車しゃ前ぜん子し

noun

plantain seed

Used in traditional Chinese and Japanese medicine; refers to the seed of the plantain plant (often Plantago asiatica).

See also: 車前草

• 漢かん方ぽうでは、車しゃ前ぜん子しは利り尿にょうや咳せき止どめに用もちいられる。

  In Kampo medicine, plantain seed is used as a diuretic and cough suppressant.