Plantain - ID, Edible and Medicinal Uses, and More! Broadleaf and Narrowleaf Plantain

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  • Опубликовано: 31 янв 2025

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  • @OkanaganGardenerandForager
    @OkanaganGardenerandForager  Год назад +12

    Plantain topped my list of six plants to use to make an emergency/spit poultice. It's a super useful plant for first aid out in the field. If you'd like to see the other plants that made my list, check out this video.
    ruclips.net/video/SD7knmILePI/видео.htmlsi=m1oa1nn1KvqCOIJO

  • @lesliemiller2170
    @lesliemiller2170 9 месяцев назад +12

    Queen Anne's lace seeds were used as a contraceptive by Pioneer women. That is why you find them all over. Chicory was used as a coffee substitute during the war

  • @MyRamblingRose86
    @MyRamblingRose86 10 месяцев назад +25

    I have wild strawberries, plantain, wild garlic, and dandelions growing in my yard. I love finding out my garden is bigger than I thought

    • @OkanaganGardenerandForager
      @OkanaganGardenerandForager  10 месяцев назад +2

      Me too! Thanks!

    • @shawntailor5485
      @shawntailor5485 6 месяцев назад

      Our yard was always our garden slash medicine cabinet , great grandmother was an ojibou healer , yard and traplines were from Indiana to Canada.

  • @lesliemiller2170
    @lesliemiller2170 9 месяцев назад +8

    I have both kinds of plantain, dock , violets, dandelions and purple dead nettle. A veritable pharmacy in my back yard. Chicory and green Anne's lace in the front.

  • @ScottWConvid19
    @ScottWConvid19 Год назад +26

    This was one of the first herbs I learned about. It also is very effective at strengthening prostate health and healed my enlarged prostate. I gave it to a few other men that had prostate problems and it also healed theirs, with daily use between 2 weeks and 3 months depending on how long the issue has been a problem.
    One other thing that is noteworthy and may pose a danger, is that plantain is a thickener of blood, so if someone is taking blood thinners plantain can counter the effects and can cause issues

  • @PreppingWithSarge
    @PreppingWithSarge Год назад +7

    Plantain is such a great one for everyone to get familiar with! (And it’s many cousins)

  • @themama7624
    @themama7624 8 месяцев назад +17

    "I agree 100% with using it as insect bite remedy. I got stung on my eyelid, I picked a leaf, crushed it in my fingers and upt it on the sting for 10 minutes. Twenty minutes later, all redness was gone."

  • @johncrystalsullivan6344
    @johncrystalsullivan6344 Год назад +7

    Luv plantain! The seeds are also what they make psyllium husk out of.

  • @tree.thatsme1079
    @tree.thatsme1079 Год назад +4

    Works great for wasper sting pain was gone almost instantly no swelling.....not so much for yellow jackets but did help with swelling

    • @OkanaganGardenerandForager
      @OkanaganGardenerandForager  Год назад

      Yes, I've found it to be very effective. Thanks!

    • @elainecrowder3363
      @elainecrowder3363 7 месяцев назад +1

      I immediately used it on a yellow jacket sting and within seconds no pain, no redness or swelling.

  • @lindachandler2293
    @lindachandler2293 6 месяцев назад +5

    Plantain is my first love of weeds ❤

  • @GideonWallace
    @GideonWallace 7 месяцев назад +9

    I'm sorry that I've never respected this helpful little guy

  • @LH-zw7dg
    @LH-zw7dg Год назад +4

    Saw you use this first hand on your son and was amazed by the results! You also used some on my daughters scratches and saved us a lot of complaining! What a great plant!

  • @cristineconnell7803
    @cristineconnell7803 9 месяцев назад +6

    My son keeps mowing all mine down! Made a great salve last year though out of comfrey, plantain, rosemary & spearmint! Works great on nerve & cramping pain in feet & legs!❤

    • @OkanaganGardenerandForager
      @OkanaganGardenerandForager  8 месяцев назад +2

      Yes, lots of people don't want these around, but I'm happy to have them!

