Plantain herb. Plantain: medicinal properties

Greetings to all blog readers! Let's talk today about the ancient companion of man. No, it's not about the dog, it's about something else. true friend- plantain. Since ancient times, ever since human roads appeared, this plant has helped to heal legs wounded on the way. It turned out that plantain leaves help with many other diseases - medicinal properties and contraindications gradually opened up to people.

This marvelous remedy sometimes works without any preparation; We have known since childhood that

just pick a leaf, crush it a little and apply it to the wound - and it will heal quickly.

Available raw materials

The botanical genus plantain is very extensive, and many of its species have healing properties. But the leaves of the plantain are considered the most valuable. It has rather large, smooth foliage of a rounded shape, on long petioles, collected in a basal rosette.

It is found everywhere. Of course, it is desirable to procure medicinal raw materials in rural areas, away from major highways and industrial enterprises. You can start a small plantation in your garden - as a weed, this perennial plant is not too aggressive, especially if you remove flower stalks in advance, preventing insemination.

The leaf can be collected throughout the summer, but the highest concentration active substances celebrated in the first month of summer.

For the manufacture of medicines, the juice of the leaves is used, as well as the leaves themselves in fresh and dried form.

It is necessary to dry the raw materials quickly (otherwise it will turn black) - thin layer and in a good draft (but not in the sun), it is possible in special dryers (not higher than +50 degrees).

It is known that plantain as a medicine was highly valued both in the Ancient East, and in the times of Antiquity, and in the Middle Ages. This tool was used by both court healers and ordinary village people.

Modern world pharmacology also uses this modest plant; many medicines and dietary supplements are produced on its basis.

Plantain is not exotic, it is available to everyone, and many medicinal products it is quite possible to make it yourself, it is simple and cheap, but at the same time it is very effective.

Plantain-grass: the keeper of real treasures

This plant in its palm leaves carries a lot of organic compounds created by it, which are useful to humans.

Here are the most significant of them: active glycosides aucubin and plantagin, organic acids, bitterness and phytoncides, tannins and especially valuable mucous substances. They help with a wide range of diseases:

outwardly

• nipple cracks in lactating women;
• inflammation of the eyes;
• cuts and other injuries skin; bites;
• boils, boils; festering wounds;
• skin ulcers; erysipelas; bedsores;
• lichen;
• hemorrhoidal bleeding.

ingestion

• gastritis with low acidity, colitis, enteritis (and concomitant spasms);
• stomach cancer;
• intestinal infections, food poisoning; constipation;
• anorexia;
• allergies;
• pancreatitis; (there is information about the benefits in diabetes);
• inflammation of the urinary system;
• dry cough, bronchitis, pneumonia, whooping cough; asthma; tuberculosis; cancer of the pulmonary tract (there is liquefaction of sputum and expectoration);
• oxygen starvation;
• high blood pressure (helps moderately, gently).

Special remarks

There are only two important prohibitions on the use of plantain for oral administration:

1. gastritis with hyperacidity accompanying ulcers of the stomach and intestines;
2. tendency to thrombosis.

This herbal medicine (in reasonable doses) is not forbidden to pregnant or lactating women. It does not affect the potency in men.

Excellent reviews for the use of psyllium leaf (infusion, syrup, juice) as a cough medicine for children. How old is this possible? There are no specific restrictions, from the age of two it is already possible (if not allergic reactions and strictly on dosages).

Young plantain leaves (while they have not yet accumulated bitterness and mucus) are useful to add to spring vitamin salads.

In the large plantain, not only the leaves are healing, but also the seeds, mainly for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. And in gynecology, psyllium seeds are used for infertility.

Folk recipes from plantain leaves

• Alcohol tincture (for high blood pressure and cough)

50 grams of dry leaves are poured into half a liter of vodka and kept in a dark place for 2 weeks. Filtered, then stored in the cellar or in the refrigerator. Take 30 drops three times a day.

• Fresh juice (for summer use)

Freshly picked leaves are twisted and the juice is squeezed out. Keep it in a cool place for no longer three days, after which, if necessary, make a new one.

For external compresses take undiluted. For ingestion, dilute in half with water and boil for a couple of minutes. Drink at various diseases a quarter of an hour before meals three times a day (from dessert to a tablespoon at a time).

