What's Plantain Good For!? ID and Uses for Plantain

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    Common Plantain or Broadleaf Plantain - Plantago major
    Also sometimes called broad-leaved plantain
    Plantain is a plant that can easily be overlooked. It's not a very flashy looking plant, but it has a lot if edible and medicinal uses. Plantain is often found in disturbed soils and can be found throughout most of the world. Plantain doesn't have any bright or flashy flowers and grows low to the ground, so this might be part of why it's often overlooked.
    Plantain, both common plantain and narrowleaf plantain, have qualities that include being cooling, demulcent, anti-inflammatory, astringent, anti-microbial, alterative, expectorant, and vulnerary. Broadleaf or common plantain and narrowleaf plantain can be used interchangeably.
    Plantain Identification
    Plantain is a perennial herb with a fibrous root system. The leaves grow low to the ground in a basal rosette with leaves that are elliptic to egg-shaped with prominent parallel veins. The edges of the leaves can be smooth or undulating/wavy and are 3 to 30 cm long. The flower spikes of plantain can be up to 60 cm long with small inconspicuous flowers. The seed capsules are brown when mature.
    Edible Uses for Plantain
    Plantain leaves are edible raw or cooked and are a good source of vitamins A, C, K, and potassium. The seeds can be dried and ground into a meal and used as a flour substitute.
    Medicinal Uses for Plantain
    The overall effect of plantain can be described as cooling and useful to counteract hot conditions like redness, swelling, and inflammation. Topically the leaves can be used to treat insect bites, stings, cuts, scrapes, burns, blisters, poison ivy, snake bites, stinging nettle and more. You can use the leaves as a spit poultice for emergency first aid.
    The leaves of plantain contain allantoin which promotes healing skin and tannin which helps to draw tissues together.
    Plantain leaf tea has been used to treat all kinds of respiratory ailments such as coughs, sore throats, bronchitis, and laryngitis. Plantain has also been used for gastrointestinal issues. Teas or tinctures have been used to relieve issues such as diarrhea, irritable bowel syndrome, leaky gut, and for healing bleeding mucous membranes.
    Plantain seeds, which are mucilaginous, have been used to help relieve constipation. If they are used, they should be used with a lot of water because they expand and absorb a lot of water.
    *Caution - Although plantain is generally considered a safe plant to use, they draw heavy metals from the soil. Please be cautious about where you are harvesting plantain!
    Please consume wild plants at your own risk! Consult multiple reliable sources before consuming any wild plants! This video is for information and entertainment only!
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    References
    De La Foret; Han, Emily. Wild Remedies: How to Froage Healing Foods and Craft Your Own Herbal Medicine. Hay House, Inc. 2020.
    Gray, Beverley. The Boreal Herbal: Wild Food and Medicine Plants of the North. Aroma Borealis Press. 2011.
    Kloos, Scott. Pacific Northwest Medicinal Plants. Timber Press, Inc. 2017
    MacKinnon, A. Edible and Medicinal Plants of Canada. Lone Pine Media Productions (BC) Ltd. 2014.
    Walker, Sandra. The Path to Wild Food: Edible Plants & Recipes for Canada. Lone Pine Publishing. 2022.
    Wiles, Briana. Mountain States Medicinal Plants. Timber Press Inc. 2018.
    Young, Devon. The Backyard Herbal Apothecary: Effective Medicinal Remedies Using Commonly Found Herbs & Plants. Page Street Publishing. 2019.
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  • @OkanaganGardenerandForager
    @OkanaganGardenerandForager  10 месяцев назад +4

    Here's a full-length video with a lot more info about plantain!
    ruclips.net/video/cIpqoFMiOOw/видео.htmlsi=54TUWQVNXNEH_omk

  • @user-zy3ci4ky2r
    @user-zy3ci4ky2r 10 месяцев назад +10

    I've gotten stung ,mashed some of this up, and placed it on the sting. pain and swelling GONE !

    • @OkanaganGardenerandForager
      @OkanaganGardenerandForager  10 месяцев назад +3

      Yes, I've seen it work like this, too. It's a really incredible plant!

    • @susantradewinds8425
      @susantradewinds8425 Месяц назад +1

      How long does it take to work?