    • @typower9
      @typower9 8 месяцев назад +2

      If you get cramps in your legs put a couple or 3 shakes of pure fine sea salt/himalayan salt in your mouth or a pinch of course salt. Let it dissolve in mouth. Try to get some under your tongue. If i get leg cramps when in bed( which is rarely), i get up and do the above. The cramps go away almost instantly. If they come back i just repeat taking the salt. Usually one go is enough. Max twice.

    • @cristineconnell7803
      @cristineconnell7803 8 месяцев назад

      @@typower9 Don't have the Himalayan, but will try witn my sea salt. Thanks

  • @ChristianAustinite
    @ChristianAustinite 5 месяцев назад +3

    I like that supervisor.

  • @gregkral4467
    @gregkral4467 Год назад +4

    I like taking the planain seed stalks, plling the seeds off and chewing it. Feels kinda like flax seed oily, slight nutty taste. kinda fun.

  • @karenmiller6088
    @karenmiller6088 Год назад +3

    Fascinating! I'll keep an eye out for these plants. ❤

  • @KimFsharpHarp
    @KimFsharpHarp 7 месяцев назад +5

    Thank you I have literally in my small backyard. Found 12 healthy edible herbs, including black plantain. Why aren’t we foraging more in the US? Thanks for the information.

  • @emmalee478
    @emmalee478 Год назад +3

    Glad your supervisor was keeping watch!

    • @OkanaganGardenerandForager
      @OkanaganGardenerandForager  Год назад +1

      Me too! She kept me on task and made sure breaks were kept to the contractual time limits.

  • @debravogt7139
    @debravogt7139 8 месяцев назад +4

    I saw one last week. I have never seen it in Southwestern Louisiana. I plant herbs, so it probably came in with my potting soil! So excited

    • @OkanaganGardenerandForager
      @OkanaganGardenerandForager  8 месяцев назад

      Cool! Some showed up in my yard last year suddenly. I was stoked!

    • @JohnA-bear
      @JohnA-bear 7 месяцев назад +1

      That's something because here in Southeast Louisiana I walk outside my door and find them pretty easy. Mostly broadleaf plantain.

    • @OkanaganGardenerandForager
      @OkanaganGardenerandForager  7 месяцев назад

      @@JohnA-bear yeah, some places they almost completely cover the ground!

  • @faithparker9002
    @faithparker9002 8 месяцев назад +3

    Plantain was our cure all plant when we were growing up,I still use it whenever in need. Never thought about the metals though. Thank you for all the great info 🌱💚

  • @ShellyEdwards-ul9zf
    @ShellyEdwards-ul9zf 7 месяцев назад +4

    I just ate some tonight cooked right in with my Swiss chard 😊

  • @paulbraga4460
    @paulbraga4460 8 месяцев назад +3

    i believe goats love plantain...blessings to all

  • @PanTran
    @PanTran Год назад +1

    I just subscribed and you upload a new video! What a coincidence lol. This young Okanagan forager appreciates the videos!

  • @dianeibsen5994
    @dianeibsen5994 4 месяца назад +1

    Thank you🌿🌸🌿

  • @rosanchambers929
    @rosanchambers929 10 месяцев назад +3

    Thanks for the information. It's highly appreciated. I just knew about this plant less than six months ago. I never knew that broad leaf plantain offer so many health benefits. There is a Hugh one with a lot of spikes growing in my backyard. I place some stones around it so that the gardener won't cut it down whenever he is cutting the yard.Wish I could like this video several times😊👍👍👍❤❤❤ watching from Jamaica 🇯🇲

  • @russellbarndt6579
    @russellbarndt6579 Год назад +1

    I really appreciate gaining some of your knowledge and I am grateful you are interested in sharing your experience

  • @kickapootrackers7255
    @kickapootrackers7255 10 месяцев назад +2

    I didn't know that those were good at all. Have a yard full of random wild plants 😅. Wealth of knowledge, appreciated 🤝
    Do have those growing around here, thanks brother 🤝 sharing with my son 👍

  • @jennyrosd2003
    @jennyrosd2003 9 месяцев назад +2

    Where's new videos.??? I just subscribed. Love your style! Very informative! Just made stinging nettle enchiladas! I'm in north idaho where everything grows!

