Plantago seed is a treasure for treating gout

Plantago seed has a good effect of clearing heat and removing dampness, can act as a diuretic, and promote the excretion of urea and uric acid. It is very effective in treating gout. If you suffer from gout, you can use Plantago seed for treatment under the guidance of a doctor.

Can Plantago cure gout?

Plantago seed can cure gout. Plantago seed mainly has the effects of clearing away heat and dampness, penetrating dampness and relieving stranguria. Pharmacological experiments have confirmed that Plantago has a diuretic effect and can promote the excretion of urea, chloride and uric acid. At the same time, Plantago contains adenine and succinic acid, which can inhibit purinase, preventing hypoxanthine and xanthine from being converted into uric acid. It can thus quickly lower blood uric acid concentration, inhibit the formation of tophi and kidney stones, and promote the elimination of tophi. This can also relieve joint pain caused by gout.

The efficacy of psyllium

Functions and indications: Clears away heat and promotes diuresis; dissipates dampness and stops diarrhea; improves eyesight; and eliminates phlegm. It is used to treat dysuria, stranguria and leukorrhea, edema, diarrhea caused by summer heat and dampness, red eyes and cataracts, and cough and asthma caused by phlegm and heat.

The role of psyllium

1. Diuretic effect

For normal people, taking 10g of Plantago seed decoction orally has a diuretic effect, but the total volume of the decoction and the daily water intake are not recorded, and there is a lack of strict control. Normal people and rabbits

Plantain seed decoction has no obvious diuretic effect. Plantago seeds also have no diuretic effect.

2. Effect on joint capsule

When small amounts of Plantago seed decoction are injected multiple times into the rabbit's knee joint cavity, synovial inflammation occurs first, followed by connective tissue hyperplasia. Therefore, it is possible to restore the original tension of the relaxed joint capsule. It can be used clinically for temporomandibular joint subluxation. The seeds of Indian Plantain Plantagoovata contain a large amount of mucilage, which can be used as a bulk laxative and has the effect of lowering serum cholesterol in humans. The alcohol extract can lower the blood pressure of anesthetized dogs and cats, inhibit isolated rabbit hearts and frog hearts, excite the intestines of rabbits, rats and guinea pigs, and can be inhibited by atropine. Therefore, it is believed to have a choleretic effect. Injecting 0.05-0.2ml of 5% Plantago seed decoction into the rabbit's knee joint cavity can promote the proliferation of synovial connective tissue in the joint capsule, thereby restoring the original tension of the relaxed joint capsule. Plantago seed decoction showed no diuretic effect on normal humans, rabbits, and rats.