Plantain Plant Benefits Plantago major + Plantain Leaf Tea Recipe
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- There are so many plantain plant benefits! What some may dismiss as common or even a pesky weed is actually a powerhouse of medicine. Plantain leaf can help to soothe a range of complaints from itchy bug bites to irritating coughs to persistent wounds to an inflamed gut.
You’ll come away from this with a great overview of this versatile herb’s many gifts, tips for plantain identification and lots of ideas for working with plantain safely and effectively.
You’ll also receive instant access to a plantain leaf tea recipe so next time you (or someone you love) needs some healing and soothing relief for their digestive tract, you’ll be prepared.
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“Plantain is an obvious choice for many first aid or acute inflammations, but it is equally useful for chronic hot conditions, especially in the digestive tract.” (Timestamp: 09:47)
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00:00 - Introduction to the plantain plant (Plantago spp.)
03:15 - Plantain for hot conditions
05:23 - Plantain for bites and stings
06:36 - Plantain for wounds
08:53 - Plantain for excessive histamine response and seasonal allergies
09:43 - Plantain for gastrointestinal inflammation
10:54 - Plantain for the lungs
12:09 - Plantain seeds
13:31 - Plantain identification (Plantago major, Plantago lanceolata, and Plantago rugelii)
15:55 - Working with the plantain plant
17:53 - Plantain Leaf Tea recipe
20:24 - Plantain Fun Fact
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The herbal and plant information in this video is for educational purposes only. The information contained is not intended as a substitute for the advice provided by your physician or other medical professional. If you have or suspect that you have a serious health problem, promptly contact your health care provider. Always consult with a health care practitioner before using any herbal remedy or food, especially if you are pregnant, nursing, or have a medical condition.
Plantain lanceolata healed (almost within minutes) a black, buzzy advancing spider bite that was near my eye and melting my face! I had used all the other herb ideas and was walking by a patch when I remembered 'bug bites) did a spit poultice, immediately the buzzing was gone! 17:06
Now, on the top of my beloved weeds list!
Its amazing how tall, spreading, & lush in growth, broad leaf plaintain can be if you manage it in cultivated ground. It doesnt need to be stomped flat in a lawn or in a stony walkway for it to reach its best. Get yourself a plaintain patch & have medication on tap.
I have a wonderful; to me at least; plantain testimonial. I keep dried plantain rehydrated and covered in triple plantain tincture in the fridge year around. Especially for bite and stings. I wasn't being vigilant enough and my blood sugar dropped out on me. That wound up in a trip to the er and I was dehydrated on top of that. Everything worked out fine, but in trying every vein in my universe AND an iv AND blood draws every 4 hours, I came home looking like I had been a purple pin cushion. One elbow and wrist in particular were hot and painful. I put a cold poultice on each spot and wrapped them lightly so they could evaporate, pull and draw. When the poultice got dry about an hour later, I took then off an washed and rinsed both spots very gently with a mild soap and water. The difference was night and day. They were still purple, but 95% of he heat and pain was gone! And that's one reason why plantain is my favorite weed 😊
I just leave (leaf) it on and a slightly green thumb is left behind. If you garden there's plenty of minor injuries to go around.
I found nodding onion and stinging nettles in the yard.
That’s amazing !
How did you do a cold poultice? I would like to learn. Thank you 😊
Thank you for the tip
@@makeoversbymeme2077 When I was researching, if needed on the spot you can use your own saliva to mush up the plantain and apply it. (You can wash the leaves if you have water). Some even use the leaf as well as a temporary bandaid by bending the stem around and making a hole in the leaf and pulling it through.
Glad your better. Plantain, Lemon balm, Cayanne pepper and Holy Basil are just a couple of my favorites. I have at least 60 in my yard that are my favoites.
I healed my duodenum ruptured ulcer that sealed off in hospital care, but the ulcer burning my proximal pancreas was extremely painful I immediately started daily consumption of plantain after discharged from hospital. I had relief almost the first time and I’m a promoter of this WEED.
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that is amazing! Did you eat fresh leaves?