    • @angelicafreund8551
      @angelicafreund8551 7 месяцев назад +1

      I love sautéed stinging nettle. Enchiladas sound 😋 yummy.

    • @OkanaganGardenerandForager
      @OkanaganGardenerandForager  7 месяцев назад +1

      I finally managed to make one. Thank you for your encouragement! North Idaho looks really beautiful.

  • @rachelkerr37
    @rachelkerr37 7 месяцев назад +5

    I just used it last week as a spit poultice on my poison Ivy and it drastically took the burning and itching down and helped it stop oozing, I was really impressed!

  • @justincase1575
    @justincase1575 6 месяцев назад

    I have so
    Much plantain in yard that I’m going to dehydrate some and can a bunch! Not sure how it will work but gonna try it.

  • @Judten1
    @Judten1 7 месяцев назад +1

    Just found you! Your videos are very helpful. New subscriber. Thank you

  • @planetaustraliachannel
    @planetaustraliachannel Год назад +1

    thank you I learnt so much from your tube

  • @bustabranden
    @bustabranden Год назад +3

    I got a mosquito bite while on a walk, there was plantain nearby I made a poultice and the next morning it was as if it never happened I was amazed

  • @thomaskelly123
    @thomaskelly123 7 месяцев назад +1

    all good, thank you

  • @miramira4all
    @miramira4all 8 месяцев назад +1

    I miss you! I hope all is well with you and yours ❣

  • @KathyWillisUnicorn
    @KathyWillisUnicorn 10 месяцев назад +1

    I had some handfuls of plantain seeds that had wintered on the plants for one year... and I would swear I got a high, similar to the poppy seeds. Has anyone else experienced similar from plantains seeds? Could it have been bugs/eggs I ate? The ones I planted in my garden didn't seem to do that, nor the recently harvested ones.... Curious in Sask.

    • @OkanaganGardenerandForager
      @OkanaganGardenerandForager  10 месяцев назад

      Very interesting! I have not experienced this myself. Maybe some other people have?

    • @ccccclark2605
      @ccccclark2605 9 месяцев назад

      Did you chew them?

    • @ccccclark2605
      @ccccclark2605 9 месяцев назад

      Did you chew them?
      Make a tea?

    • @KathyWillisUnicorn
      @KathyWillisUnicorn 7 месяцев назад

      @ccccclark2605 yes! I gathered them from the plants in the field, they were from the previous summer harvest, and chewed and swallowed them directly, a small handful, as from 2 average plants, for approximate amount.

  • @shawntailor5485
    @shawntailor5485 6 месяцев назад +2

    Plantain was one of the herbs in the poultice that saved my grandads leg from gangrene.

    • @OkanaganGardenerandForager
      @OkanaganGardenerandForager  6 месяцев назад

      Wow! That's good to hear. Thanks!

    • @shawntailor5485
      @shawntailor5485 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@OkanaganGardenerandForager the poultice was after maggots, wet to dry honey pulls ,and the poultice had more than just the plantain . Just to be more clear . I know most of the ingredients as theyve been handed down since before the united states happened. I have the fiddle grandad carved with a jackknife at 12 . He stabbed his leg . 1904 circa .

    • @OkanaganGardenerandForager
      @OkanaganGardenerandForager  6 месяцев назад

      @shawntailor5485 that's a pretty cool story!

    • @ACSM1828
      @ACSM1828 Месяц назад

      @@shawntailor5485 amazing story & testimony, I have 100 percent trust that whatever was used to stop the gangrene did work pretty well.
      My mother has similar issues due to diabetice, please can you help me help her to save her toes, probalbley even foot? Thank you, looking forward to see your reply.