• sweet syrup

Fresh chopped plantain leaves are layered in a glass jar

with sugar or honey. Withstand 10 days in the dark, then the syrup is drained. It can be stored in a cool place for a long time. Drink before meals (15-20 minutes) three times a day for a teaspoon. it excellent remedy cough for children (if you are allergic to honey, do it only on sugar).

• Infusion

A leaf (1 tablespoon of dry or 2-3 tablespoons of fresh) is steamed with a glass of boiling water and kept for a quarter of an hour. Reception - a tablespoon (before meals, 20 minutes), in one day 3 or 4 times. They are also used externally (lotions, baths, washings).

• Plaster (for wounds and abscesses)

Bread crumb and crushed leaves of freshly picked plantain are added to melted lard (unsalted) (in equal parts by volume). This mass is applied to the skin and fixed with a plaster or bandage.

• Ointment

Vaseline (100 grams) is combined with powdered dried plantain leaf (10 grams). The mixture draws out boils well.

See you soon, dear friends!

With all respect, Andrew

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With this wonderful plant introducing children in the second grade high school. Therefore, there is hardly a person who does not know what a plantain is. Medicinal properties and contraindications to the use of most drugs based on it have been studied by official medicine quite well. The chemical composition of the ground parts of the plantain is so unique that this modest herb is used on an industrial basis to make the medicine Plantaglucid. Many peoples have long used the leaves for food, which is an excellent prevention of cardiac, pulmonary, gastric diseases and, among other things, contributes general strengthening organism. In some regions of Russia, plantain is called boil grass, cutworm or wounded, due to its wound healing properties.

So, today we will consider what plantain has medicinal properties and contraindications. Recipes for potions used by traditional healers to treat many diseases will also be presented to your attention (who knows, maybe you will choose several suitable options for yourself). But first, some theory.

Medicinal types of plantains

More than 200 plant species of the Plantain genus are known in the world. Medicinal properties and contraindications were found in only a few of them. For problems with the digestive tract - constipation, diarrhea, colitis and metabolic syndrome- plantain ovoid helps well. Its ground parts contain saponins, mucus (its seeds contain 40%), vitamins C, K, tannins, alkaloids, bitterness, fatty oils and acids. This type of plantain has long narrow leaves without veins and ovoid inflorescences on thin tall peduncles. The seeds of the sandy plantain, growing in low bushes, have the same medicinal properties. Its habitat is the regions of Transcaucasia, the south and temperate latitudes of Europe. In some countries, this plant is cultivated for the manufacture of medicines.

There are types of plantains (seaside, deer-horned), the medicinal properties of which have not yet been confirmed (the plant is undergoing clinical trials), but people have long eaten their leaves as vitamin supplement to salads and soups, and the seeds are used as spices.

lanceolate plantain

Another species is widely used in medicine - lanceolate plantain. Its medicinal properties and contraindications are also quite well studied and proven. Leaves, seeds and even rhizomes of this plant have the richest chemical composition, including flavonoids, carbohydrates, mucus, cholesterol, fatty, phenolcarboxylic and organic acids, sitosterol, campesterol and stigmasterol. Used for diseases of the respiratory system, gastrointestinal tract, genitourinary system, skin ailments, lung diseases, various injuries. You can recognize this plant by a dense rosette of rather large lanceolate leaves with longitudinal veins. Its flowers, collected in spike inflorescences, are located on long thin peduncles. The sizes of these "spikelets" are small, 3-5 cm, and the color is gray-lilac, less often gray-white.

Plantain large

This is the best known species, widely used for treatment, especially in traditional medicine. Most often, this plant can be found along the roads, which is why it was called so - plantain. Medicinal properties and contraindications of preparations from it have been confirmed in clinical trials. The benefits of plantain are so great that it is cultivated in many countries. Appearance plants are quite recognizable. Its leaves are large, wide, petiolate. Particular strength is given to them by perfectly visible longitudinal veins located both in the leaf blade and in the petiole. Peduncles of a large plantain reach a height of 50 cm. The flowers are collected in a dense narrow spike, having a length of 20-25 cm. The seeds are very small (up to 1 mm), ripen in dense seed pods. Blooms from May to September, the seeds ripen throughout the flowering period. Long peduncles, swayed by the wind, scatter them far from the mother plant. You need to have the knowledge and experience to collect psyllium seeds correctly, which is why they are quite expensive.

