Herbal preparations are especially popular among patients. This is due primarily to the fact that they have a small cost, and also have almost no adverse reactions and contraindications.
In this article, we will tell you about what plantain juice is. Instructions for use, reviews and other information regarding this herbal remedy will also be described later.
Form, packaging
Instructions for the use of plantain juice are contained in a cardboard box. Also, a dark bottle with vegetable raw materials in the form of a clear liquid intended for ingestion, externally and locally, is enclosed in the package.
Basic properties
What is plantain juice? Instructions for use states that this is a drug of plant origin. It has antiseptic, antispasmodic, anti-inflammatory, expectorant and enveloping effects, and also activates the secretion of the stomach and regenerates tissues.
The antiseptic properties of this agent in relation to Pseudomonas aeruginosa, staphylococcus and hemolytic streptococcus are due to the presence of phytoncides in it, and anti-inflammatory, ulcer and wound healing - with polysaccharides, pectin and tannins, salicylic and benzoic acids.
According to experts, polysaccharides activate the formation of flavonoids, interferon and zinc, as well as normalize phagocytosis. As for the accelerated tissue regeneration, this effect is due to the combination of polysaccharides in vitamins and enzymes in the plantain juice. Also, the drug in question increases the resistance of tissues and cells to a lack of oxygen.
The antihypoxic effect of this agent is provided by organic (especially citric) and phenolcarboxylic (ferulic, coffee, coumaric) acids, vitamin C, flavonoids (derivatives of luteolin, apigenin and quercetin), copper and zinc.
The hemostatic effect of this drug is associated with the presence of vitamin K.
Juice Features
What features does plantain juice have? The instruction for use claims that this tool increases appetite, normalizes digestion, reduces the tone of the intestines and stomach, and also has a regenerative and anti-inflammatory effect in gastroduodenitis, gastritis and other gastrointestinal diseases of an inflammatory nature.
Aucubin, iridoid glycosides, bitterness and catalpole, which are part of this product, increase the acidity of the juice of the stomach and increase its secretion.
Thanks to enzymes, mucus and phytoncides, this drug has an expectorant effect, and also restores the protective forces of the ciliated epithelium of the respiratory tract.
As for saponins, hydroxycinnamic acids, pectin substances and flavonoids, they help lower cholesterol.
Indications for juice
Instructions for the use of plantain juice reports that such a tool is actively used to treat diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, including chronic and acute gastritis, as well as ulcers with reduced secretion, fermentopathy, enterocolitis and dysbiosis.
It should be noted that the drug in question is used to treat infectious and inflammatory diseases of the respiratory tract, including rhinitis, bronchitis, tonsillopharyngitis, whooping cough and pneumonia.
Instructions for the use of plantain juice indicate that it can be used not only inside but also externally. As a rule, such a drug is prescribed for dermatitis of various origins, cuts, wounds, trophic ulcers, bruises, boils, abscesses and burns.
Also, this tool can be used locally. It is indicated for gynecological diseases, including cervical erosion.
Contraindications to juice intake
Instructions for the use of plantain juice indicate the following contraindications to its intake:
- peptic ulcer (with exacerbation);
- increased secretory work of the digestive glands;
- duodenal ulcer (with exacerbation);
- hypersensitivity to the big plantain.
Plantain juice: how to apply?
For the treatment of diseases of the digestive tract, this drug is taken orally as an infusion (15-25 minutes before the meal). Its dosage is 15-50 ml, and the duration of treatment is 1-7 weeks.
In its pure form, juice is consumed in 1 large spoon, after dissolving it in 60 ml of warm water (20 minutes before meals), three times a day for 30 days.
How else can you use plantain juice? How to use this product at home? For the treatment of dermatological lesions, the drug is used externally in the form of lotions, rinses or dressings three times a day, and for burns - constantly, with an interval of 60-90 minutes.
For the treatment of respiratory diseases, plantain is prescribed orally at usual dosages, but half an hour after a meal.
For colds, the juice is diluted 5-10 times with warm water, and then 3 drops are instilled into each nostril four times a day.
In gynecological practice, the drug is used in the form of baths, douching, vaginal tampons and instillations.
Side effects
The agent in question very rarely causes negative effects. When taking the juice inside, heartburn or allergic reactions can occur.
Special requirements
Ready infusion should be stored only in a cool place for no more than two days.
The best therapeutic effects of the plant in question are manifested when using its juice.