How Do You Make A Plantain Poultice?
• Broadleaf Plantain Find plantain growing. You are not looking for the banana relative, but Plantago major, a flat plant with a rosette of smooth green leaves that have distinctive vertical ribbing- something like a weedy version of a hosta, although usually smaller. They grow in lawns, under shrubs, in weedy places and in sidewalk cracks. They do not have poisonous look alikes. There is a picture here. • Plantain Patch Pick several large leaves and clean them off. • Put the leaves into your mouth and start chewing. They should have a mild “green” taste. It is best that the injured person chew his own leaves, for sanitary reasons and also because it helps to swallow some of the juices of the leaves during the process. The enzymes in saliva help break down the leaves so the constituents are available. • Take the green mash and glop it over the bite and any inflamed area around it. • Cover loosely with a bandage. It helps not to completely occlude the poultice because the drying helps e
