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Home Remedies for Plantain

DRY CHAPPED SKIN [Dermatitis]
   Squeeze a small amount of Plantain (Plantago major) weed leaves to extract the liquid. Apply liquid to chapped skin.
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Jlaiii | August 12th, 2020
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WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only. Many of these treatments are now known to be harmful and possibly fatal. Do not consume any plant, chemical, drug or otherwise without first consulting a licensed physician that practices medine in the appropriate field.

Felter's Materia Medica on Plantain

PLANTAGO
   The whole plant of Plantago major, Linné (Nat. Ord. Plantaginaceae). A... / ...mmon weed everywhere, especially in lawns and along roadsides, growing in rich soils. Common Names: Plantain, Rib Grass, Ribwort. Principal Constituents.—Resin, and citric and oxalic acids. Preparati... / ...Plantago is reputed useful in bed wetting in children, due to relaxation of the vesical sphincter, with copious discharge of pale urine.2


WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only. Many of these treatments are now known to be harmful and possibly fatal. Do not consume any plant, chemical, drug or otherwise without first consulting a licensed physician that practices medine in the appropriate field.

Physician's Materia Medica on Plantain

PLANTAINPLANT
   The leaves of PLANTAGO MAJOR, Lin. Alterative, diuretic, anti septic, hemostatic. Used in scrofula and syphilis, in menorrhagia, hematuria, dysentery and other fluxes, in eneuresis and as a remedy for toothache.3


References

1) Bergner, Pal., Griswold, Alexandra F., Hufford, David J., et al. . Morton Grove, Il: Publications International, 2017.
2) Felter, Harvey Wickes, 1922, The Eclectic Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Cincinnati, Ohio.
3) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.