Plantain Uses and Benefits
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It is true this plant heals. at one time I had a liver problem ,my tummy started swelling ,I even stopped eating any solid food , only milk, but when I started drinking plantain and dandelion I recovered within three weeks. thanks to the Almighty the CREATOR of the plants.
Psalms 104:14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
Genesis 1:11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
Amen🙏
@@IsaacNelson54 Thank you for the quote reminding me of God's intentions.
When I was 11, we lived in tents and my brother and I was melting crayons in a camp fire, in a veggie can with hole in the sides and a stick thru it, to make our own new colors. And mine got to hot and caught fire and I got scared and jumped and some how dumped that flaming wax on my little hairy leg. I burnt me really bad. But momma had made a salve OUT of plantain and lard and used it in my burn after they scraped off the cooling wax. I HAVE NO SCAR, all the hair grew back also
I have the wide leaf and the narrow leaf as well HERE... My momma loved plant medicine.
@G-man it is okay, as long as you wait till the burn has cooled, SO that the oil of it does NOT hold the heat in the skin. You can also use the plantain in apple cider vinegar and use it on poison Ivy or Oak, drys out the blisters and heals up sores fast, helps reduce itching.
Do you remember how she made it?
Talking about getting burned. I got burned in my whole body when I was two. My Mom was walking with a pot of scalding milk and I hugged her legs. The whole poured on my head and down my body. It was chaos. The doctor put a cream on me and wrapped me like a mummy. The wrap only had a tiny whole in my mouth and two to breathe. He told her that the gauze had to remain constantly moist at all times. Anywhere the gauze would dry, I would be scarred for life. He then told her to put slices of potatoes on top of the gauze. My legs and arms were separated by tiesThere were shifts to pour water on top of the potatoes to keep me wet at all times. The potatoes would be changed everyday. Three months later the mummy wrap was to come off. My Mom told the doc to start by a foot. She was terrified to see my face. When he revealed the skin, it was completely healed. I have absolutely no scars anywhere in my body.
@@miranduri That was very interesting. Thank you for sharing. Glad that worked and you and you weren't scared for life.
My mom was bitten by a brown recluse when I was a teenager. She used plantain poultuces and made a plantain tea as well. I can't remember how much tea, but she drank lots of it. She was able to heal from that bite naturally. Plantain is amazing.
wow thats impressive!
Wow that's astounding I spent two days and I see you fight for my life when my brown recluse bite turn septic had emergency surgery and a lot of necrotic tissue was removed
I didn't know about plantain when I was bitten by a brown recluse spider --I didn't realize it until the next day as a red ring started intensifying and it looked like a sinkhole in the middle -- I have lots of essential oils that I began putting on it and then read to use Tusli Holy Basil and that did the trick! The now already larger sinkhole and spreading of red stopped and it healed perfectly --can't even tell where it was and if I didn't have photos I took, wouldn't have known it ever happened -- amazing what Mother Earth has give us--the best medicine available!
I have seen Recluse Bites they are horrible looking and extremely destructive to the body and the scaring is awful.
African food not yours
I live in Ireland north, as a child I ended up with a Serious cut and lose of skin on the knuckle part of my little finger. The doctor could not understand how clean this cut was and mother told him she used a leaf. Plantain was the leaf mother used. We call them rats tails. Thank you for teaching me further. Ireland is full of surprising plants as I learn about them.
I have come across more wild plants in last 2-3 years than in a long time.Thank God for that.
When I was living in Europe, I got bronchitis. The doctor prescribed plantain syrup. It worked as well or better than anything my doctor here in the US has prescribed so I've used it ever since. It's good for pneumonia, asthma, and bronchitis because it's a pulmonary anti-inflammatory. More recently, I've been using it for long Covid... which is almost gone now, to my doctor's surprise. Syrup is made from water, fresh plantain, and brown sugar.
I make a salve from it for eczema, hives, nettles, and insect stings. It can shut off the pain of a wasp sting like a light switch. Salve is just coconut oil, fresh plantain, and a (very) little beeswax.