Chemical composition

In folk medicine, for many hundreds of years, it has been used. The medicinal properties and contraindications of this plant determine its unique chemical composition. Plantain leaves and seeds contain:

• polysaccharides (dietary fiber);
• mucus (about 11%);
• aucubin;
• bitterness;
• carotenoids;
• choline;
• vitamin C;
• vitamin K;
• factor T;
• organic and fatty acids;
• trace elements.

Large plantain seeds, in addition, contain saponins, tannins, fatty oil, fiber, oxalic acid, and mucus in them is about 44%.

Application area

In folk medicine, plantain leaves are most often used. The medicinal properties and contraindications of this raw material are such that they are successfully used for:

• various skin injuries (cuts, bruises, burns, boils, ulcers, festering wounds);
• cancer of the lungs and gastrointestinal tract;
• diseases of the genitourinary system ( inflammatory processes in the kidneys, bladder, ovaries);
• problems with the digestive tract (gastric ulcer, gastritis, colitis, dyspepsia, duodenal ulcer);
• lung diseases (bronchitis, tuberculosis, asthma);
• whooping cough;
• hay fever;
• lack of appetite;
• insomnia;
• some heart diseases;
• hypertension;
• infectious diseases (streptococcus, staphylococcus aureus);
• infertility (due to hormonal imbalance).

Plantain seeds, medicinal properties and contraindications

For medicinal purposes, plantain seeds were used by Avicenna. Much attention to this natural medicine gave and healers Ancient China. With the help of psyllium seeds, constipation and diarrhea were treated, they were used for tumors, bleeding, inflammation of the eyes and internal organs, and dysentery. Now they are even more widely used both in folk and in official medicine plantain seeds. The medicinal properties and contraindications of drugs created on the basis of this raw material allow them to be used to cleanse the body of toxins and toxins, restore the microflora of the stomach, treat prostatitis and some types of infertility, fight excess weight and strengthen the immune system. Also, preparations from psyllium seeds help to remove plaques of “bad” cholesterol in blood vessels, control blood sugar, get rid of hemorrhoids, and improve skin condition.

Plantain in cosmetology

This unique grass used not only to treat diseases, but also to maintain a fresh and flowering state of the skin of the face, improve the condition of the hair, relieve tired legs and soften the skin of the hands. When making baths or preparing ointments and creams, especially for the face, one should not only forget that, being a medicinal plant, plantain has medicinal properties and contraindications. The reviews of those who have chosen this raw material to solve their health problems are extremely positive. Plantain helped many people become parents, get rid of gastritis, cough, and excess weight. In cosmetology, this representative of the plant world is also in demand. With the help of this natural healer and beautician women regain their youth and beauty. Doctors do not recommend using it only for those who have drugs based on this plant that cause allergic reactions.

Some recipes:

1. Contrasting wiping of the décolleté and face. It is necessary to prepare a decoction of dry (or fresh) raw materials of plantain and water, taken in a ratio of 1: 1, insist, divide into 2 parts. Place one in the refrigerator and leave the other at room temperature. When wiping the skin, alternate cold decoction with warm.

2. For tired legs. Prepare a bath, pour plantain with boiling water (the proportions may vary, more often they take 30 grams of raw materials per 1 liter of water). Cool down a bit. Do this foot bath for at least 15 minutes.

3. For hands. Plantain cream is prepared on the basis of a decoction of leaves and butter. Instead of a decoction, you can use powder from dry raw materials.

4. For dry hair. Ready rinse aid. To do this, pour a spoonful of raw plantain with a glass of boiling water and insist.

Contraindications

Like all medical preparations or medicinal herbs, has plantain medicinal properties and contraindications. Children under 2 years of age and pregnant women can use it only after consulting a doctor. Most often, pediatricians prescribe plantain syrup for babies (as an antitussive). difference this drug is its concentration, which can adversely affect gastrointestinal tract little patients. In addition, it is not recommended to be treated with plantain for people suffering from high acidity and thrombosis, as well as for those who have an individual intolerance to drugs from this plant. For some types of gastrointestinal ulcers, plantain medicine can only be used as directed by a doctor. Seeds should not be taken by asthma sufferers and children under 6 years of age.

ethnoscience

There are several hundred recipes from this plant. Here is a small part of them:

1. For any skin injury, including purulent wounds, an ointment is used from the powder of dried plantain leaves, for which the raw materials are mixed with petroleum jelly or vegetable oil in a ratio of 1:9. For fresh cuts, psyllium leaf can be chewed and applied to the wound.

