Is it true that plantain can cure prostate problems?

The treatment of male prostate disease is not an easy task. Most people would choose to control the disease with drugs. In addition to Western medicine, we also rely heavily on Chinese medicine to treat prostate disease. Plantain tastes sweet and cold in nature, and has a certain therapeutic effect on the prostate, but the premise is that it must be symptomatic.

What is Plantain

Plantain is a perennial herb that often grows on the edge of fields, on the side of hillsides, and in wasteland next to houses. It has many aliases, such as Niuyi, Dangdao, Xiamayi, Niushe, Cheluncai, etc., and of course "Mi Mi" that we can see in the Book of Songs. Its stem is short and thick, its roots are densely whiskered, and its large leaves are long oval. Plantain blooms once a year and produces oval fruits. When ripe, the fruits split open and the seeds are scattered.

You may find it a little strange that the Mi Mi in the Book of Songs is Plantain. Why did the grass originally called Mi Mi in the Book of Songs later change its name to "Che" and "Qian"? It's a long story. In those days, the Han general Ma Wu led his troops to fight against the Xiongnu, but they were defeated and trapped. The army ran out of food and water. Tens of thousands of soldiers suffered from "hematuria" and their lives were in danger. Only three horses were spared because they often ate the nameless grass beside the wheel. The careful coachman reported this to Ma Wu, and Ma Wu ordered the whole army to take it. Within a few days, the patients recovered and finally broke out of the siege. Later, when Ma Wu thought about his narrow escape from death, he said with infinite emotion: "The whole army was able to come back to life thanks to the magical herb on the roadside!" From then on, people called this wild herb "plantain".

Two major benefits of plantain

The two main functions of plantain are diuretic and antidiarrheal.

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, plantain tastes sweet, is cold in nature, and enters the liver meridian, kidney meridian, and small intestine meridian. It has the effects of diuresis, diarrhea, eyesight, expectoration, and cough. It can be used for urinary obstruction, stranguria, leucorrhea, hematuria, jaundice, edema, dysentery, diarrhea, epistaxis, red and swollen eyes, sore throat, cough, skin ulcers, etc. As for its medicinal part, just as it is said in the Book of Songs, the whole plant and seeds are harvested. It is not difficult to see that plantain is particularly suitable for patients with prostatitis and cystitis as a daily food therapy.

You can make plantain syrup instead of tea, use 100g plantain (400g fresh), 10g bamboo heart (30g fresh), 10g raw licorice, and appropriate amount of brown sugar. When making, first put the plantain, bamboo heart, and raw licorice into a casserole, add appropriate amount of water, cook over medium heat for 40 minutes, then add brown sugar and cook for a while. Drinking it regularly can clear away heat and promote diuresis.

You can also make cinnamon porridge with 5 grams of cinnamon, 30 grams of plantain, and 50 grams of polished rice. First boil the cinnamon and plantain for 30 minutes, remove the residue, put the polished rice into the juice and cook the porridge, add brown sugar after it is cooked and you can eat it. This kind of porridge warms the yang and promotes diuresis, and is suitable for patients with pale complexion and fear of cold.