Plantain (Plantago major)

Plantain (Plantago major)
    Code: s239
    Price: $9.00
    Shipping Weight: 0.10 pounds
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    Imported from Bulgaria. Soothing to the lungs and urinary, coagulation of blood. 2.4 ounce  Not to be confused with the banana-like fruit of the same name, the Plantago major is a green, weedy plant native to North America, Europe and Asia. Cultures around the world have used the plantain leaf (Plantago major) to help relieve health ailments for millennia. The plant is one of nine sacred herbs mentioned in the ancient Lacnunga (‘Remedies’), a collection of Anglo-Saxon medical texts. During the 1500s and 1600s, it was used by Europeans for everything from dog bites and boils to fevers and the flu . The major components of plantain are iridoid glycosides (particularly aucubin), mucilage,and tannin's. Together, they are believed to reduce irritation, quell harmful organisms, and exhibit expectorant actions
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