Plantain Another Benefits For Health

Plantain benefits and uses ( continuation )


* Liver: Wash and crush three leaves of plantain , add lemon juice , strain and drink with empty stomach. Do it for three days.

* Foot Fungus: Apply to the affected part hot plantain leaves ( tucked in boiling water ) alternating them with crushed raw garlic. Then dry your feet well.


* Swollen glands: Prepare plantain leaves 30 grams, 500 ml of water, do gargles.


* Colon inflammation : Infusion of one teaspoon of dried leaves per cup of water. Take three cups a day.


Bowel Inflammation: Infusion of one teaspoon of dried leaves per cup of water. Take three cups a day.

* Laryngitis: Crush the plant, filtering the liquid. Mix equal parts with sugar, dissolving it in a bain marie. Three tablespoons daily. No heat, keep it cold . Also make an infusion of dried leaves at 5% . Take three cups a day.


* Wounds Caused by Infections : Perform rinses with liquid from the infusion of one teaspoon of dried leaves per cup of water. We can swallow the liquid.

* Eyes: Relieves tired eyes, red or inflamed eyes . Decoction 5 tablespoons of dried leaves per liter of water for ¼ hour. Take an eye bath.


* Otitis : Reduces inflammation and eliminates bacteria that cause ear pain. Crush a tender leaf and pour a few drops of juice inside.


* Insect Bites : Reduces swelling and itching caused by insect bites and promotes healing. Apply fresh juice of plantain.


* Burn or Sunburn : Apply a poultice with crushed fresh leaves on the burn.


* Skin regeneration: Use a simple fresh plantain leaf, washed and applied to the wound.


* Rupture of small veins: Infusion of a spoonful of dried plant per cup of water. Drink three cups a day.


* Due to its chemical composition, plantain contains medicinal properties that can be exploited efficiently in global markets for natural health products.


* In traditional medicine  is used for diseases of the kidneys and control for diabetes. The plantain fresh juice is an excellent purifier in skin impurities.


* Cataracts: Apply a drop of plantain collyrium 3 times a day . Use it  until heal, if expels dirt is by its cleaning power. Often is irritating but cure.


Collyrium preparation
Clear glass jar with lid. Take 15 or 20 fresh plantain leaves, wash and dry. Introduce them into the jar attached by a thread to avoid falling into the bottom of the bottle. Place in the sun. The resulting liquid is packaged in a dropper bottle.This drops are special to cure cataracts.

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Plantain Another Benefits And Uses

Plantain uses and benefits (continuation)


Astringent: It's healing, anti-inflammatory and anti-haemorrhagic. Infusion of one teaspoon of dried leaves per cup of water. Take three cups a day.

 *Irritated mouth: Perform rinses with liquid from the infusion of one teaspoon of dried leaves per cup of water. We can swallow the liquid.

* Bronchitis: Crush the plant, filtering the liquid. Mix equal parts with sugar, dissolving it in a bain marie.

Three tablespoons daily. No heat, keep it cold. Also make an infusion of dried leaves at 5%. Take three cups a day.

* Cancer: Relieves cancer. Take plantain juice constantly. Boil 50 grams of plantain for a minute and manage four cups per day.

* Cuts or Wounds: Use a simple fresh plantain leaf, well washed and applied on the wound.

Diarrhea: Infusion of one teaspoon of dried leaves per cup of water. Take three cups a day.

* Diuretic : Suited in diets. Take a couple of tablespoons plantain juice daily. Infusion of a spoonful of dried plant per cup of water. Drink one cup a day.


* Throat pain : Perform rinses with liquid from the infusion of one teaspoon of dried leaves per cup of water. We can swallow the liquid.


* Toothache : Apply to the inflamed area a plantain leaf that has been previously soaked in a pot of boiling water, then switch when cooling.


* Painful and Bleeding Gums: Apply to the affected area a plantain leaf previously soaked in boiled water.


* Constipation: Fighting constipation. Take 1-3 tablespoons of psyllium plantain seed daily mixed with water. A couple of liters as a minimun. If no take enough water, it can cause bowel obstruction. Do not take if produces allergy.


* Pharyngitis: Crush the plant, filtering the liquid. Mix equal parts with sugar, dissolving it in a double boiler. Three tablespoons daily. No heat, keep it cold . Also make an infusion of dried leaves at 5% . Take three cups a day.


* Anal Fistula: Helps heal anal fistulae. Infusion of one spoonful of dried plant per cup of water. Drink three cups a day.


* Bleeding Annals: Caused by hemorrhoids. Infusion of one spoonful of dried plant per cup of water. Drink three cups a day.


* Hemostatic : Promotes wound clotting, preventing bleeding thereof. Infusion of a spoonful of dried plant per cup of water. Drink three cups a day.

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Plantain Benefits Properties And Uses

Plantain (Plantago major)

Name : Plantago major L.
Family: Plantaginaceae.
Genre: Plantago.
Species: major.

General Description
The plantain, a herbaceous plant which abounds in orchards, wetlands, grasslands, field boundaries and embankments. The whole plant is useful, although the aerial parts are preferred. The leaves are big as the sole of the foot, born at ground level and develops vertically. Light green in color,join to the stem by a long petiole.


On the underside include seven parallel veins very robust. From the same point where start the leaves few flower stalks arise whose upper half is covered with small flowerets stalkless, abundant, forming as a reddish brush. The fruit is a small capsule which when ripe, opens transversely dropping the seeds that containing.


Distribution
Cosmopolitan . Introduced from Europe and feral.

Active components: Both the leaves and flowers and stems have a glucoside, aucubin, along with tannins and minerals, and also is rich in sulfur. The seeds contain abundant mucilage and lots of oils.

Extensive researchs performed on these species, have found the presence of the following substances.

Glycosides aucubin, catalpol and asperuloside, found in P. lanceolata.If the plantain is not dried properly, acquires a dark color, which is due to a dark brown polymer which forms the aucubin after hydrolyzed.


Mucilage : Composed by polysaccharide of glucomannan type,rhamnogalacturonan and arabinogalactan.
Phenolic acids: p- hydroxybenzoic acid, syringic, gentisic, caffeic, ferulic, and p- hydroxyphenylacetic.
Tannins - flavonoids, such as apigenin, luteolin and escutellarina.Silicic acid, mineral salts of potassium and zinc, and other compounds routinely tannins, alkaloids, oils, resins, steroids, aminated base and sulfur compounds.


With plantain have made significant pharmacological investigations to assess some of its medicinal properties. There are reports of non-routine work, where are realize positive results in the treatment of malignant gastric lesions. Its main virtue is the anti-inflammatory and emollient effect produced by seeds.


Other plantain health benefits:
Use to treat gastritis and digestive ulcers is supported by clinical studies.

* Softens the skin.
* It shrinks and hardens the organic tissues.
* Destroy germs from the skin or mucous membranes.
* Clean the blood of impurities and other bodily humors.


Useful parts:
The whole plant and leaves are used.

Uses:
Hoarseness : Perform rinses with liquid from the infusion of one teaspoon of dried leaves per cup of water. We can swallow the liquid .

* Respiratory system : Soothes the respiratory mucous, kills microorganisms that cause diseases of the respiratory system. Perform rinses with liquid from the infusion of one teaspoon of dried leaves per cup of water. We can swallow the liquid.

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