Hello God bless you both 🙏
I suffer from asthma and I use a LOT of medications. But I'm looking for natural remedies. I got pneumonia also and I was intubated. How can I prepare the remedy?? What ingredients and quantities I will need to make the plantain syrup? I WILL APPRECIATE IT WITH ALL OF MY HEART.
IN ADVANCE, MAY GOD BLESS YOU ABUNDANTLY 🙏
@@margieguzman1888
Plantain Syrup
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Put ~100g of finely chopped leaves (a good double handfull) in a saucepan with enough water to cover.
Cover and simmer for ~45 minutes.
Strain the liquids (squeeze the solids to get it all).
Reduce liquid over low heat to ~1 cup.
Add 1 lb of brown sugar and cook until sugar is completely dissolved.
Bottle it and keep in the fridge.
Dosage is 1 tbsp up to three times/day.
Used for chronic asthma and bronchitis. Specifically treats inflammation in the lungs that causes irritation and coughing.
@@KeyClavis
THANKS A LOT for answer and for taking time to write the remedy.
Sorry for my english I'm not fully bilingual 😏
Blessings 🙏
@@margieguzman1888 Clad I could help. Take care!
Question, I put fresh plantain in olive oil and coconut oil. Should I have dried first?
About 45 years ago I was a passenger on a dirt bike and we wiped out. The muffler made contact with my skin bellow knee on the side, a section about the size 3 in diameter and melted that first layer of skin. My grandmother told me to boil plantain and apply the leaves after cooled and to continue several times a day. It was soothing and no ointments was used. It completely healed and you have to look hard for the scar. Over the years have used plantain for several things and now trying to use it as a poultice for back pain. It’s at the experiment stage at this point so we will have to see!
I literally watched ur video yesterday , n then at 5:30 am I woke up n totally wacked my foot off of a a popped up floor nail, it took a chunk out of my foot n as i stubbles so pissed uff n tired I walked into my back yard grabbed with Plantain n it stopped the bleeding n stinging pain faster then my husband could get a bandaid and pollysporn . So thank u very much for sharing ur wisdom n knowledge 🙏🏼
In our family we use them on wounds and slivers. I've got little kids and avoiding sticky bandages is great! We use chewed up plantain with a lamb's ear leaf on it then wrap with a "sticks only to itself" style bandage. My kids have even dealt with their own wounds without even telling me. I think it's empowering for them.
Right after I watched this video, I got stung by a yellow jacket. I immediately applied a chewed plantain leaf, the pain went away quick, I had no redness or swelling . Thank you !
Good timing on seeing the video just before too! Now it will forever be set in your memory as it is now in mine :)
Backyard medicine was the best intro book to weeds I ever invested in. Plantain is in there and I found some great plants at the park and transplanted them to a box container in my container garden, gotta harvest then next year it should just grow...., 😃
Made sure when you find it in the parks
Someone hasn’t sprayed
I’m a bee keeper and I can contest to the pain relief you get from this plant it’s a bee keeper best friend 😁 thank you Heidi
I add it to my lunch salad together with dandelion, kale, and some other greens I pick up in the garden. It is tasty, delicious, and did a lot of good to digestion.
Gave me an extremely delicious salad last night, adding a few leaves of kale growing in a crack in my 😋
I make a comfrey/plantain salve for everything!! I should use it only for skin ailments but we are all addicted to it for work roughened hands, and softening. I cant keep the stuff around! It is truly amazing!
What can we use on skin abscesses
It helps my cramping feet & legs! The pain us extreme, buy a deep rub with the comfy, plantain, rosemary, spearmint salve I whipped up for the first time last year!❤❤❤❤❤
@@cristineconnell7803do you have a recipe? Always looking for ideas that can help with leg and foot cramps 🎉
Here in NC we have fire ants, I have been using this for their stings for years. I use the poultice method, so fresh…chew a few clean leaves and pop it on the the effected area. It is truly a miracle, as it works in moments. Both broad leaf and the narrow leaf work for me. Hope this is helpful for someone else.🙂
A fellow Tar Heel here thanks you!
