Plantain Herb is the dried herb of plantago asiatica L. or Plantago depressa Willd. (Fam. Plantaginaceae).

Action: To remove heat to induce diureses, to promote expectoration, to reduce heat in blood and to counteract toxicity.

Indications: Edema with oliguria; urinary infection with difficult painful urination; diarrhea caused by summer-damp; cough caused by phlegm-heat; spitting of blood, epistaxis; carbuncles and sores.