All-Grass of Rippleseed Plantain, Plantain Herb
Plantaginis Herba, Herba Plantaginis
Che Qian Cao

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Sweet; cold

Part(s) used

Whole herb

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To remove heat and to induce diureses, to promote expectoration, to reduce heat in blood and to counteract toxicity.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Treatment of edema with oliguria, urinary infection with difficult painful urination, diarrhea caused by summer-damp, cough caused by phlegm-heat, spitting of blood, epistaxis, carbuncles and sores.