Che Qian Zi Granules (15:1)

Plantago seed is a common herb in Chinese medicine, used to promote urinary health and fluid regulation. It helps clear heat from the urinary tract, alleviates painful or difficult urination, and manages watery diarrhea by directing excess fluid to the bladder. Additionally, it supports eye health and aids in reducing thick lung phlegm.

Excerpted from Bensky: Chinse Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed.

• Promotes urination and clears damp-heat: for any type of edema or painful urinary dribbling due to damp-heat. Generally used for damp-heat pouring into the lower burner.*
• Promotes urination to solidify the stool: for diarrhea associated with either damp-heat or damp-summerheat.*
• Clears the eyes: for eye problems associated with either Liver and Kidney deficiency (e.g., dry eyes or diminished visual acuity), or heat in the Liver channel (e.g., red, painful, swollen eyes and sensitivity to light), depending on the other herbs with which it is combined.*
• Expels phlegm and stops cough: for Lung heat-induced cough with yellow, copious sputum.*