Plantain Salve - How to make it, and why you'd want to
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- Опубликовано: 11 июн 2020
- This plantain salve recipe is so easy to make and a great introduction to the fascinating world of homemade herbal products. Use it on the whole family, for bites, stings and other skin irritations.
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Tallow actually has no bad odor and is gold dust for the skin, it's very rarely an irritant and our bodies absorb so many vitamins and minerals from it including tones of vitamin D. It's definitely not a vegan option, but if you are interested in looking after the environment and reducing waste, tallow rendered from what could be just thrown in the bin, from local cattle is a fantastic option for soap and skincare
I was introduced to plantain in 3rd grade by this wonderful teacher who taught us to how to use it to heal nettle rashes and burns. She taught us everything flowers and plants, and beautiful traditional French songs. I’m 39 now and everything stayed with me. A good teacher goes a long way
Great for bug bites too!
Wow - she does sound like she was a wonderful teacher. You were so lucky to have had her as a guide who taught you things you have remembered to this day.
Miss you resemble my aunt Maryjane 😮. She also knew herb's 😊
How right you are about teachers.
Betty Jones, I remember you.
Yes, a good teacher will touch your heart and stay forever in your soul. They are priceless to a young child and should be paid so much more money! Unfortunately, very few people are "true teachers" like the one you talk about here! I also had 1 real teacher, he was my 4th grade teacher
i was always taught (from many sources including my native american grandmother & g-grandmother) to never harvest more than 1/3 of any herbs, mushrooms or fruits collected wild. if we are too greedy there wont be as many next year, if any.
I always select the bug eaten and torn leaves, as it costs the plant more energy to repair than to replace them, so it is symbiotic- and am sure to thank them. They are good friends, and I feel the medicine is better when freely given than ripped from the giver by force, without gratitude. ETA they are also the most potent source of the alkaloids, the plant sends its resources to defend an assault, and that is where they are most concentrated- one requires less plant material for the same amount of drug.
Very wise grandparents. Wish more people would heed this.
@@voluntaryismistheanswer excellent info, we like to ask, pick responsible & leave a little gift of natural fertilizer and or water.
@@katzwhite5962 i also wish more would show nature respect - many seem to want to kill it all off yet without it we would die.
I never even thought about the ecosystem, glad I am learning about this at the start and not years down the road!
You can also make a spit poultice with plantain. Chew it in your mouth until it’s soft then put it on any sting bite or skin irritation. Works great!
great video! Im a herbalist and have been researching plant medicine for a long time. I have been making a variety of salves with broadleaf and narrow leaf plantain for a number of years and most of your techniques are the same as mine :) .The main thing I do differently is washing the leaves. I make a lot of it so it isn't practical for me to hand wipe each leaf or I would do it same as you. What I do is rinse them all and them put them through a salad spinner to remove any moisture. Thanks for posting :)
I do the same
Sames ❤
Go pick after it rains is my route lol😅
I tore open my ankle on a thick bramble last summer and it bled copiously. I remember reading about plantain being used by soldiers to treat wounds. I gathered a handful of ribwort plantain leaves and pressed them on the wound and after about two minutes it had stopped bleeding completely. It seemed to take some of the pain away too.
Nothing like gifts from the earth,all of the healing is in the earth…if we only look and share…stay blessed beautiful lady..
I love Plantain grass.
We called it itchy weed when I was a child. Because it was the only thing that would relieve itching from bug bites or poison Ivy. We would gather the leaves and wet them with a little water or saliva, and then crush the leaves in our hands and rub the green juice on our bug bites. Of course when the lawn was cut it was gone, and then we didn't have any when we needed it.
saliva is best, from what I've read-- it helps to release the active compounds.
Tallow actually barely has a smell and blends so well and creamy with coconut oil! You can whip the two together with the calendula oil and boom… perfect whipped calendula butter!
Yup i love the smell of beef Tallow its so buttery
Just started using tallow. Rendered my first batch a few weeks ago. I’ve made soap, balm and whipped lotion with it and it’s lovely. Grass fed Tallow has amazing properties
@@Monica-mc8wi it is so lovely on the skin. I never learned to make whipped lotion sounds lovely. I also like lanolin which is banned now in mostbthings or at least nó longer used but it is also lovely and I don't dislike the smell. I love it on wool too.