My father in law is from NC. I had to learn how to make beans and cornbread (not johnny cake!) when I married Patrick. I call them Tar heel beans! haha
And all the time, God is good!
I do the chew a piece of plantain when I get stung thing. I have a new kitten, a cute calico, a few weeks ago she was out in the garden with me and got stung on the nose by a wasp. She was freaking out! Pawing her nose, running in circles, crying. I chewed a piece of plantain like I do for myself, caught her up and held it on top of her nose over the sting. After about 10 seconds she quit struggling and crying and settled into my arms. So, good for critter's poo poos too!
That is so great!
Good to know! Thanks for sharing
I use poo poo for cat poop. Is that what you mean? If so, tell me about it. I have befriended a bunch of cats and they thank me for feeding them by pooping in my garden. Can this herb stop this?
When I work in the yard or sitting, I Pick a leaf and crunch it up and rub it on my neck , face, wrist, ankles and it keeps the bugs away. Bug repellent! I eat it., can eat raw or cook like any green or with other greens. Dried seeds can be used like sesame or poppy seeds, in salads, baking bread on top.
Yesss GOD bless for yet another magical plant!🙏🏼🙏🏼
I use it mainly in a salve. Where l add a little peppermint in for the freshness.
I use it daily on my hands and face and l was flabbergasted to see that my age spots have disappeared😳😳
And yes, any skin issue gets my Plantain salve.
But l will start using it in my food too as a dried herb and l'll make the oil too!
I just LOVE Plantain!❤❤
Hi Heidi. I've had arthritis all my life and been using plantain salve for the last 2 years. What a difference its made! Even tho my knee, I only have 1 knee now, the other one is fused straight. I put it on my knee and within 20 minutes my arthritis pain is gone and I can take care of my husband for nearly the whole day! I also use it for my hands and elbows and I haven't been disappointed!
Thank you for sharing this Christine!
What form do yo uh use, salve or poultice?
@@donnadavis453 I use the salve with just plantain and coconut oil
Hi Christine. See if you can find a naturopathic doctor who knows about herbs and nutrients. I’ve had good luck with NAC as a supplement. There are a hundred videos on UA-cam about it by doctors so I won’t blather on about it.
I got rid of GMO corn- in so many products- and that has helped.
I know the battle. Best wishes to you.
I LOVE that you did this video. I’ve made the salve for years. Calendula also. One example - my sons husky had a wart between his shoulder blades. One of those cauliflower looking ones. The vet checked him and rallied up cost of removal 😳 $929$ 😳 He came up to visit and told me this so I got out the salve and put it on the wart, Friday night- couple times on Saturday and once Sunday before he left to go back home. I gave him a tin of the salve but he remembered only Monday to apply it SO he was doing that and the wart fell completely off. 👍. Awesome stuff 👍. The Indians said that for every ailment known to mankind the Creator had put cures on the earth too. So much got lost over all the years unfortunately- I was a late life baby, so my parents being older- I learned A LOT!! From flower beds to veggie gardens and the plants and such for healing ( mom had a medicinal bed ) tucked out back so kids wouldn’t pick bouquets for their mom 😁😄
That is great but good grief, $929?! Vets and doctors alike know how to scam people out of their money for treatments that should be simple and inexpensive!
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God provides if we are willing to listen & see. Another great video Heidi.
I had no idea that the weed growing in my driveway was a wonder plant! Thank you, for the information.
I have planted this all over the garden, I blend 8 or so large leaves in a green smoothie with other vegs AND I slice shreds of large but tender leaves into my home-made Kraut. I love the pop of green through it and know the nutrition boost is WIN_WIN!
Thanks for sharing. I am presently transforming my very large yard into a veg garden and I think that growing medicinals like plantain would be a good idea to plant in the yard.