  • @amamamia4391
    @amamamia4391 Год назад

    I wonder if it would be good for athletes foot or copd?

    • @OkanaganGardenerandForager
      @OkanaganGardenerandForager  Год назад

      As far as I understand it, I think athletes foot is a fungal situation, and I don't think plantain is typically used as an anti-fungal, so I'm not sure it would be particularly useful for that.

    • @OkanaganGardenerandForager
      @OkanaganGardenerandForager  Год назад +1

      I can't say from personal experience, but I have seen several people saying mullein helped them with their COPD. This video has info about uses for mullein and shows a few easy ways to use it.
      ruclips.net/video/nxQdjv4Oegc/видео.htmlsi=SADExWiO2cA1OxzQ

    • @amamamia4391
      @amamamia4391 Год назад +1

      Thank you for the reply, blessings.@@OkanaganGardenerandForager

    • @OkanaganGardenerandForager
      @OkanaganGardenerandForager  Год назад

      @@amamamia4391 you're welcome! Thanks for watching!

    • @lindakatherinelyles8508
      @lindakatherinelyles8508 Год назад +1

      apple cider vinegar.

  • @caroleneuok5890
    @caroleneuok5890 Год назад +1

    Can you sprout the seeds and eat the sprouts?

  • @lindakatherinelyles8508
    @lindakatherinelyles8508 Год назад

    What do you suggest?

    • @OkanaganGardenerandForager
      @OkanaganGardenerandForager  Год назад

      I replied to your other comment with prickly lettuce as one option for pain relief. I've also had some success with relieving joint pain using burdock. This video has some info about burdock if you're interested.
      ruclips.net/video/IGKOfYS466M/видео.htmlsi=oxYrMjyGbzrQ1bYl

  • @toughtimes7388
    @toughtimes7388 9 месяцев назад

    Are all plantains edible?

  • @drrahilakurdi5943
    @drrahilakurdi5943 6 месяцев назад

    Hi ❤

  • @lindakatherinelyles8508
    @lindakatherinelyles8508 Год назад +5

    What about for pain? Us baby boomers need that.

    • @lookoutmountaingarockhunte1300
      @lookoutmountaingarockhunte1300 Год назад +3

      Wild lettuce is one of the best natural painkillers

    • @OkanaganGardenerandForager
      @OkanaganGardenerandForager  Год назад +1

      Good question! I think pain is a complicated topic and finding the source of the pain is important. One plant that a lot of people like to use for pain is prickly/wild lettuce - Lactuca serriola. This video is about prickly lettuce with a lot of emphasis on identifying and also description of some uses for it. That might be a good place to start.
      ruclips.net/video/6D6B7TLtoYU/видео.htmlsi=YCO1TlglbzxY55R6

    • @OkanaganGardenerandForager
      @OkanaganGardenerandForager  Год назад +1

      @lookoutmountaingarockhunte1300 yes, thank you!

    • @lindakatherinelyles8508
      @lindakatherinelyles8508 Год назад +1

      @@OkanaganGardenerandForager kratom. best plant for pain!

    • @lindakatherinelyles8508
      @lindakatherinelyles8508 Год назад

      @@OkanaganGardenerandForager kratom. best plant for pain!

  • @nsanelycrazy
    @nsanelycrazy 4 месяца назад +1

    This stuff is PROLIFIC. Grows on sidewalks, driveways, unweeded gardens, yards. Probably the top plant to acquaint yourself with for foraging because it is so common. In natural lawns it grows in bunches and spreads quick. Just gotta be aware of where you're picking it from because sadly most of our soil is sprayed with chemicals or polluted.

  • @americangirl8970
    @americangirl8970 9 месяцев назад +1

    Dude! Time to come out of hibernation....

    • @OkanaganGardenerandForager
      @OkanaganGardenerandForager  7 месяцев назад +2

      Thank you for the encouragement! I finally managed to make a new video. I hope to be able to make some more soon.