@@Padraigp 😂😂 lanolin and wool is a perfect match. Not sure if that was an accident or not.
@@tiffles699 ? Lanolin comes from wool. Its not an accident any more than your scalp having sebum is an accident.
That was a beautiful video. Your red hair, purple coat, in the meadow, the music...stunning. I liked the care you show for all of nature. Beautiful work!
when I’m out hiking and get a bug bite, I find this plant and take a leaf and rub it hard to get the moisture from it and rub it into the bite. Never itches again and heals quickly! I’m going to definitely harvest some and make this salve! 💕 thanks for sharing!
I have always just chewed it up for poultice, I'm pretty hardcore lol
@@voluntaryismistheanswer Nothing wrong with that.
@@voluntaryismistheanswer I do that too haha
I put the leftover plantain after straining, into my food whether it’s a soup or just as a replacement or addition to my greens ie: spinach, kale green beans
It’s so beneficial for ailments!
I was just wondering about this? It sounds like it would be an awfully delicious pesto alternative don't you think?
@@coffeebeforemascara yes! I have made pesto with it and dandelion, amazing 😇
I'm blessed to have this herb growing wild in abundance around our homestead - I'll definitely be using this method to create salves for family and friends, when the plant is in full boom during the spring/summer.
Great video! I've never considered making a salve with this plant. I live in the American South where ribwort plantain (I think you guys call it English plantain) is actually considered an invasive species. Many years ago my grandfather showed me how effective it can be against skin irritations of all sorts. I just grab a leaf on the ground, chew it up a little (don't get the veiny part since it's bitter!) and hold it on a cut or burn or itching area. Sometimes I'll get a bandaid to hold it in place for a while. Great stuff!
This grows here in the Himalayas , in my backyard , I will definitely make a salve now , thank-you .
I have some beautiful grass fed tallow that I’ve rendered a few times in water so as to be pure white and scent free. It makes beautiful lotions. -K
We have plantain in abundance so make this every other year or so. I usually add rose oil for a pretty fragrance.
That's a wonderful idea
I've always left my herbs infusing in the oil for 72 hours in a pot of warm water or a month in the cupboard with a daily shake. I love the little tins you used. Nice idea for a Yule gift!
As children my brothers and I would use plantain to string mushrooms on to when we'd go gathering them, never knew their name! We'd pick quite a few plantain shoots and load them up. Ah fond memories
My x had a serious burn on her feet as a child. She was never suppose to walk again and her feet would be scarred They wrapped her feet in plantain , several times a day- you can’t find a trace of a scar. Just last year, she got a chemical burn on her face at work. We put plantain leaves on it, it healed quickly and no scars.
I find it easy to clean my stainless steel pot by sticking it in a warm oven and then wiping it clean with paper towels.
Oh my gosh, I watch one video, and now I am hooked! I'm an aspiring herbalist, and I've been wanting to make a plantain salve for what feels like years (and has actually been about six months). I'll try this recipe and see how it goes!
So how did it go?
Thanks for this video. I’m pretty sure that’s what I have growing behind my shed. I will investigate tomorrow and if so I’ll harvest some leaves.
Having checked they are indeed plantain but have largely disappeared I suspect for the winter. So that plan will go on the backburner unfortunately. 😵💫🤣
I'm watching this at 1.30am lying on sofa in Bristol. Very interesting. I use natural products, plants,oils etc . I will try and make this. Thank you for this video. 👍🏿
Wonderful! I have a ton of very verdant plantain growing in every semi-neglected nook in our garden. Now I will feel the joy of harvesting instead of the chore of weeding while working on our property.
Plantain grows where we garden so from now on I'll be harvesting all the plantain before we till the garden. ...I'm also going to be looking at what else might be growing out there that I can harvest before tilling. Thank you for this beautiful and useful video!
Nowadays, tallow, when its rendered properly has virtually no smell 🙂 thankfully!