Made a lovely salad last night out of celery, plantain, chives, a touch of green onion, a lil self heal, a few kale leaves! I was prepared for it to not taste thar good! OH MY, IT WAS DELICIOUS ❤ My son better quit mowing mine down!!!
I am terribly allergic to mosquito and noseeum bites. I tried every itch relief claim there was and still scratched until it bled.. Plantain really works for me, bless you Heidi for sharing your knowledge!
I am watching to learn. I just rescued two of these plants from a driveway. 😊
I've been gathering this all summer, and am just beginning to discover the uses! I'm gonna use the powdered leaves in a salve or lotion and send it to my daughter. She has psoriasis, and her hands are broken out seriously bad because of the use of hand sanitizer and hand washing. If you gather up enough seeds, you can use it as a flour substitute also. I'm slowly collecting them to use at some point. The younger leaves are a lot easier to deal with raw because they're still tender. An easy way to identify it, is if you look at the stalks, at the base they are purple. Plus if you find one, you might as well just have a seat, because they'll be all around you. I am having so much fun learning the uses of the plants we think are just a nuisance! Thanks for the video Heidi, I love watching and learning along with you and the community. Blessings for all y'all.
The seeds... Are an AMAZING gut healer!! My grandsons suffers from gut bleeds. Sometimes so bad they had to pump his stomach for a wk in icu. Nothing they gave worked. But. Plantain seeds are a powerhouse! I heat some (very small amount maybe 1/4 of a cup) water to a boil then a add a teasspoon or so of seeds. And the wonder happens, it makes a gel. I give that to him orally and it stops the pain and the bleeds 1:54
I also supplement the diet of my chickens and rabbits with Plantains. They love them!
As do I along with other herbs as mentioned in this video: ua-cam.com/video/Soq3Z11Qq4I/v-deo.html
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Plantain is a wonderful and beneficial herb. You covered a lot about its properties and why people should pay attention to natural remediess - in very simple and understandable language. Keep teaching, it's getting too expensive, to live, out here
Nature is truly abundant in the ways in which it assists us in our survival.
A year ago, I made a salve, using plantain and other herbs, and use it on all kinds of minor cuts and stings.
I already have close to a gallon jar of dehydrated plantain that I like to add to my herbal teas.
Glad to see people teaching sharing learning this
Great video and information!
One way I use it is I pick the seed pods off of the narrow leaf plantain (which is super easy to do) And then dehydrate them and put them into a blender... which makes a fiber rich flower that I put in just about everything! 🤠
This is the 1st year I've done anything with the pods or seeds. I cook eith the fresh or flowering pods
Not many seeds but going to grind up and just add to things. Do they act as a thickening agent at all?
I have made a salve with Plantain and Sage for 30 years. We were at a zoo and my son and I got a bee sting. We looked for plantain and found some growing at the zoo so we applied it to the sting. In about 15 minutes, it was completely gone - no redness. Thanks for all of your videos.
My husband was bit by a brown recluse years ago and we put a plantain poultice on the bite asap, which worked amazingly. He had no issues from the bite at all.
Heidi this video is spot on!! We love using plantain for all the reasons you mentioned but I absolutely love it most because it healed my severe acid reflux. It’s amazing how this simple little herb can be so powerful and I’m a walking testimony to its healing powers. Hands down my favorite herb because it probably saved my life. I thank the good Lord above for guiding me to this wonderful little herb. Thank you for sharing and God bless❤️
I am now suffering from acid reflux. Can you tell me how you used it? How much etc.
How did you use it to treat acid reflux?
@@karidebrock6717 I made a tea😀
Little Country Cabin, just came across your post on Heidi from rain Country re: plantain healing your severe acid reflux. Could you tell me how you used the plantain. I am dealing with same for close to 20yrs. Seems upper esophageal and lower esophageal sphincters are both damaged. Conventional med solution is to continue PPI's indefinately. Thank you, Dody
How did you use it. Same severe problem.
