Latin name： Plantago major L.

Family： Plantaginaceae

Part Used： Whole plant, seeds

Properties： Whole plant: taste sweet, cold in nature; Seeds: taste sweet, tasteless, little cold in nature

Actions：Whole plant: clearing heat for disinhibiting urine; cooling blood; detoxifying; Seeds: clearing heat for disinhibiting urine; excreting dampness and relieving diarrhea; improving eyesight and dispelling phlegm.

Usage： Cystic retention of heat, difficulty in micturition, whitish and turbid urine, leukorrhea, diarrhea and dysentery due to summer hygrosis, non-traumatic hemorrhage, hematuria, conjunctival congestion due to hepatic heat