Plantain the People Plant | Herbal Jedi 

I was born in Wayne County West Virginia. I am now 82 years old. When I was a child we always gathered plantain, especially spring, and cooked it like any other green family. If you don't pick it while it has young leaves, it will get tough, and will not cook tender, no matter how long you cook it. Here in Georgia, where I live now, it grows in different areas all over our yard. I did not know of all the health benefits. Thought it was just for eating. Thanks for sharing.

Almost 70 years ago, my grandmother made a poultice of cream and mashed plantain leaves to heal a bunch of horribly painful boils I had. Worked way, way better than what the doctor prescribed and cost much, much less.

I love this attitude towards common place plants; one of respect, curiosity, value; and not a dismissive view as annoying weeds to be obliterated.

Plantain is one of the plants I recommend everybody know. I have found using the whole leave for tooth abscess invaluable, just like you would for an infection on the outside of the body. 2nd daughter got between the dogs having a disagreement, and she got a slight nick on her leg from one of them, likely from a tooth, and it went septic, not to bad, but enough that it needed treatment. So I told here to put some plantain on it, but grandma would not hear of it, and took her to the emergency room, and they did test, annd antibiotics,and even eventually a MRI, and after untold fortune later they could still not get rid if the chronic infection. So I asked if they were ready to try some plantain, and 2nd daughter went out and got some out of the yard, and by the next day was the infection not only gone, but wound was actually noticeably healed.

Just found your channel, I'm hooked! I have a great memory of Plantain from my childhood 60+ years ago. After stepping on a bee and being stung a passing stranger asked my mother for permission to help. He did just as you did, took some Plantain from the yard, chewed it up and applied it to the sting. Relief was almost immediate. I of course thought it was magic! That old man I'm sure has passed on but I remember him like it was yesterday.

I showed my kids how to make a platain yarrow ointment with macerated herbs steeped in oil, then thickened with beeswax for stings and burns. Great plant. thanks for sharing.

if more people were like you, how peaceful would our world be by now

I chuckled about it growing in the wheel track's, about 300' of the Back Alley is not mowed and Plantain grows abundantly well. My rabbit's love it, but I'm going to cut into they're supply and make some Tea, and use it in a Salad. Ten years ago a lady from Europe shared that rolled up, and put in between an abscess and your cheek, it clears it up quickly.

When I was a kid I used plantain seeds whenever I had an upset stomach. Can't remember how I figured this out.

I use it to stop an allergic reaction to cashews in one of my employees. He ate them without knowing and started having breathing issues and stomach cramps. I made him drink a strong tea(which he said he liked) and within 2 mins the anti-histamine properties were going to work. He was able to talk and move around and said he could go back to work and was totally fine. :)

I use this all the time on mosquito bites, it's incredible!

I taught a farmer friend to make plantain tincture for himself. He told me that his cows preferentially graze on plantain, which was very interesting to know. This is in Ireland where does can develop coughs due to the damp climate.

Growing up in Eastern Europe, I was always told how this plant was medicinal, saw it everywhere and didn’t think much of it. This summer, though, I got to finally experience its benefits on a mosquito bite, which healed almost immediately, cannot belie it took me decades to finally give it a try - magical enough experience to inspire me to learn more about this plant.

I've started spreading it for erosion control. My garden is on a slight slope; last big rain, all my nice woodchips washed out from the rows and spaces between the beds, rinsing away precious soil I'm trying to build - except where plantain was growing. The soil held together beautifully wherever even a small clump of plantain was. Since it stays low to the ground and is so useful, I'm going to encourage as much of it as I can instead of bringing in more woodchips.

Yes this plant grows very well here in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 I use it in teas 🌱

I'm so glad I found your channel. Since we're in the middle of a global crisis, I feel the pull to learn about what's growing around me so I have a source of food and natural medicine. We've lost so much knowledge in our modern world, we need to return to all that Mother provides.

My mother has Lupus. When she has pain or inflamation I apply it on her inflamation after warming it up in a microwave for 30 seconds. She has an immidiate relief and which last couple weeks.