Got nipped by pruners once, and a grass cut (like a paper cut)...both bled like crazy. Wrapped a plantain leaf around it and it not only stopped the bleeding but both healed remarkably fast. Never thought to use on a sting, thanks for that tip.
Wow 😮 we called it in my region is Wild Spinach.
Hi Heidi I have used the plantain on my thumb I mashed my thumb in between two bricks while I was working in my garden and that pain was terrible it was burning and throbbing and I chewed up some of the plantain and put it on my thumb and wrapped it up and the pain went away really quick. I have both types of plantain in my yard and I have used the dandelion I made dandelion coffee and used the roots before thanks again for sharing this video.
I really love that people are sharing their various stories at how well it worked from them for different types of wounds, that is so great!
Hello from the UK. Great video. I blend plantain in distilled water. Currently I have a very bad Chest Infection. I ran out of Plantain on Sunday and my health has got worse. Thankfully the Plantain arrived Thursday so I am hoping it will cure this nasty lung infection. I'm just drinking it day and night with distilled water and ice.
Do you drink the plantain decoction with distilled water or boiled the leaves first?
The no see ums and mosquitoes were so terrible this summer and I had two hard lumps on my neck and face that hurt and itched so bad so I chewed a plantain leaf just to crush the leaf and release the mucilage , then I tore it in half and stuck the leaves on each of the bugbites . The relief was instant and lasted for two hours . Better than store bought remedies by far and the mucilage keeps it stuck to your skin . Amazing !!!!!
I use Plantain two different ways. I make a Plantain salve. I also make oatmeal soap, and add Plantain to my recipe. Both sell great!!
You are good. Thank you. I have taught kids to recognize plantain and use it for stings. It empowers kids to know how to handle a fairly common thing like a yellowjacket sting. Next thing you know, that kid is showing another kid too. right on.
I just moved out of the city to 7 acres and know it's growing here. I canwait to start making some of these products. Thank you for all this valuable information and help.
some Indonesians call this plant a spoon leaf, some call it plantain, this wild plant really has many health benefits, thank you friends for sharing this very useful information
One of my absolute favourites and probably the my go do to stop bleeding, great with tea tree in my herbal first aid for our Australian bush walks.
Yes I also have used on wasp sting I was amazed how well it worked
Wow didn’t know of these benefits. I put it in my salads
Great info! I learned about plantain at a powwow when I was stung years ago and a little kid picked it up and showed me how to chew and apply it. :)
Great tutorial ... many thanks.
I made a strong tea with plantain, and used the cool tea on my right arm, while using an aloe Vera lotion on my left arm after a long day of fishing where I got good and burned. I believe my right arm recovered faster and less itchy.
I found a bunch of this in my friends yard while we were visiting. Mosquitos love me so before long I had been bitten several times. I picked a handful of plantain, scrunched it up in my hand and rubbed it on my bites. Not only did it stop the itch but no more mosquitos biting me! I picked a ton of it and took it home and made both a bug repellent spray and an anti-itch oil. This stuff is great!
@K Barnes Mimi said she rubbed the fresh leaves on her arm.
If I want a spray mosq repellent made of Plantain, I would throw the leaves into a blender with Vodka or Everclear, let it sit and tincture for awhile, then strain the liquid off and put it into a jar or spray bottle.
There are prob at least 25 or so ways to do it. Others may have different ways, but this is what I would do.
God Bless us all
How do you make the repellant? Those little burgers love me! I have tried alot of different repellants herbal and otherwise and mosquitoes around my area seem to be immune to it all..somethings work some or a little or for a short period of time then stop working on them..even spraying area I am working in with a natural repellent seems to do the same thing even if done repeatedly.. sometimes I think my neighbors might look at me and think this old lady has lost when the see me working in the yard with blades if sweet grass or lemongrass pinned to my clothes and my hat ..I have tromped in, knelt down in and pulled with my gloves hands in my excess garlic and have stunk of garlic head to toe ( garlic is one of recommend natural things mosquitoes do not like smell of and will repel them,) only to starting right after in another area to have them attack even biting me through the garlic sting gloves I am wearing..so hoping maybe what you mentioned my work or at the least give me something to rotate in with rest of the things
I love to eat the shoots/seed stalks. I pinch them off when they're young and tender, I only use the ones that are easy to pinch. I eat them raw or rolled around in a pan with a little butter until the color starts to brown......delicious!