And, its very close to our skins natural make up so its amazing for salves!! I use a double rendering process when I do my tallow and its great for both cooking and medicinal purposes 😉
Great video!! I enjoy seeing plant wisdom passed down from one herbalist to another. Such amazing wisdom and knowledge we've been given by our creator..
You reminded me I need to get a better dehydrator.
I love your music selection with your videos. Very soothing 💜
What about using anhydrous lanolin (raw wool-fat)? Then you wouldn't need the wax.
@@beaksofeagles I am playing with that idea when I make my lotion, I will try one with the beeswax and the other with lanolin to see how both the texture and smell does. I have yet to try lanolin but I've also heard that is great for the skin as well. I've never tried the lanolin in a salve though so that would be an interesting experiment!
@@TheWayWalker Lanolin is a fat, not a wax. Wool-classers are known for having the softest hands of all! Be sure to use "anhydrous lanolin" or "raw lanolin", otherwise it's full of emulsifiers and perfumes. It should be solid in the jar, and smell faintly like a fleece.
@@beaksofeagles I know it's a fat 🤣🤣. I am playing with fats and natural waxes in my lotions and salves to see how I like the texture of it with & without 😉 I have yet to use lanolin though so I am excited about it. I've had it just haven't used it. I am hoping someday that I can actually source my own if I like the smell and texture of it that is. I also want to raise lamb/sheep for consumption so it won't be a waste if I dislike using lanolin in my product. I did not know however about anhdryous lanolin vs ones with other product in it so thanks for that tid bit of knowledge that is very helpful 👍
I believe what I bought said organic but now I will have to double check on that.
Do you have a particular place you like sourcing your lanolin from?
I would be curious to know...
I made tallow last year to make pemmican. I will use some if it to make salves and candles.
I have just made this today from my foraged plantain and it has turned out perfect, smells absolutely beautiful, thank you for all of your lovely inspirational videos 🙏
I loved watching this. We recently bought a 10 acre plot of land and I can’t wait to plant some medicinal herbs like this. So exciting! Thank you for your content!
Plantain grows wild, it really likes water. Not soaked, but muddy areas.
Thank you! We use this medicinal plant, known as Laukahi, in Hawaii!
I dehydrate plants in my oven with just the oven light on - no heat. The light is warm enough to dry it. It will take several hours . I incubate my homemade yogurt this way also.
My wife rendered her 1st batch of Tallow a a month ago and gave it all away after she put some EO to scent it. Everyone loves it and the smell was very mild. If your Tallow is clean of any red or brown areas and it's the leaf fat (surrounds the kidneys not from meat) it has very little smell.
Tallow, which is rendered beef fat, does not have much odor at all. I use it in my salve, which is very healing.
I eat most of my plantain, along with dandelion leaves, chives, cleavers, mint, or whatever else is growing happily in my lawn. Raw, sautéed, mixed with whatever else I am cooking, and an ingredient in tea.
I freeze the greens as pesto for the winter: chopped leaves of plantain, dandelion, mint and whatever else edible greens you have around. Using a blender, I mince the lot with sea salt, olive oil, and either garlic scapes or garlic cloves. I form the mix into uses or balls, freeze them on a tray, and pop them in a plastic bag. I take one or to out to thaw in a bowl in the fridge and use whatever I need for scrambled eggs, soup, rice.... as I desire, over the next three days.
I also chew a few plantain leaves into a slimy pulp to put on a sting or bite and thereby draw out the poisons over twenty minutes.
Could you use chopped fresh leaves of the narrow leaf (I think broad leaf has a higher moisture content) to infuse into olive oil for a few weeks as your source instead of drying them? Your video is nicely paced for anyone to really see what the plant is and step by step how to process it. THANK YOU.
Hmm, no one answered you. I would like to know as well if raw leaves can be used. Guess I'll look it up : )
I use fresh broadleaf in my salve..just rinse it off let it dry then infuse it into your carrier oil
@@brandonritchey484 thanks
@@vickiegveg youre very welcome
Yes raw can be used, but wilt for a few hours first. Have some pricessing in oil in my cupboard now in a half gallon canning jar. Both Broad and Narrow Leaf are used. Some prefer dried.