2. For all diseases of the lungs, accompanied by sputum, as well as for gastritis and ulcers of the digestive tract, they drink an infusion of plantain. It's cooked different ways. We suggest 5-7 grams of dry raw materials (leaves, seeds) pour 200-220 ml of boiling water, cover, insist, strain and drink a tablespoon before meals. The same infusion can treat inflamed eyelids.

3. For hypertension, plantain tincture is used, which is prepared by adding 20 grams of dry raw materials to a glass of vodka. All this is placed in a dark glass container and infused not in the refrigerator for 2 weeks. Drink tincture, adding no more than 30 drops to the water.

4. Plantain syrup is drunk for the same diseases as the infusion. Prepare it like this: glass containers fresh raw materials and sugar (honey) are laid in layers, rammed tightly (kneaded) and infused for up to 2 weeks, after which the syrup is separated from the rest of the mass and stored in the refrigerator.

Recipes with psyllium seeds

1. For constipation at night, drink a glass of warm water with half a teaspoon of seeds.

2. With prostatitis and lethargy of spermatozoa, pour a tablespoon of raw materials with a glass of water, simmer on low heat for 5 minutes and drink two tablespoons three times a day.

3. In case of female infertility, they eat a spoonful of dry seeds three times a day, always drinking a large amount of water, or pour the same spoonful of seeds with a glass of boiling water, simmer on low heat for 5 minutes, insist up to 40 minutes and drink this infusion several times a day in the dining room spoon.

4. Seed husks are consumed with large quantity water to reduce appetite and correct weight.

Plantain, familiar to us since childhood, is a hardy and very unpretentious plant. It is widespread throughout our country. Commonly used for medicinal purposes various drugs from plantain - from freshly cut leaves and their juice to syrup and tinctures, which are offered in pharmacies. Plantain decoction is an easy-to-prepare, but extremely effective remedy that helps to strengthen the immune system and maintain health even with very serious diseases.

Despite its simplicity and prevalence, plantain is a very valuable medicinal plant with a wide range of healing effects on a sick body. Preparations based on it are effective means with action:

• diuretic and diaphoretic;
• wound healing and hemostatic;
• antibacterial and anti-inflammatory;
• antitumor and analgesic;
• sedative and hypotensive;
• secretolytic and antiallergic.

On the basis of plantain are made herbal preparations successfully protecting internal organs and body systems from the destructive effects of chemotherapy and radiation therapy.

Attention! Most best time for the collection and procurement of raw materials - from May to September.

The benefits and harms of plantain preparations

• periodontal disease, gum disease, scurvy;
• throat diseases and respiratory system accompanied by thick mucous secretions: tonsillitis, bronchitis, tonsillitis, pleurisy, whooping cough, pulmonary tuberculosis, bronchial asthma;
• stomach diseases associated with low acidity, colitis;
• dysentery;
• increased gas formation in the stomach and intestines, diarrhea, hemorrhoids;
• gallbladder disease;
• hypertension of the initial stage;
• disease blood vessels, arrhythmia, headaches;
• skin inflammatory processes, rash, acne;
• inflammatory processes of the genitourinary system, parametritis;
• eye inflammation;
• urticaria, dermatitis;
• exhaustion, neurasthenia, insomnia;
• swelling, lymphostasis;
• leukemia, oncological diseases stomach and lungs, malignant skin ulcers.

A decoction of plantain seeds has the following medicinal properties:

• heals from female infertility on a hormonal basis;
• helps alleviate the condition diabetes;
• gently envelops and soothes the gastric mucosa, protecting it from irritating factors, relieves inflammation;
• improves intestinal motility, cleanses it of accumulated harmful toxins.

Caution: contraindications!

Plantain decoction is contraindicated:

• with exacerbation of stomach diseases caused by high acidity - gastritis, peptic ulcer;
• with increased blood clotting, the tendency of blood vessels to thrombosis;
• with hypersensitivity and individual intolerance to the preparations of this plant.

Decoction of plantain: how to cook?

From fresh or dried leaves

Recipe 1. To prepare a decoction of plantain leaves, you need 2 tbsp. (10 g) raw materials and 200-250 ml hot water. Heat in a water bath under a lid for half an hour, strain.

from seeds

Recipe 1 (For diseases of the stomach and intestines). 1 tbsp seeds are poured into an enamel bowl, a glass of water is added and boiled for a minute, then insisted under the lid for half an hour and filtered.

