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This stuff is the best. Got stung by about 15 yellow jackets a couple of summers ago. A friend (Lindsay Madison) told me to pick some and chew it up, then rub on the stings. Pain instantly stopped, but what’s even better was I didn’t have any itching days later. I had never even heard of it before that, but now I watch for it in my yard and eat it up. I heard it’s a super green and it’s good food for the brain.
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Zakiyya Ismail please can you tell me the name of this plant – there was a f*#king pop up blocking the article promising me I could come back to the article – I tried several times hopping it would make the PU go away or give me an close option. NO Freaking luck. I dislike PU’ s very much.
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Thank you Loria Chaddon my apologies – clearly I’m still working on patience????. I’d still love to read the article.
Reply Tasty while young. Like lettuce, they can take on a bitter taste when old. I always the leaves have a slight buttery aftertaste. And my meat rabbits ate them like candy. Lol
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Great stuff. Have been making ointment from it for insect bites for many years. Makes black fly bites disappear. “Common plantain. “
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Wow! I need to start eating my weeds.. These love my lawn and I’m constantly pulling them! ????
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In NZ we call this kopakopa and use it as a poultice for healing sores and flesh wounds….it has wonderful healing properties…
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c`est du plantin et très bon pour les épaules et touts les bobos mais il faut le changer souvent
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Good for infections, ground it up and put on infection, bandage, It will help lots.
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I didn’t look at their site which wants to sell something. Back home we knew it as Plantain (sp?). The story goes; when Dad was 5 years old, he wandered out to the bee hive and stuck a stick inside. Grandma said when she looked out all she saw was a mound of bees all over him and a stick waving in the air. Grandma got him in the house and ordered everyone to pick every plantain they could find. She made a poultice and put it all over. She said it saved his life. Today, I have used ammonia on a bee sting and it works nicely.
Reply I didn’t look at their site which wants to sell something. Back home we knew it as Plantain (sp?). The story goes; when Dad was 5 years old, he wandered out to the bee hive and stuck a stick inside. Grandma said when she looked out all she saw was a mound of bees all over him and a stick waving in the air. Grandma got him in the house and ordered everyone to pick every plantain they could find. She made a poultice and put it all over. She said it saved his life. Today, I have used ammonia on a bee sting and it works nicely.
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Makes a great tea when steeped shortly in boiling water asweetened to taste with rock sugar. We use it fresh
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I have the tea almost every night. I find it just sweet enough. Such a lovely fresh soothing taste.
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Historic it was brought over by European settlers to make sure that they had food and medicine they were familiar with. Also the Native Americans called it the white man’s footsteps because wherever the white man went these plants were left behind due to the seeds. So necessary for life that they took it with them everywhere they went and thus we have it every place
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We in Hawai?i call it “Laukahi”. When I was very young my grandma treated my asthma with this.
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Jeanie, I’m sorry I don’t know. My grandma dealt in different Herbal medicines which grew profusely in Hawai’i. I don’t know the American name of this plant for which I would gladly research for you, however, it’s said to have come from Eurasia
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Grows everywhere here in lreland too.. l dont know if we have the same name for it.
Reply Barry, the name we have for it is in Hawaiian. Perhaps you could give your university there a call (agriculture dept) and they might be able to tell you about it. Please share what you find. It’s great for diabetes as well.
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I use it all the time, especially at my cottage for it’s antiseptic and astringent qualities. Also in stir fries and salads.
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Yes plantains! I think. I didn’t read it . Looks like plantain weeds though. Super good for many things.
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We call this KopaKopa in NewZealand – great for sores, cuts, burns, surface wounds etc.
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