IT WORKS GREAT. USED THE STRAIGHT UP PLANT AND INSTANTLY HELPED BEE STING AND OTHER ISSUES
Smashed leaves and seedlings into a paste with hand sanitizer and made a paste
I tell people plantain is my first love of weeds. If I had known how wonderful it was for itching, I would have looked like I was molding my whole childhood 🤣 My lastest love and I say latest because who knows what I will discover later, is spilanthes/tooth ache plant. It is everything every video and book has ever said and MORE. I'm located in Western Kentucky USA and it took me a couple of failures before I learned how to get it to sprout, but it's very hardy and will reseed.
How do you use it and for what? I am in KY too.
@@nellyshopova8235 How do I use which one, plantain or spilanthes?
What's your trick for getting Spilanthes to sprout?
@@beccagee5905 I put about 2 inches of rich dirt in large McDonald's milkshake cups. Poke holes in the bottom. Sprinkle the seeds and cover lightly with more dirt. Set the cups in about an inch of water and let it soak up from the bottom. Put the lids on the cup; around here the center of the lid is cut out. I set them in my sunny window sill. It takes several days for them to sprout. Keep the dirt moist from the bottom. Once they come up, you can water from the top. Never let them dry out and keep them in glaring sunlight from the window that would cook any other seeds. At about 2 inches high I pop the chunk of dirt out and plant it in a hole in a raised bed outside; don't try to separate the plants; they will flare out to the sides. Cover at night if it's going to get below 75 degrees and keep the dirt wet. Down south I hear they spread like weeds, but they sure don't in Western Kentucky.
My love herb for itching is neem, i use different herbs, i never itch
Thank you for bringing me back to plantaIn.😊
Thank you for a lovely video. You can also make a spit poultice with plantain. Chew a few leaves until it is soft and put it on any sting, bite or skin irritation. Works great.
Cover the wet chewed up plantain with a whole leave and tie with any natural grass tendril.
If you do what my family calls 'wash' tallow, you will be very pleasantly surprised at how lovely it is for salves.
Linda- pls share more on this🙏🏻
@@nobodynothing2594 If you have any kind of rendered fat, like you've cooked a beef bone to make soup and there is a thick layer of fat that you don't want in your soup. Let the broth chill and remove the chunk of tallow. Put the tallow in a saucepan with at least 4 or more times as much water as there is tallow! Sprinkle a little salt in it, maybe a teaspoon per half gallon of water. If it's really stinky fat you can also add a sprinkle of baking soda and a splash of vinegar. Bring the water and tallow to a bubbly simmer and simmer for about 5 minutes. Put it back in the fridge to chill. Next day, take the chunk of tallow off the water. Bits and pieces and some of the smell from the fat will settle out and stay in the water. If it's really stinky tallow or fat you may have to do this several times. If you have burned the fat, it's almost impossible to get all the smell and color out of it.
What about the Lard our local grocery store sells? Is that like tallo?
@@norafarmer6538 Lard will make a nice fat, but tallow comes from beef, sheep, deer etc.
@@norafarmer6538lard is what I prefer w 10% Bees wax ratio- simmer till fresh material till almost crisp. Olive oil is naturally very high in histamine. Avocado oil absorbs into the skin the best, but costly. I am surprised why she doesn't use fresh plant?
oh I use the broadleaf plantain, I didn't realize that was plantain too
the best Plantain is the broadleaf teaches the long gone Dr. Christopher & my teacher Master Herbalist Dr. Terry Willard but whatever is handy works just not as powerful perhaps.
Thanks, I have lots of plantain on my property. Thanks and take care.
When heating glass jars in a pan of water, don't place the jar directly on the bottom of the pan as this woman did. Whether preparing some salve or sterilising a jar for jam, etc, place a folded teatowel or old newspapers on the base of the pan and then the jars. Otherwise, you risk cracking the glass and making one hell of a mess.
Or round trellis round grill flat small cup in a larger pan
A can ring works great!