I do not know how it is that I have only just now discovered your channel! This video was amazing! Thank you! I have been a longtime believer in the healing properties of plantain. Many years ago, a co-worker of mine gave me some plantain major leaves to boil in water and apply via a compress to a rattlesnake bite that my malamute had suffered. It was too late for the administration of anti-venom medication and the vet could only recommend and dispense antibiotics. After 3 days of antibiotics the swelling had not gone down. The swelling responded to the plantain compresses almost immediately! I have made sure to have plantain growing and seeds saved ever since. I recently moved to a very dry, hot, desert area. No plantain growing naturally anywhere in sight here! I am so glad that I dug up several pots worth and took them with me from my old home. I shared with my mom how to make a spit poultice for when she gets bitten by ants or spiders while working in her garden. I'm sure she thought that I was a bit looney at first, until it started to work and relieved the pain, swelling and discomfort from the bites.
I look forward to watching more of your videos and have subscribed to your newsletter as well as having just purchased your Wild Remedies book. I can hardly wait for my book to arrive and to get started reading it!
Hi! Plantain is an amazing herbal friend. Thank you for your kind words and for sharing your story.
~Karin Rose
Thanks, this was the most informative video on plantain that I have watched so far. I began using this plant about 10 years ago because I found it growing wildly on my property when I move in back in 2012. w Instead of killing it off like a weed I decided to do a little research to learn about it as I have never seen it before. I'm glad I did because I use it to treat minor wounds, put it in salads, cook with in some dishes, feed the cooked leaves and stems to my chickens mixed in with their feed and I've even canned some to use like a salted spinach. I'm thinking of trying to do a lacto-fermentation of it. The variety I have growing wild in my yard is the lanceolata. I let it grow wild as my soil is of poor clay constancy, but I've been working my yard to be more of a food and herb garden. It's nothing much to look at yet but I'm slowly adding more edible and medicinal things to use. I don't care to have a manicured lawn. Thanks again for making the video. I look forward in learning more about herbs from your channel.
Your yard sounds amazing already. Best wishes for it to become what you envision it to be!
~Karin Rose
Tanks for cheering
Thank you Rosalee you are a wonderful being
Thank you. Another AWESOME video.
Thank you I picked some yesterday, and now drying some for storage!!!
Thank you for your knowledge and willingness to share with me. 🌺
Really enjoying your excellent videos thanks!
This is real good teaching Rosalee i have enjoy your teaching on Plantain plants ,thank you so much
Thank you for this awesome video. ❤
Excellent, Thank you
Wow I’m so grateful for your channel. You’re a fantastic teacher.
Yep central KY fan , the world is a better place when this content is headed to more mainstream we look forward to your videos, now I know about herbal energetics
Thank you so much. God bless you
I really love your videos. It's so much easier to remember information by watching a video compared to just reading something. Thank you for all your effort.
Your are a special angel on Herbs
Thank You for your knowledge and Wisdom. My first video with you. I learned so much. What doesn’t this herb do 😊 Going to try some today 💜 As it is everywhere on my lawn.
Thank you Rosalee~These are very interesting facts about plantain leaf! I bought some of the dried herbs from Mountain Rose Herbs some time ago and ordered way too much, lol. Now you’ve given me some ideas of other ways to use it besides tea! Btw, you look quite lovely in green ☺️ Have a great week ♥️🌱♥️
What an excellent ،well researched talk by an experienced narrator ۔Beneficial for every one in these times of unbearable cost of allopathic medicines ۔
I love plantain salves and tea's.
Thank you for this. You’re videos are just jam packed with information. Subbed and signed up!!
Awesome! Thank you!
I used a Plantain compress and alternated it with aloe vera on a bite I received on my arm. It removed the redness and healed in 3 days.
I’m getting this book, ASAP!.
Thank you for this wonderful, informative video! I learned so much!!
You are so welcome!
Thanks🌱
My first love of weeds ❤
Just stumbled across your content. Wow! So thorough and accessible and helpful! Loved the research and the practical tips. Signed up for your newsletter and am excited to learn more!
Welcome aboard!
great information about freezing the leaves..this tea actually sounds delightful...knowing that it is a healer makes any hesitation one may have about flavor unconcerning...thank you for this very thorough information about this incredible healer...stay blessed
💜I just Ordered your book from Amazon, thank you!!!🌸💜
🌱Thank you!
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Plantago is a beautiful plant... it can give you sense of well being and very effective for pain relieve.
Its also amazing for skin care and make your skin very beautiful and healthy....
Thanks for sharing your lovely video ; )
Love plantain! It grows literally everywhere and is so helpful. Thank you for this wonderful video!
You are so welcome!
I am so happy I found your channel. It's awesome ! I am studying herbal medicine and you explain things so very well and with such a lot of cool additional info. Thank you !
Welcome! Glad you're here! Thanks for the kind words!
Very cool
What an amazing informative video, thank you for sharing this information.
