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.
* 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.
