What are the benefits of drinking Plantago asiatica and Houttuynia cordata together?
Jun 25, 2025
Source: Cainiu Health
Dr. Sun Lianqing
Introduction
Plantago asiatica and Houttuynia cordata both have strong diuretic effects. When consumed together, they can significantly increase urine production and output. This combination can effectively flush the urinary tract, reduce urinary inflammation, alleviate symptoms such as frequent urination, urgency, and painful urination caused by urinary tract infections, and help maintain urinary system health. Drinking Plantago asiatica and Houttuynia cordata together generally has functions including diuresis and promoting urination, clearing heat and detoxifying, and antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects.
Drinking Plantain Herb (Cheqiancao) and Houttuynia Cordata (Yuxingcao) together generally has functions including promoting diuresis and relieving stranguria, clearing heat and detoxifying, anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory effects, cooling blood to stop bleeding, and alleviating edema. Detailed effects are as follows:
1. Promoting Diuresis and Relieving Stranguria: Both Cheqiancao and Yuxingcao have strong diuretic effects. When used together, they can increase urine production and excretion. This helps flush the urethra, reduce urinary inflammation, alleviate symptoms such as frequent urination, urgency, and painful urination caused by urinary tract infections, and help maintain urinary system health.
2. Clearing Heat and Detoxifying: Both herbs are of cold nature and when used together, their effect of clearing heat and detoxifying is enhanced. They can remove internal heat and toxic pathogens, improve symptoms caused by excessive internal heat such as sore throat, gum bleeding, red and swollen eyes, regulate the internal environment of the body, and eliminate internal heatiness.
3. Anti-bacterial and Anti-inflammatory: The various active components in these herbs can inhibit common pathogenic bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli. When consumed together, these components exert antibacterial effects in the body, reduce inflammation caused by bacterial infections, and provide auxiliary regulation for respiratory and intestinal infections.
4. Cooling Blood and Stopping Bleeding: For bleeding symptoms such as hemoptysis and epistaxis caused by excessive internal heat affecting normal blood circulation, combining Cheqiancao and Yuxingcao can exert effects of cooling blood and stopping bleeding. By reducing blood heat, these herbs help control abnormal bleeding and promote the restoration of normal blood circulation and coagulation function.
5. Alleviating Edema: Their potent diuretic effect helps the body expel excess fluid, effectively reducing edema caused by internal accumulation of dampness. Whether the mild edema is caused by kidney disease, heart disease, or other reasons, drinking water boiled with these two herbs can provide certain relief.
When drinking water boiled with Cheqiancao and Yuxingcao, it is important to note that due to their cold nature, individuals with cold deficiency of the spleen and stomach should avoid consuming large amounts to prevent further burdening the digestive system.