Glad you enjoyed it!
My first thing I did with plantain was to make a Tinture.
It sat in a dark cabinet for a long time. One day i woke up with 3 kidney stones. I know because I went to the E.R. And the just sent me home. The pain was like being in labor. So I grabbed the tincture praying it would help. As nasty tasting as it was. I swallowed about ¼ of a cup or more.
20 mins later I gave birth to all 3 stones. But they were shattered. I had a potty chair I was useing and it was like red sand. I didn't have anymore for about a year. And did the same thing. It's been years since I've had kidney stones. And I make it strong. I chop up the clean leafs. Air dry over night. It works on just about everything. Even my finger that the Dr.s wanted to cut off it looked like hamburgers. I got bit by a Recluse spider in the garden picking plantain. Late evening. Don't do that. Use gloves also.
I soaks my finger all day and night. I didn't loose my finger. In fact I'm typing with it . That was years ago
I've used it on everything. I'm already preparing for this year. ❤ love your books also Roselee I hope I spelt that right.🎉❤ IM STUCK KN BED RIGHT NOW. BROKE MY FOOT. I don't have any Cofrey Thank you for shareing with us folks that need your help.
Kimber Torre... told me about you. You should know her.
Lemon Balm and Holy basil... and 68 more in my yard
I put the soft Young leaves in the salads they tasted so good
I just had a colonoscopy because of blood in my stool. I have Plaintain leaf because of heartburn- I am glad you said it also helps with G I issues. my wife dropped off some and I started drinking right now. l will let you know how it goes. Thanks for posting this video
Love you Rosalee 💚👍
Tks for sharing this with us 😊
My pleasure 😊
I was just reading about this amazing herb, so this video came at the perfect timing! Your videos are always so insightful, information you share is so easy to absorb. Love it! Hoping to forage some plantain soon 😊
Glad it was helpful!
Thank u hun
From 1 Rosalie to another Rosalee :) thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. I'm currently reading your book which I plan to purchase.
Hello Rosalie! Great name! :) Thanks for saying hi and I hope you enjoy the book!
Very good mam
Cheers I love plantain❤
Me too!
I just found your channel Rosalee, and can't resist not to subscribe, very beautiful presentation. Thank you for sharing your knowledge about her s here.
Thanks and welcome!
One of my favs. The only one that grows in my desert garden is the narrow leaf.
I once used it for black widow bite, NOT a recommendation. It was the only thing available at the time.
This video expands my knowledge of this wonderful herb. Especially good to know different ways to utilize and preserve it.
Thanks again for sharing.
Namaste
You're a star 🌟🌟 very pleased
My daughter gets eye problems from irritation or styes to infections. (Also allergy irritation) When she starts to feel them coming on she ask for her compress stuff. I get plantain and self-heal. Cut it a few times and boil it up. It helps so much.
How did you use for eyes
You are a wonderful teacher. I'm not sure if the plantain locally (in SC) is the same. It has velvety leaves. They have the spikes with the seeds just like a wide leaf plantain. The leaves are small compared to the wide leaf plantain. I'm a bit nervus to use it. I have purchased wide plantain seeds and grown some of those, but not enough to make anything out of. Still, the video was great and as always a powerhouse of knowledge. ;-)
Thank you
You're welcome
Brilliant...How would you make Plantain gel...or would you use them separately ❤
Just started with plantain.
Thank you! I use for internal pains and external inflammation s from stings.
Cured my stomach ulcers.
A blessing from Our Creator.🙏
Thanks for sharing!
I have used the salve to heal a brown recluse bite, I have also used it for diaper rashes and scratches. It works on burn and my mom and dad have used it for hemorrhoids. The antibacterial and anti inflammatory is amazing. This have even gotten rid of a toenail fungus! That took over a year with me just putting it on once a month or so
Thanks for sharing! Such a powerful plant!
I may be one of the few who does not have any plantain growing beneath my feet haha. So i started a few plants this spring - they are beautiful IMO - and am looking forward to using their medicine as you suggest, and planting more!!!
Yay for more plantain! I don't have it growing beneath my feet, either, so I get it. ~Karin Rose
I've known of this herb for a while and see it growing all over Australia. What I've recently observed is wild parrots mainly cockatoos and gallahs eat these and they seem to get a euphoric buzz out of it.
They actively seek it out, consume the root then behave in a very intoxicated manner. This has a quite a different effect on them to humans
Thank you for this information. I can attest to the effectiveness of plantain's healing and pain killing elements. Last summer I got stung during a berry picking adventure. I immediately found plantain. I chewed it and placed it on the sting and the pain was immediately relieved.
