Plantain (Plantago major) is an important medicinal plant, considered by most, a weed.
\nIt grows in wet and humid areas and it is called “plantago” because it has broad leaves.<\/p>\n
It has a many medicinal properties, covering a large array of affections.
\nAlso called “nature’s band aid”, Plantain cures little splinters, insect stings any skin injuries.
\nAllantoin, a special constituent in Plantago, has healing properties.
\nAllantoin is also found in Comfrey, a plant that has some liver toxicity, recommended externally for bone healing in fractures.<\/p>\n
The main medicinal use of Plantago major:
\n– reduces inflammation of the lungs
\n– treats hay fever and skin allergies
\n– helps the body to expel parasites<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Plantain (Plantago major) is an important medicinal plant, considered by most, a weed. It grows in wet and humid areas and it is called “plantago” because it has broad leaves. It has a many medicinal properties, covering a large array of affections. Also called “nature’s band aid”, Plantain cures little splinters, insect stings any skin […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-herbalism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.life360coach.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.life360coach.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.life360coach.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.life360coach.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.life360coach.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.life360coach.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.life360coach.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.life360coach.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.life360coach.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}