I'm wanting to make some salve of plantain and yarrow to give as gifts for Christmas this year.
Heidi have you ever worked with the shrub "Wax Myrtle"? Also called the Candle shrub. You can boil the dried berries to get wax out of them. I think it's the dried berries, or I hope so cause I want to try it and that's the state they're all in now. Lol.
I have not tried cooking them like that yet but that does certainly sound good!
We didn't have any growing here, so we went and got some and are getting it going in a container near our violet propagation area. Plantain's ability to accelerate healing is enough to make one believe in magic.
Believe rather in the awesome beautiful creator of the creation. 🙏💜Peace
@@balanceskateboarding8807 Who did you imagine made the plantain?
I have made the tincture for coughs, dry throat. I have never made the salve. Thanks for this information!
Learned so much more about a plant I've been using for over 50 years to stop bleeding. Never failed me. Often taped the poultice in place. Found out saliva contains an enzyme that promotes healing as well. Stops nettle stings also. Most delicious lightly steamed with lemon and butter or oil.
Forgot to say thanks Heidi for all the wonderful information you've given us. Best to you.
Got my plantain seed from you, so anxious to get them going in the spring, thanks for sharing all the awesome uses for it, blessings
Greetings. I have found you not long ago.
You said you don't put plantain in your mixed greens anymore. Why not? Thanks for the time you take to make the videos! Blessings
Because I have plenty of other good greens in that blend and I like saving the plantain for skin cream and healing salves. I can still take some out and add it to foods or teas if I want, I just prefer to keep it separate
I am so excited.
I was weeding my herb garden and was pulling a ton of swamp cud and lo and behold, I paused and noticed that this "weed" was different.
I used my leaf snap app and it came up as plantain!
Yeah, I remembered this video and saw that although a lot smaller it definitely looked the same as your pictures.
I will be digging it up and transplanting it somewhere else, but this find just saved me a bit of cash in seed as well as medicine.
I make a salve and also use as a tea. A very good herb! Also, I have lightly burned my hand twice and put the salve on and it took the burn out.
I make tea and love it. It cures my sore throat.
Great topic! I use it for wound healing, part of my oil infusion for black sav, and for a itch sav. Works great for bug bites
Love your videos. I used plantain when my baby son (who had teeth) had bitten me while nursing...the midwife gave me a cream but it was not really helping the wound so I went out to the garden saw a big plantain leaf bruised it up and heated it put it on my nipple all day and another overnight & voila! it was healed!
Amazing!
I never thought about dehydrating it . I am doing that today !
Wow! I’m so glad I saw your video. I saw several of these in my garden and thought they were some type of invasive weed so I pulled a bunch of them to throw away. Thought I better get them before they get too big. Now I hope they come back😢
I make the salve for stings, bites and other skin issues but I will start using it in my soups and salads, thanks🙏🕊🙏
we grow both Broadleaf and narrowleaf plantain all over my backyard (aka wild herb garden)I made a half-gallon of olive oil infused for salve, and I will harvest again soon for greens mix :)
Rain country: thank you very much for this video. He had another awesome video that I really enjoyed. It’s getting late in the year, and so I just realized that I didn’t have any harvested so I came to check out what you had to say about it.
Because you asked what we do with it, what I usually do is wait until I actually have a problem, like a cut or a bite, and then I just select some doc, plantain, and yarrow from the yard together and make a mastication poultice.
The reason for which I use those three, are that they are the three that I learned together, so even though I can pretty much always remember that yarrow is excellent for starting bleeding, I’m not always so smart to remember which ones are best for what kind of pain, so I just usually grab a leaf of each and press it into service, since pretty much every lawn, meadow, and roadside have them in abundance in my area.