Recipe 2 (For hemorrhoids, impotence). 1 tbsp seeds, pour 350 ml of boiling water, simmer over low heat for 15 minutes. Take 100 ml 3-4 times a day.

Tip: For the prevention of impotence, this decoction can be drunk by men after 35 years. Important regular intake during the period from September to March.

The use of decoction for medicinal purposes

1. To get rid of a cough, it is recommended to take a tablespoon of plantain broth 4 times a day for 20 minutes. before meals. The course of admission is a week.

   Tip: This remedy can further alleviate coughing attacks, soothe a sore throat, taking it like a warm tea. It is useful to add 1 tsp to it. honey.

2. For gastritis, colitis and stomach ulcers, take orally a third or half a glass of decoction for 15 minutes. before meals 3-4 times a day.
3. Decoction of fresh leaves plantain is effective in the treatment of various skin diseases traumatic nature, inflammation, boils. It is recommended to wash the wounds with it, apply wet bandages and compresses (2-3 times a day), make lotions with it.
4. With infertility that has developed hormonal reasons, should be taken 1 tbsp. decoction of plantain seeds three times a day before meals (course 1-2 months). The recipe for this decoction: 1 tbsp. boil seeds in 250 ml of water for 5 minutes, then 30 minutes. insist and persevere.
5. In diabetes, it is recommended to take 2 tbsp. decoction 3 times a day before meals.

Recipe 1. To moisturize dry skin of the face, use compresses from a decoction or infusion of plantain. It will take 2 tbsp. dry plantain leaves and 200 ml of hot water. Pour boiling water over raw materials and hold in a water bath for 2-3 minutes, turn off the heat and leave for half an hour, strain, cool. The compress should be applied for several minutes, changing it 3-4 times. You need to start with a hot one, then apply a cooler one, and at the end of the procedure leave a cold one on the skin for 5 minutes.

Recipe 2. To make cosmetic ice, you need to freeze the plantain broth prepared according to the previous recipe in ordinary cube molds. It is useful for them to wipe the skin 3-4 times a week. The procedure should last up to three minutes, rubbing is carried out slowly, along the massage lines. After it, you do not need to lubricate the skin with any means.

Recipe 3.Rinsing dry hair with a decoction of plantain will restore shine and radiance to them. To prepare the product, you need to take 1 glass of water, 1 tbsp. dry or fresh crushed leaves, bring to a boil and turn off. Leave on for 20 minutes, cool to 30-35°C and use on washed hair. Do not rinse.

Recipe 4. To prepare lotions for the eyes, which will help relieve inflammation and fatigue, as well as smooth out small facial wrinkles with regular use, you need to mix 2 tsp. psyllium seeds and cold water. Then add 6 tablespoons to this mixture. boiling water. Cool and strain the liquid, soak cotton pads with it and put on the eye area for 10 minutes.

Recipe 5. To prepare a hand bath, you need to mix dry crushed plantain leaves, chamomile and calendula flowers in equal parts. Steam with boiling water (1 cup) 1 tbsp. raw materials, soak in a water bath for 15 minutes. Let cool and strain, add 1 tbsp. glycerin. Keep your hands in this bath for 10-15 minutes, then wipe dry and grease with a nourishing cream.

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Plantain is a genus of herbs belonging to the Plantain family and numbering more than one and a half hundred species. The plant is distributed throughout the globe, mainly in temperate and subtropical zones, it can be found along roads, in wastelands, meadows, in steppes and sands. in the official and alternative medicine the most commonly used are the healing properties of plantain flea, lanceolate and large. The plant is used in the treatment of bronchitis, enteritis, gastritis, for healing wounds and pustular skin lesions.

Chemical composition

Large plantain, also called fellow traveler, seven-veiner, cutter, roadside, grows throughout the territory of the former Soviet Union. Perennial reaches up to 30-40 cm in height, has a short rhizome and petiolate, broadly oval leaves in a basal rosette. The flowers of the grass are four-membered, small, collected in an inflorescence in the form of an ear located at the top of the stem, flowering occurs in May-August, and the fruits (ovoid seed pods) appear in August-September.

