An appropriate word for "psyllium seed husk powder" that doesn't describe it as a laxative? (Plantago psyllium L)


I'm thinking about translating a recipe in Japanese and I'm kind of astonished
that there isn't a [wikipedia page for psyllium seed husk
powder](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psyllium_seed_husks), but there's a
[brief one for
psyllium](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%80%E3%82%A6%E3%83%81%E3%82%AA%E3%82%AA%E3%83%90%E3%82%B3).
I'm not sure if it's even available in certain stores in Japan but I'm just
curious. Upon googling, I've seen both エダウチオオバコ and サイリウム used for the plant
itself. ( Example: <http://www.wakasanohimitsu.jp/seibun/plantago_psyllium/> )

But how do go about on describing it as a powder? I guess know the name of the
plant but the powder is from the husks of the seed...?

This is an example of how it's sold in the US:

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/svPkz.jpg)

Although it's used as a laxative "緩下剤" - that's _not_ what I'm really using it
for. Its other use is being a water binder for gluten-free recipes:
<http://www.thedailydietribe.com/2013/01/5-ingredient-mondays-easy-french-
bread.html?m=1>




For what it's worth, I know of psyllium husk powder both in English and in
Japanese. I've seen it as

> サイリウムパウダー  
>  サイリウムハスクパウダー  
>  サイリウムシードパウダー  
>  オオバコの粉末 (サイリウム)

in the context of raw food diet recipes (as binding agent). Recipes often just
write something like 「サイリウム (オオバコ) 5g」 though, even if the recipe definitely
calls for powder.

(You can find all sorts of transcriptions of "psyllium husk" on the internet,
like サイリ **ア** ム, but these are usually free transcriptions by vendors, who
themselves don't know who uses psyllium husk and for what.)




This is just a helpful guess based on some research (below) but it would be
interesting if someone could use this as an example to explain how to come
with the expressions such as this, based on potential components.

Anyway my final suggestions were:

プランタゴ・オバタ種皮の粉末

as per

<http://kakaku.com/item/K0000571718/>

or

プランタゴ・オバタ種皮末

as per

<http://www.tomatolife.com/pino/Plantagoovata.html>

**Research**

Based on the list of words below, I came up with the following expressions:

> オオバコの種子の殻の粉・粉末
>
> 粉・粉末のオオバコの種子の殻
>
> オオバコの種子の殻粉

and then just googled オオバコ種子

I thought the main problem was the number of ingredients (pun intended) that
go into the expression "psyllium seed husk powder". It is quite easy to come
with the parts, fairly easy to come up with an expression but not so easy to
streamline for a label.

**List of words** :  
(These were collected from the my dictionary, space-alc and google-guessing)

オオバコの種子 | psyllium seed

コーヒー豆の殻 | coffee husk  
粉ミルク | Powdered milk  
粉チーズ | Powdered cheese  
粉末原料 | powder raw material  
粉末クリーム | powdered cream 小麦粉 | wheat flour

There is also a word 殻粉 (から‐こ) which has two meanings:

１ 麩(ふすま)。| wheat bran  
２ 米の粉や小麦粉で作った団子。|Dumpling made from rice powder or flour