This is the plant I used when I was bitten by a brown recluse (fiddle back) spider. It wasn't a one hit wonder but a long process of poultice after poultice bringing the venom out but it worked beautifully. All I'm left with is a tiny scar roughly the size of a pencil eraser.

Long time ago, my grandmother told me, and i'm still remember it now at 52, that plantain was good ont a cut / if you bleed. Good information provided, i've don't even know one tenth about it!! You've earn a new follower.

Used it this way so many times as a child. Wounds, bruises etc. I’m from Latvia in Europe, amazing to find the same use so far away 😀

been on tube for years. first video i marked like. been using plantain for years. also works against poison ivy/oak.

Having knowledge is one thing but I just like listening to this guy. He’s actually a pleasure to watch.

I feed these leaves to sick chickens as they seem to like it when they are not feeling well and they seem to improve on it. I've heard its a mild pain killer that is safe for poultry.

Thank you Herbal Jedi for such valuable information. Plantain is good to get rid of eye cataracts; you clean 10 leaves and hang them inside a clear glass jar without touching the bottom, put the lid on and set the jar where is sunny, the fluid that comes out of the leves, put one drop in your eyes.

Compact soil, ha, it grows EVERYWHERE in my garden and in the lawn.... going to seed right now. I watch the birds pick out the seeds, so great. I snack on it when I do garden work and my 3 year old granddaughter knows it and how to use it. Bee stings don't even swell if I get it on right away! It's wonderful! !!!

Good video. I learned about plantain about 6 years ago and have been using it ever since. It's also a gear food source full of vitamins and minerals. It has all 18 amino acids and can be boiled in water to remove the tannins which are somewhat bitter. One interesting thing I've noted. Plantain is especially sensitive to herbicides. Whenever someone sprays their lawn with weed killer, plantain is the first to disappear. If you see a lawn that has other weeds in it but doesn't have plantain, those weeds have likely been sprayed and are more resistant. Don't eat any herbs from an area that has no plantain in it, because chances are high that they've been contaminated.

I especially love the band aid bit.

I like to eat a bit as a superfood. I get a lot of long lasting energy from it. I also will eat a significant amount of it cooked in marinara with mushrooms and put it on pasta. It has a flavor similar to arugala. Powerful nutrient dense food

You are my Bill Nye of green witchery! 💕 Thank you for continuing to share your wisdom.

My grandmother used this plant to cover my burns !I was badly burnt and she covered the burns with it.really helped!

Wow, I can’t believe I just found this. We all need to start foraging and identifying plants a lot more. Herbal bandaid, wow. We need to get back into nature.

Rib wort grows well in semitropical Australia, Northern New South Wales for example. It grows well in rich humus soil also. Juice from the leaf will cause melanomas to dry up and drop off. It takes about a month. Squeeze out some juice once or twice a week, apply the juice to the melanoma 'wart or growth'. It works very well. The melanoma will go like a dry clod of mud, and when scratched, will fall off with no scar or sign that a cancer was ever present. Great info on this channel. Thank you my brother.

My wild garden is packed with plantain and I use it probably on a daily basis. It is the most amazing plant I have encountered for healing wounds and for pain relief! I broke a finger and took a lot of tissue from the bone with a large open wound. I immediately made a poultice and packed it around the wound. Pain relief within 10 mins and total healing within two weeks....... amazing , Thanks for sharing your knowledge 👍🏻🤗

A plantago major started growing in my front yard flower/herb/strawberry bed last year. It grew back in the same place even bigger this year. :)

When I first decided to learn more about herbs and plants for nutrition and medicine I was overwhelmed. I wanted to learn everything. Later I learned to focus on those that I had most access to and that were most versatile to fit my needs. I settled on Dandelion, Plantain, Ground Ivy, and Pine and Spruce needles. For me these are prized super foods and supplements.

My grandma taught this to me when I was young

Long time ago, my grandmother told me, and i'm still remember it now at 52, that plantain was good if you've got a cut / bleeding. Good information provided, i've don't even know one tenth about it!! You've earn a new follower.

