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Summer health often uses plantain to soak in water, what are the benefits to the body?
Plantain has many other names. Many people in the Yangtze River valley call it Guanyin grass, and most areas in the north call it lichen and cowtongue grass. Plantain is cold and sweet, suitable for soaking in water, and many people have drunk it. Especially in the summer when the heat is unbearable and the humidity is hot, drinking a cup of banana tea has many benefits.

1, clearing heat and cooling blood

Plantain is cold, and hot people can soak in water to drive away the heat in their bodies and spend the summer comfortably.

2, expectorant cough

Cough is very painful in summer, and plantain comes to soak in water to relieve it. People who used to cough a lot in autumn and winter can also drink banana tea. Plantago can not only eliminate phlegm and relieve cough, but also dilate trachea and help breathe smoothly.

3, detumescence and diuresis

Be sure to drink more water and urinate more in summer, which can reduce the pressure on the kidneys, promote the elimination of endotoxin impurities in the body and speed up metabolism. Plantain has diuretic effect, edema is difficult to eliminate, and there are swelling and pain in some parts of the body.

4, antidiarrheal and anti-inflammatory

Children with diarrhea can drink plantain tea, and they can also drink it if there is inflammation.

How to drink plantain soaked in water?

Antidiarrheal use: green tea and plantain, with 100- 150g fresh plantain, add 500ml water, boil for 5min, add 0.5- 1g green tea, and drink it three times.

Cough relieving: dry plantain, take 30-60 grams of dried plantain every day, soak it in cold water for 30 minutes first, and fry it twice with fire, 1 dose every day for 3-5 days. (lung heat, cough, asthma and chronic bronchitis are all applicable)

Diuretic and anti-inflammatory usage: Plantago asiatica is dried and ground into powder, two yuan each time, washed with Plantago asiatica leaves and water.

Taboo:

If it is ineffective or uncomfortable after drinking, stop drinking.

It is not suitable for people who are weak, slippery and unstable.

Not suitable for long-term drinking.