For medicinal purposes, mostly seeds and dried or fresh plantain leaves are used, the composition of which is represented by:

• Polysaccharides (including mucus);
• Glycosides (plantagin, aukubin);
• Organic acids (citric, salicylic, etc.);
• bitterness;
• Flavonoids;
• tannins;
• Phytoncides;
• Carbohydrate mannitol;
• alkaloids;
• Choline;
• Ascorbic acid;
• Carotenoids.

As well as such trace elements as magnesium, potassium, calcium, barium. Grass seeds found: starch, mannitol, saponins, fatty oil, carbohydrates, tannins.

Beneficial features

About hemostatic and wound healing properties plantain was known back in Ancient Rome and Greece. Currently, traditional and folk medicine use of plantain as a means of improving the secretory and motor function of the gastrointestinal tract, as well as increasing the acidity of gastric juice, is recommended in the treatment of: gastritis, enteritis, enterocolitis, dyspepsia. Grass juice sold in pharmacies, as well as the drug Plantaglucid, obtained from plantain leaf extract, is prescribed for ulcerative lesions of the duodenum and stomach (with normal and low acidity), hypocidic gastritis, digestive disorders, anorexia.

Preparations based on the seven-core used in the treatment of bronchitis, tuberculosis, bronchial asthma, whooping cough enhance the secretion of mucus in the bronchi, thin it and facilitate further evacuation when coughing. The sedative and hypotensive properties of psyllium are used when taking alcohol infusion herbs to combat edema, insomnia, high blood pressure, excessive irritability, with the help of herbs, the load on the CCC is reduced.

Externally, juice from fresh leaves and crushed grass, as preparations that accelerate the exit purulent discharge and stimulating the growth of granulations, are prescribed for the healing of wounds, cuts, burns, boils, insect bites, eye injuries. Dried or canned juice traditional healers treat disorders of the kidneys and liver, oncological lesions of the stomach and lungs.

The use of plantain in the form of decoctions and water infusions recommended for rinsing with bleeding gums, ulcerative gingivitis and stomatitis, toothache. For oral administration as blood-purifying and anti-inflammatory drugs - for urticaria, fever, scurvy, hemorrhoids, cystitis, hepatitis, skin lesions.

Decoctions of plant seeds, rich in mucus and having a laxative, enveloping and antispasmodic effect, treat chronic constipation, colitis, inflammatory processes of the gastrointestinal tract.

Indications for use

• Gastritis;
• Enterocolitis;
• enteritis;
• Ulcerative defects of the duodenum and stomach;
• Dyspepsia;
• cystitis;
• Digestive disorders;
• hemorrhoids;
• tuberculosis;
• Malaria;
• bronchitis;
• whooping cough;
• neuroses;
• Bronchial asthma;
• insomnia;
• Purulent wounds;
• Furunculosis;
• Various skin lesions;
• Erysipelas;
• Insect bites;
• Gingivitis:
• stomatitis;
• Periodontitis.

Contraindications

The use of plantain is contraindicated against the background of:

• Individual hypersensitivity to the plant;
• Predisposition to increased blood clotting;
• Exacerbations of erosive and ulcerative disease of the gastrointestinal tract;
• A persistent increase in the acidity of gastric juice;
• Thrombosis.

Long-term use of plant-based products is not recommended, as they contribute to blood clotting, thereby increasing the likelihood of blood clots. Before starting therapy, it is advisable to consult with specialists.

Plantain home remedies

For constipation, a tablespoon of seeds is poured into 200 ml of boiling water and, after cooling, is drunk at night with the seeds, the effect of the infusion is usually observed after 8-12 hours.

For the treatment of tonsillitis, tonsillitis, stomatitis, gingivitis, gargling is prescribed and oral cavity infusion of plantain, for the preparation of which 4 fresh or dried leaves are poured over ½ cup of boiling water, after half an hour of infusion in a warm form, they are used every hour, honey is allowed to be added for taste.

At strong cough, bronchitis, whooping cough, bronchial asthma recommend 3 tablespoons of honey (sugar can be) mixed with the same amount of chopped fresh plantain leaves. Then, in a tightly closed container, wrapping the mixture, leave for 3-4 hours in a warm place, the resulting syrup after filtering is taken in a teaspoon 4 times a day.

To prepare a decoction that helps with digestive disorders, inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract, dyspepsia, a tablespoon of seeds is poured into 250 ml of hot water and boiled for 5-7 minutes, then insisted for 20-25 minutes and consumed 3-4 times a day, 50 ml.