Great information, thank you so much!! I would suggest that the "oiled leaves" from this process CAN be put in your compost if you mix them with sawdust or woodshavings (2 parts sawdust to 1 part oiled leaves). The rodents can´t manage the sawdust/woodshavings and it will also absorb the odor that attracts them in the first place. Good luck!
Lamb tallow is especially healing, moisturizing and protective for the skin. It has been used by healers in the Adriatic region of Croatia, Montenegro, Dalmatia, Serbia, Greece etc for thousands of years.
I often chew up Plantain leaves and put them directly on a bee sting or wasp bite, secured with a bandaid. No swelling, and I'm allergic. Without Plantain, I have to get antibiotics for the extensive swelling. Recently it worked to irradicate hives, redness and swelling after I received the Pfizer Covid vaccine. Thank you for this informative and beautifully produced video about how to make the tincture and salve.
You might look into taking pine needle tea to help your immune system recover.
Love your enthusiasm!
Thank you. That was lovely.
I have made what my kids called boo-boo oil for 30 years. It was made from olive oil and plantago major. I have read plantago lanceolata is not as potent as plantago major but you can use both. I later started using coconut oil. My kids loved it and I use it on my grandchildren now. I even treated a brown recluse spider bite with it and no scar! It's amazing stuff!
I dry clothes in winter in a small hallway, on a clothes rack, with a dehumidifier. It also works very well for herbs and flowers on a wire tray. They dry in perfectly in a few days.
Oh thank you. You solved that problem for me. I don't need to buy a dehydrator now 😊
I use your recipe on all types of skin conditions, even on my dog. It truly works. Thank you for this very informative video! ♥️
Love the enthusiasm love the video. Thank You
What a beautiful spirit you have, Thank you for the knowledge
Love this salve. I always keep on hand. So easy to make.
Excited for Spring to arrive 😊 To start making this. Thx 🙏
I use yarrow in my salves as well as plantain. Powerful combo!
Do you use flowers or leaves of yarrow?
@@rawsunnata829 I use young leaves
Beautiful video, message and recepie. Thank you ❤
I just found your channel and I know one of the things I'll be making for stocking stuffers this Christmas. Thank you for sharing your knowledge in such a gentle and caring manner. Yours in Gratitude
BEAUTIFUL!
Not sure what I loved more, your hair, your kitchen or your wonderful salve recipe.... thank you so much!
Thank you for this most wonderful recipe
Thank you so much for this info . very well presentation and great video .
I had no idea that plant was plantain!!!! Wow! Thank you so much!
You're welcome!
Yes you get a thumbs up for all that work very nice and thanks for a link to your blog cheers Bob in the UK
This is excellent. Thanks
super duper wooper - I have become aware of plantain recently and been noticing all over. Super herb. Thank you
Thank you for sharing this.
Perfect! Love your hair. Thanks! 💓
Love your kitchen
I see so many herbs thank you for sharing your video
Excellent video, thanks so much! I have been a fan of this plant, the same long leaf version, ribwort you called it I think, and have always considered it a wonder plant, miracle plant if you like..and it is one of the few plants that is recommended to be stored in case of a survival situation due to it's many, many virtues...I'm in the south of France and it grows in absolute abundance here, so I'm the lucky one! I am still using the huge jar of plantain that I'd dried in the traditional way nearly 2 years ago. I have just invested in a (rec tangular 😉) dehydrating appliance, a German Klarstein 6 tray version. It's a wonderful way for me to consume the fruit that I don't eat enough of...but the intention was to dehydrate fruit and veggies for long term storage, you never know....but the electric dehydrator was also to dry the herbs that I like to keep on hand and to do it more thoroughly, faster and out of the dust etc...