This year is different, however. This year I’m dehydrating the herbed have on hand around, and a little bit in a while in my little emergency preparedness tin in my bag.My very first tincture of Yarrow from dehydrated plant matter is sitting on my shelf now. I
am very grateful for the information that you provide, Especially while supply is still a bit of a mess. Thank you very much.
I haven't read through all the comments yet so I don't know if these things have been mentioned.
I use the young leaves for fresh eating (salads etc.), and the big older leaves for medical uses. I like the fresh young seed pods for veggies (salads or cooked like asparagus etc). The older dried seeds can be cooked into hot cereal etc.
You can also boil up some plantain as a wash not only for bug bites, and poison ivy, but also to wash yourself if you're out camping (or stranded) and don't have any or enough soap.
I used it to help a friend with kind of an allergic reaction to several bug bites while we were camping once. I boiled the leaves in my tea kettle and used those as a poltice for the bites and used the water as a hair rinse to help where she was bitten on the scalp.
My daughter called and told me that she had a very bad cold and was going through otc meds like crazy but they weren't working. She lived a couple hours away so I told her I'd be there in the morning. I made a tea with plantain (anti everything), dandelion (antiinflammatory, fever reducing) and white clover (to rebuild after being sick). I steeped a cup for 15 minutes for her when I got there. She drank it and called the next morning to tell me she's never using otc cold meds again so I better stay stocked in case she needs it. Haha
Plants are usually so very beneficial...
Thank you for your videos. I really do enjoy them.
Me too, that’s an excellent story and I’m super happy it worked. That’s something I’m gonna try. Perhaps your daughter needs to think about she needs to be well stocked up in case she needs it. You’ve stocked up enough to do you and her in a pinch, but perhaps it’s time for her to learn some skills that she can also pass on.❤️
@@daphneraven6745 oh we've had that discussion. She asks what's in it (tea, tincture, salve, etc....), hoping to remember for just in case. She's also asked that I make her a notebook with pictures (drawn or taken), and information for where, when, why, and how.
There was a time that one of her friends needed help, so she shared one of my tinctures. They have another friend who makes tinctures as well as sells them. He told her that my tincture didn't smell great and tasted terrible, but actually worked very well, whereas their friend's tinctures always smell and taste great, but don't work as described. I laughed and told her medicine isn't supposed to taste good.
It's a good idea to take notes, and try to keep track of what does, and doesn't work for each of us.
@@daphneraven6745 you didn't ask me any questions or I would have answered them as best I could. I was just sharing a couple stories. What are you asking me?
@@MeToo-rp6ny : I’m sorry. I asked somebody for a recipe and got wires crossed. You’re not the person that I asked. I’ve removed my comment
@@daphneraven6745 I hope you get your recipe.
I stumbled across your Chanel on black berry leaves love what your teaching. Thank you so much I’m now a subscriber.
Heidi, I have plantain growing in my yard. I've been harvesting it for years now. I use it fresh or dried on salads and in smoothies. Also, I have infused the plantain with oil and add it to coconut oil and rose infusion for my skin. It's wonderful! I'll certainly be trying some of the uses of which you speak.💚💚
I got a package of seeds from you, can't wait to plant them! I'll be watching this again when I get a (hopefully large) harvest. Shalom!
My tortoise 🐢 loves this and can eat each day
He can eat dandelions too but not every day flowers and leafs
Good ideas
Thanks again
I just received my health plantain today & planted them . Thank you for the educational video
Just harvested this awesome plant❤
Hi Heidi, love your videos. Here in central California I let (lanceleaf) plantain grow around our garden unless it gets in the way of other valuable plants. I use it for a poultice to heal skin and a drawing poultice to get things that are stuck in the skin to come out. Once or twice a year I blend a bunch of leaves with a tiny bit of water and freeze it in ice cubes. When I use a defrosted one, if it's for healing, I use it plain or mixed with mashed calendula petals. If it's for drawing, I mix it with Bentonite clay.
