyesight and relieves pain. Used for sudden onset of red eyes, redness, swelling and pain, dizziness, itching around the eyes, dry stool, and red and yellow urine caused by exogenous wind-heat.
Longqing tabletter
Clears heat and detoxifies, cools blood and relieves stranguria. Used for stranguria caused by damp-heat in the lower jiao, with symptoms of frequent urination, Urgent urination, painful urination, back pain, and lower abdominal distension; it is also used for chronic prostatitis with damp-heat accumulation and blood stasis, with symptoms of frequent and urgent urination, residual urine after urination, burning urethra, pain or discomfort in the perineum, lower abdomen, and lumbar cord.
Modern research progress on Plantago
This product has multiple pharmacological effects such as diuresis and stone removal, liver protection, cholesterol reduction, expectorant, cough suppression, prevention of kidney stone formation, laxative and anti-inflammatory.
How to use Plantago correctly?
When Plantago decoction is taken orally, the usual dosage is 9~159.
When used externally, take an appropriate amount of Plantago decoction and scrub the affected area.
Note: When Plantago decoction is taken, it needs to be wrapped with gauze first, and then put into water for decoction.
After different processing methods, Chinese medicinal materials such as Plantago, fried Plantago, and salt Plantago can be produced. Different processing methods have different effects. Please follow the doctor’s advice for specific medication.
Plantago (Plantain Seeds) is generally used in decoctions, decoctions are taken, and it can also be made into powder or pills for consumption. However, the use of Chinese herbal medicines must be based on syndrome differentiation and treatment. They should be used under the guidance of professional Chinese medicine practitioners. They should not be used at will, and should not be used at will, let alone listening to Chinese medicine prescriptions and advertisements.
How to prepare Plantago?
Plantago (Plantain Seeds) : Take the original medicinal materials, remove impurities, and sieve out the ash.
Stir-fried Plantago: Take the clean Plantago, put it in a stir-frying container, heat it with a slow fire, stir-fry until there is a slight popping sound, and when the aroma escapes, take it out and let it cool. Salted Plantago: Take the clean Plantago, put it in a stir-frying container, heat it with a slow fire, stir-fry until there is a slight popping sound, spray salt water, stir-fry until dry, take it out and let it cool. For every 100kg of Plantago, use 2kg of salt.
What drugs should be used with Plantago at the same time that require special attention?
The combined use of Chinese medicine and the combined use of Chinese and Western medicine requires syndrome differentiation and treatment, and clinical individualized treatment.
If you are using other drugs, please consult a doctor before taking them, and inform your doctor of all your diagnosed diseases and treatment plans you are receiving.
Brugsanvisning
Plantago (Plantain Seeds) is sweet, cold and slippery, so it is forbidden to be taken by those with yang qi sinking, kidney deficiency and spermatorrhea, and those without dampness and heat in the body.
What precautions should be taken when using Plantago?
·Plantago (Plantain Seeds) is a diuretic and dampness-infiltrating medicine with a cold and slippery nature. It should be used with caution by pregnant women and those with kidney deficiency and spermatorrhea.
·This product has a faint smell and a light taste. Large, full and black grains are preferred. Use it raw or roasted with salt water.
·During the use of the medicine, it is necessary to avoid eating cold, raw and cold food, spicy and greasy food, and quit smoking and drinking.
·Children should take the medicine under the guidance of a doctor and under the supervision of an adult.
·Opbevar venligst de medicinske materialer korrekt og giv ikke de medicinske materialer, du bruger, til andre.
How to identify and use Plantago?
Plantago and processed Plantago products
·Plantago (Plantain Seeds) is sweet and slightly cold. It enters the kidney, liver, lung and small intestine meridians. It has the functions of diuresis, stranguria, diarrhea, liver-clearing, eyesight-improving, lung-clearing and phlegm-resolving. Raw plantain seeds are good at diuresis, stranguria, lung-clearing and phlegm-resolving, liver-clearing and eyesight-improving. It is used for edema, stranguria, summer-heat diarrhea, phlegm-heat cough, and liver-fire red eyes. The coldness of fried plantain seeds is slightly reduced, and the decoction effect can be improved. The effect is similar to that of raw products, and it is good at diuresis and diarrhea. It is used to treat diarrhea caused by dry dampness and turbidity, and oliguria. For example, “Compendium of Materia Medica” has a record of “fried and ground, and used as diuretic and diarrhea medicine”.
Salt plantain seeds have a strong heat-clearing effect, diuresis without easily damaging yin, and can benefit the liver and improve eyesight. It is used for dim eyes and decreased vision.
The difference in the efficacy of plantain seeds and plantain
· Plantain seeds and plantain have the same medicinal properties, and the medicinal properties of the two are sweet and cold. It enters the liver, kidney, lung, and small intestine meridians. Both have the effects of clearing away heat, promoting diuresis, relieving stranguria and dispelling phlegm, and can treat hot stranguria, edema, oliguria, summer-heat diarrhea, and phlegm-heat cough. However, plantain can also cool blood and detoxify. It is suitable for vomiting blood, epistaxis, carbuncle, sore and poison. Plantago can also improve eyesight and is used for red and swollen eyes.