I came across your video as a follow on from another one which was about the virtues of plantain for acid reflux, something I didn't know this plant was useful for...and as I seem to bebothered by this problem, I'm going to sip a cupful of infused leaves 2 - 3 x day and see what happens. The reason I've hesitated about actually consuming plantain i the past is due to its high vitamin K content, which is also the blood clotting vitamin...unfortunately for me, due to a vascular illness I have to take blood thinning medication which are anti vitamin K's! I'm going to play the sorcerer's apprentice and juggle with these two elements though in a sensible way...my doctor is always advised about the plants I use, just to be on the safe side...I hate taking chemical medicines as since young I've always fallen back on natural remedies. So, as a ladt couple of notes, contrary to what a lot of people believe, if herbs are dried and stored correctly, their shelf life is way longer than we have been led to believe so 2 years on the shelf is ok, if they look, smell and taste ok they're still good, although in time they will start to loose their potency...the other thing is that in need of stemming bleeding, easing insect bites or sunburn whilst out and about, plantain has to be either chewed to mix your saliva with or preferably spat on (depending where you are, you never know if dogs have used these long skender leaves as a peeing post!), as this unlocks the potent properties in the leaf of the plant. Sorry this was so long, but this plant really does merit knowing the most about! I have never tried your salve recipe, but I will be as it is a very practicle solution to have ready on hand in a backpack out hiking!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge, your amazing 💗
I've had great success with broad-leaf plantain poultices to heal an infected wound! What's that lovely tune playing?
I take care of a man who will be 104 on Wednesday (June 9). He loves to tell the story of his father, who had a serious infection in his thigh...his Dad went to the doctors, who told him he had gangrene, and the leg would have to be amputated. His father explained to the doctors that he had four young boys and a wife to support, and he wouldn’t be able to do that with one leg.. the doctors stressed the urgency of the situation and explained that he would die without the surgery, but his Dad refused and left the hospital. On his way home, he picked a bunch of plantain leaves, and when he arrived, he called all the boys and taught everyone how to make a plantain poultice...the wound began to heal and he was able to save his leg!! Needless to say, the man I take care of has taught me much about natural healing😊
@@beverlybullock2578 That is a great story, but I think I will use the plantain before a wound gets a serious infection and prevent gangrene. Just my preference. Actually I use lavender on any cut, burn or abrasion. It’s the best thing to take the sting out of mosquito bites. I actually healed my thigh of cellulitis with tea tree after I foolishly scratched a bug bite with my garden gloved hands after digging in the dirt and didn’t think more about it until it got red and inflamed.
@@beverlybullock2578 it would be great if you could record him and post on RUclips. They’re trying to erase natural remedies and only promote pharmaceutic@l dr~gs or surgery.
I made this today !! Thank you for the recipe. I am making a Journal of Remedies from the wild things I can find.
I love your kitchen!!
Thanks for sharing that's a very useful skill to have.
Thank you so much for the beautiful video
Thank you .I will be making your easy recipie
This is a wonderful video ! Thank You !!!!
Thank You!
I have hundreds of plants in my backyard. I've been pulling some of them up and potting them in large buckets so they don't get mowed down when my lawn guys come.
You exude light. Thanks for gracing my day with your presence.
Great video, lovely music!
Thank you for sharing! Love the video ❤️❗
Gracias, muchas gracias!
Trying this just now. 😁
My mother made a plantain tonic for our yearly cases of poison ivy beginning in 1975. I still make it today. Our plantain looks a bit different.
How did she do this...do you know?
Thanks so much for sharing that!
awesome....so great
I definitely need to try this! Thank you.
Fab! Do let us know how you get on 😊
Thank you that was helpful
WONDERFUL! Exactly the type of Plantain that grows here:) I thought this type wasn’t as good for skin stuff as the fatter leaf version...
Excellent tips and sharings. I use a crockpot to cook up my concoctions. thanks for sharing. xo
Thank you for this, I'm an Aussie woman who is just starting a journey of learning about natural herbs and their health benefits that we can use. I'm not ready to make this salve yet, but will definitely look at doing it in the near future. ☺
btw. I just spoke to my sister in France who's picking up a 1969 VW camper soon. I shared your channel for tips and ideas!!
That bowl!!!! ❤
Lovely video Jane, I will take a look at the blog to grab the recipie. Thank you 🌞🧙
Loved this video! Always wanted to learn how to make salve and home remedies. Looking forward to more of these video gems 😊 thank u out for sharing
Ahh, thank you Kristina! I had so much fun putting this one together, I'm really pleased you enjoyed it 😊
I luv this! Thank u for sharing!
Wonderful ❤
Lovely!