    • @user-zy3ci4ky2r
      @user-zy3ci4ky2r Месяц назад

      @@susantradewinds8425 Anywhere between instantly,and a minute.
      Varies in how mashed up ,and the sting.
      Before, I'd get stung ,and felt it for days.

  • @ScottWConvid19
    @ScottWConvid19 10 месяцев назад +9

    The seed casings have a substantial amount of selenium. The plant is rich in tannins as it ages, so boiling the leaves is recommended if you plan to eat a lot.
    This is my goto herb for first aid, as it was for mankind for thousands of years

  • @idrk...
    @idrk... 10 месяцев назад +7

    I'm disappointed in your subscribers you have many views and subscribers but barely any comments and likes you deserve more

  • @PreppingWithSarge
    @PreppingWithSarge 9 месяцев назад +3

    This is an important one!

  • @Cindyplease
    @Cindyplease 12 дней назад

    I love this plant

  • @CookinCatWithMesoMatt
    @CookinCatWithMesoMatt 3 месяца назад +2

    Thanks! I have a bunch of these in a few spots in my back yard.

  • @beatcat1265
    @beatcat1265 16 дней назад

    I have one of these in my garden! I didn't know what it was til now but I've left it and been watering it when I water everything else! So cool!

  • @paulaclark7989
    @paulaclark7989 2 месяца назад +1

    I pulled a few from the yard and planted IN my garden space. Great herb!

  • @LaMarquiseDeparis
    @LaMarquiseDeparis 4 месяца назад +2

    Great informations about a plant we « know without …knowing »… 👍🏻😊

  • @frankmattsson4293
    @frankmattsson4293 10 месяцев назад +2

    Great for blisters

  • @kickapootrackers7255
    @kickapootrackers7255 5 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks 🤝

  • @debraschwicht9741
    @debraschwicht9741 2 месяца назад +2

    Going out to harvest some of mine-narrow leaf, tho- right now! Thanks

  • @jimmiewd
    @jimmiewd 7 дней назад

    This is a health plant in Medieval Dynasty. It's pretty cool how the devs use actual plants from real world for their games. Shout out to how well gaming developers research and incorporate facts that help educate gamers playing their games just to help make them feel more real for the benefit of the gamer. ❤

  • @heidimisfeldt5685
    @heidimisfeldt5685 5 дней назад

    Both plantain leafes, and dandilion greens are great in a fresh salad, as well as sautéed with sliced onions, in either bacon grease or olive oil. Serve over white rice, in warm tortillas, or a large sandwich with a slice of good cheese. Delicious every time.😊❤

  • @eleanorerosanova7538
    @eleanorerosanova7538 Месяц назад

    Thank you ❤

  • @309582
    @309582 10 месяцев назад +1

    Really a nice style video!

  • @kaydensolano1323
    @kaydensolano1323 10 месяцев назад +3

    Gonna see if I can find some

  • @nonoyobizness9090
    @nonoyobizness9090 13 дней назад +1

    Waybroad... One of the sacred plants of Odin.

  • @earthangel8730
    @earthangel8730 2 месяца назад +3

    Plantain is a much more helpful plant than tomatoes.

  • @annebird9195
    @annebird9195 2 месяца назад +2

    Whoah bro! I've been using plantain my whole life and never seen a leaf longer than my fingers! How?!

  • @marshax376
    @marshax376 17 дней назад

    What portion would I harvest from plantains to make a balm for our darn big bites?

  • @libertybellemedia7165
    @libertybellemedia7165 Месяц назад +1

    Good for toothache or tooth infection

  • @MichiganDaisy-1111
    @MichiganDaisy-1111 Месяц назад +1

    Long story short those plants everyone calls "weeds" are actually better for you than the tomatoes themselves 😅

  • @309582
    @309582 10 месяцев назад +1

    Very Nice. Where is your info coming from?

    • @OkanaganGardenerandForager
      @OkanaganGardenerandForager  3 месяца назад +1

      If you look in the description of the video, I listed the books I referred to before I made the video. I hope that helps!

  • @notmyrealname5865
    @notmyrealname5865 10 месяцев назад

    He ate a baby!