5 facts about plantain, of which you probably have not heard!

Even in childhood, we often heard: "If you fell and hurt yourself, you need to to apply to the wound plantain ยป. But who knew then that this amusing advice has scientific evidence?

And it's not the only Medicinal properties of plantain ... In folk medicine to combat many ailments used leaves and seeds, sometimes the roots of this plant. And how, just now you know!

Plantain in meditsine



Wound healing
In fact, the juice of plantain speeds up output of pus from the wound, relieves inflammation. On the affected skin is applied crushed leaves, which promotes rapid healing of cuts and sores. Improved digestion
To improve the gastric and intestinal advise the following recipe: 250 ml boiling water for 3 hours add l.. crushed leaves.
Insist need to drink at least 8 hours and take 1 tbsp. l. 3 times a day before meals. Treatment of colds
Plantain is considered to be the ideal remedy for coughs and colds. For example, at a high temperature prepared herbal teas, which are added to the syrup plantain, mother and stepmother and some raspberries. The remedy for constipation
5 hours is necessary. L. psyllium pour 1/4 liter of boiling water, let stand for an hour, cool, strain and take before meals for 2 hours. l. The fight against nicotine addiction
Plantain is also struggling with nicotine addiction: leaf brewed and drunk three times a day

. Despite the benefits, drugs from this plant have a number of contraindications. If a person suffers from excessive acidity of the stomach, then Treatment plantain is not worth spending. And better to start blood tests to find out whether the propensity to thrombosis.

Whatever it was, it could be argued that the plantain - a real medicinal herb

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