Now I'll try using it for bug bites and eating it.
The way you freeze it is an incredible idea!
I need it in winter to make tea to clear lung issues and coughs
Greetings. Thanks for your service to humanity. I use plantain for bee stings, in my green smoothie and for a tea. I've made an olive oil infusion and about to dehydrate for winter addition to meals. It's wonderful stuff and I am passionate about learning as much as possible to develop my own apothecary
Plantain recipes
Thank you, Heidi. Don’t you find it interesting discovering the many beneficial uses of the “weeds” around us? 😃
I love it! By the way, I forgot to send the paper instructions with your order so I messaged them to you via Etsy. New product so I forgot to send them with the few others that sold before yours!
Creator's pharmacy.🙂
@@RainCountryHomestead Thank you. I did receive the etsy message. I’m sorry, I’m just slow to reply. I kept nodding off in my chair last night before bedtime. 🥱😆
@@rhondawelker6742 No worries, just wanted to make sure. Last night was one of those nights I kept busy until I went to bed but on those nights I decide I need to rest, yep, I start nodding off at 8 pm! haha
I didn’t till my garden thus year and I have an abundance plantain growing. I will be harvest and dehydrating today to make salves. Great info
I remember when I was young, about 8 or so getting stung by a bee and daddy did the same thing...chewed up a piece of plantain and put it on my foot...we never wore shoes outside so bee stings happened all the time with us kids...I have never thought about adding it to food though...😍
الله يوفقكم ويسعدكم يارب شكراً شكراً شكراً
Thank you!
I was stung by a yellow jacket and had red about plantain, so I tried it and it worked great. I taught my grandchildren, who do a lot of out door activities, to identify it and use it if needed, I may try the salve recipe you linked here.
Plantain, Comfrey, and Stinging Nettle love to spread in your yard!
Yep and thankfully all have powerful healing properties.
I first learned about plantain this year and identified it in my yard. I have some dried with other herbs in a jar😃 Very useful plant. Thank you for the tips and information on plantain.
Plantain is so great. We use it in a bath or poultice for poison ivy. Super helpful!
👍 Danke fürs Hochladen!
👍 Thanks for uploading!
👍 Very good and beautiful, thank you!
👍 Sehr gut und schön, danke!
Thank You Mrs Heidi... You've been a Blessing to me 🙏🙏💯. I have learned SO MUCH from your videos. Everyone stay safe and God Bless you and your family from middle GA 🙏 Kendra
Greetings from Sharps Chapel Tennessee! My place is covered with both varieties. Red Dock , yellow dock. Have a great day!!!
Thank you so much, for all this great information, another great video. Have a blessed evening
Years ago when I was pregnant I had a horrible case of poison ivy and couldn’t use any Rx because of the pregnancy. A friend crushed plantain and put it on my poison. I could actually feel it draw the poison out. The next day the poison was all dried up.
Last year I was stung by a bumble bea. I had read plantain would work. Sure enough immediately
Jewelweed is amazing for poison ivy as well, but it has to be used fresh. You can however boil/simmer it and put in ice cube trays for later use or make a salve.
Word great poultice have it on my poison ivy currently 💜🙏💚
Have infused oil making my Salve love me some salve Working on Comfrey salve too Almost out of bot ❤❤❤❤❤love U guyss
Great video! Thank you!
Hi I'm from st.lucia and i use these leaves for tea it's very good
Informative
Thanks, good video, tips.
This simple little plant has so many uses. I have some simply growing wild and I let them run wherever they choose in my little backyard. I really like the information about making a salve. I'll try that.
Great information,Thank you!
I've been using plantain on mosquito bites since my mom read about it back in the late 70s. I didn't chew it, but I'd fold the leaves and rub them on the sidewalk to pulp them up and then put it on the bites, which would take the itch out of them instantly.
Ugh!! I just picked one out of my lawn yesterday!! Shouldve watched this vid two days ago!!
Excellent information! I already liked plantain. Now I like it even more! Thanks!