So glad plantain was readily available for you! ~Karin Rose
Thank you for all your information 🦋🌻 can you reserve the plantain leaves that you prepared in olive oil to make a salve after straining the oil. I hate to waste 🌻
I make and sell an oil out of fresh plantain omg it's smells so good
This is my first time visiting your channel. I have to say that you have a lovely, uplifting and calm presentational style, not to mention a video chocked full of fascinating information about the Plaintain plant. You have a new subscriber! I wonder if your book can be found in UK?
Welcome! Rosalee's books can be found all over. Alchemy of Herbs is in several different languages. Wild Remedies is a bit newer. They are both excellent!
~Karin Rose
I want to learn more about herbs plant
Thank you for all the great information so well presented. Thank you very much.
May I ask: regarding the infused oil What do you mean hot water bath method? Thank you in advance.
Sunny regards from Spain. Magdalena
Saludos! Glad you enjoyed the video. The hot water bath method is when you infused fresh or dried herbs into oil on really low heat, often a double boiler. If you're interested in learning more about how to make infused oils then you might be interested in my friend Kami's free oils workshop that is happening this week. Here's that link: bit.ly/3kNnR5P
I enjoy you so much. You really explain herbs so well. I don’t mind lessen to you for hours.
Question: can I pick leaves from plantain after it bloom. I have the wide leaves. Plantain major, Eastern Canada , province of New -Brunswick.
Thanks for the kind words! You can pick plantain leaves after it blooms, but it's always best to harvest them when they are looking vibrant (if possible).
How often can I drink that tea to heal my gi tract? Btw, love this video :-)
My father had a non healing wound on his foot. I made a plantain salve and applied it daily and in 3 months it was completely healed. The surgeon was amazed and asked what I did. It had previously not healed at all in the first month after surgery. I use it on insect bites and it takes out the itch and heals quickly.
We kept a photo journal of non healing to healed. The difference was apparent and shocking.
My dad has a huge non healing wound on his foot from a diabetic ulcer. You could hide most of a thumb in it. 😭 How exactly did you do your salve? In or around the wound? Contained in something so it would Al be removed when changed? Please I’d love any guidance. He has been through surgeon after surgeon and fighting this for ten years. Seems like he always gets a bone infection and loses progress.
@@kaitlynmims3299 I put it liberally around the wound and when dressing applied it would get a little on the wound but gauze kept it from building up.
@@jinayaoneal1885I’ll try that thank you!
How do you make plantain gel?
I just subscribed! Your video is so great. If plantain plants clean the soil as you said at the end of the video, wouldn't it be not good to eat the plants since it contains those heavy metals? Also, I want to get your Wild Remedies book. Do you explain the "energetics" of the plants in the book?
I Aiko, thanks for your kind words and subscribing! Many plants clean the soil and it's not a problem to harvest and work with them. You just don't want to harvest from polluted soils. My video next week, about edible weeds, will share more about that.
Im just trying the plantago tinture for congestion and gut inflammation
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You said the tests showed it helped with diabetic ulcers… My dad has been fighting such an ulcer in his foot for ten years. It keeps developing bone infection and losing progress it makes. Right now the hole is big enough to put your thumb in well past the first knuckle. What would you recommend on fighting this with plantain? If you make a poultice, what would you put it in to allow the good stuff to escape and he’s the wound but not allow any of the plant material to escape and be caught in the wound? I was so excited when I heard you say that in the video! Please, please help I’ll take any advice anything that will help him.
Honestly the best advice I have for you is to work with someone who directly has experience working with these issues. It's generally not just one plant or one thing, but a protocol that changes as the wound changes. Guido Masé is someone who I know specifically has experience in this realm, but many clinical herbalists do and they offer long distance consultations. You can visit my site for a list of recommended practitioners.
@@HerbsWithRosaleeI’ll do that- thank you!
Hey mam, plantain leaves + echinacea in honey would work for colds & coughs..
💜The name Weed should be changed to Love!!!🌸💜
Can you use plantin in your hair
Do you know how many times you can harvest plantain leaves a year?
Being that plantain is usually found in disturbed environments, often in urban areas, is it safe to grow plants from seed that might have been treated/sprayed? I couldn't find any plantain in any of my usual wild areas but came across some plantain plants peeking through the snow on a city sidewalk and was wondering if the seeds will grow plants that are then safe to consume. Does anyone have any info? Essentially I just want to be sure nothing dangerous is passed on to the plants I plan on growing just because I got them from a city sidewalk.
Do you think this would help my dog with his nail problem his nail grows away from his Wick
If someone have Hiv. Meybe work. To remove heat. From the body?
Can i give my dog plantain leaves in her homemade food for gut issues or is it the seeds that is best. She has bad yeast issues too on her body and ears
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Hello from Sweden! Thank you for all your awesome videos and spotify recordings. Here in Sweden my herbal teacher and most others that are into herbal medicine, say that it is useless to make oil infusions(to make salves) of plantain, plantago major, that it´s contstituents are not oil soluble. Do you have any information or research on this? In english speaking videos, thay all make plantain infused oils, and here I was disdained to hear that its useless and wishful thinking to think that you are extracting anything beneficial from plantain by infusing it in oil. I would love to know the research you use to support the oil soluble benefactory effects. If you get what I mean, sorry I am so tired so I can´t force myself to look up if I spelled everything correctly, but I hope you get me anyway. Thank you kindly in advance! Best Regards, Alex
Hi Alex, I am not aware of any research regarding plantain infused oil. But I've been using it for two decades and can personally attest to it working wonderfully. And I know I'm not the only one!
@@HerbsWithRosalee Thank you for taking the time to answer me Rosalee! I really appreciate it! If you someday find out what substance is the one that is extracted through the oil infusion, please give me a shout, I will of course go on searching on my own but it sure would be nice to know what it is that makes the oil (later salve) work so well on skin issues, and not have every herbalist here in Sweden roll their eyes at me when I infuse the oil and then make a salve from it and they just say it probably is the oil itself that has a soothing efect, not the herb, plantain. I will try it though, just was a little torn since I have both inputs in my head fighting each other and no substancial fact to rely on, you know. Anyhow, thank you again and stay healthy, vibrant and beautiful as usual! Best Regards from a beginner, herbalist, Alex
the functional medicine doctors say that problems with leaky gut have to do with the wrong stomach baceria. There is a bacteria which eats up the stomach lining if i remember right and so makes us reknew it. Lacking this we get leaky gut. Maybe plaintain helps with bad bacteria in the stomach or feeds the right stuff.
Is it ok to wash the plantain leaves in water (before towel/air drying them) when they are dusty ? Could it have a negative impact on the benefits ? Thanks.
I try to avoid washing plants, especially if I am going to dry them (vs eating or tincturing fresh). But if they are really dusty then that is probably a good idea.
So basically your name is Rose of the Forest. Isn't that perfection considering what you do?
Does it heal joint pain
Consume fresh nettle soup everyday day for 4 days with bread or rice and you’ll feel better! Eat a lot of nettles tho and make sure you blend them! Eat no rubbish food! The nettles are a tonic and heals a the lymphatic system . Nettles heal your joint pains and stiff joints. I have tried it
Would this be a good tea to treat hot flashes?
I hear motherwort is good for that and it grows in my. Yard too
Question: I have dried plantain leaves i am planning to make a bug bite salve with. However it sounds like fresh leaves are used for oils and salves. Do dried leaves loose their effectiveness?
I prefer fresh or freshly dried (less than a month old). You could always try with what you have and see how it goes.
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How can i sign up for tiur news letter?
Hi, you may join Rosalee’s newsletter here: www.herbalremediesadvice.org/jumpstart-intro.html
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Can you use plaintain to make diaper cream?
Yes! Definitely. I like to combine it with calendula.
Is it ok to dry the leaves and pop it in with my other dried stuff for tea ?
Why not
Yikes... you had me hooked until the bit about how Plantain uptakes heavy metals. I assume one should be very careful about where the plant is sourced. My own acreage was once used as a disposal site for municipal sewage sludge some 20 years ago. I wonder if I should be concerned.
A soil test is the best way to know for certain. Check with your local extension office. These are often easy and pretty cheap.
What are the steps to start becoming a registered herbalist?
Check out the American Herbalists Guild for more information on their RH designation. ~Karin Rose
Plantain is also good for cancers, fungus, molds, fatty liver, and liver enzymes!
did it cure cancer of any one
Are Hostas a plantain?
They aren't. I can see how the leaves could remind you have plantain. Hostas are in the asparagus family.
Those leaves look different from the known plantain.
Hi! There are more than 200 species of plantain, so you may have different varieties near you. Plantago major and P. lanceolata are the most used in herbal medicine.
~Karin Rose