I also make an amazing oil, stuffing the slow cooker with leaves and warming / cooling several times. Nothing can progress when rubbed with it! I use coconut oil so no need for beeswax.

My Dad made plantain tea, mixed it with cow's milk to feed to calves with diarrhea. It worked like a charm and saved every calf I can remember. I'm happy to learn about all plantain's amazing benefits.

I love this plant!! It grows on our property. I use it often!! My skin gets itchy and bumps up often when I'm working outdoors. This plant brings instant relief!

That was fun to watch. Thank you. Found some in my driveway. Also heard it is good for arthritis. Definitely going to make a tea with it. Liked, shared and subscribed.😊

Thank you. That was very good information. I see these all over when I'm out on my walks.

Willard, Your uploads are FANTASTIC!!! Thank You so much for what You add to our repertoire of natural/ herbal remedies.... Bless Your Soul.

one of my favorite medicinal plants, it works very well as a salve for sunburn, very healing, and i have rheumatoid psoriasis and I use it in my hand salves when I have flare ups. Takes the inflammation out of my finger joints. I love this plant and harvest it in my own yard. :)

..Well... my children and i are learning about the Broadleaf Plantain Plant... Our yard is literally filled with this Awesome Plant, lots and lots of it, ..(with loads of Clover and Purple Dead Nettle, and Chickweed mixed in everywhere..) ....at the end of your video here, you got excited at all the plantain you came across.. and it tickled me so very much. Not only due to your excitement, but also the size of the Plantain.. it is quite small compared to the big and beautiful Plantains all over Our little hill here on the edge of the Ouachita Mountains in Arkansas.. ..so, i got excited and wanted to show you...some leaves big enough to hide all my spread out hand behind... i took pics for you, but I cannot share them here in the comments..so, ..shoot.. ...loving Your Channel...Keep up the Awesome Work!!! .BE GOOD.BE SAFE.BE HAPPY. ..if there is a way for me to share my pictures, and you want to see how abundant and Big and Awesome Our wild Plantain grows here, please share.. Thank You!!😁

Stumbled on and subbed.... enjoyed my friend

Plantago major also gets rid of parasitic worms. It contains Caffeic acid, Chlorogenic acid, and Ferulic acid, which helps stop, and(or) slow cancer growth.

Plenty of it in my area here in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, including in my yard, uninvited. I ate the leaves, flowers, as salad, cooked vegetable, green juice and tea..grows in pavement cracks, street sides, sidewalks, ditched sides, open fields, plantation, cities, rural areas, etc..

The lanciolatta is my nemesis while mowing yards. Good information about how they are useful!

Thank you so much. This grows all over New England. So glad to know that we have a treatment handy for mosquito bites.

Love the infomation. Thank you for sharing your wisdom.

Thanks love your in-depth explanation of this wonderful plant

Wow! Thank you! We moved to the countryside 3 months ago and have a huge yard completely colonized by plantain. We were thinking of having the landscaper in to establish a golf-like lawn. Forget about it! We will just trim our pharmacy every other week. My husband says he doesn't mind mowing the lawn. Thank you for the knowledge. Greetings from Montreal, Can.

I needed this. I have a lot growing in my backyard. Will be making tea tomorrow.

My brother just brought me some I used it on my 3rd degree burn with amazing effects

THANK-YOU! I have been using this plant to make tea for years for my health and I could never find it online cause I didn't know what it was called! Thank-you so much!

I have used plantain from my yard for bites. Thanks for sharing.

Every Spring & Autumn I make a healing skin oil & salve from dead nettle & Plantain. The most amazing stuff! Thank you for sharing your knowledge & enthusiasm!

Thank you very very much for this wonderful informations about plantain!

I have used plantain on besting which has mildened the sting considerably. Thank you for sharing your abundant herbal knowledge.

I have known about plantain being helpful for the skin but until I saw your video I did not know that it was useful for stings. As it happens, today I had the opportunity to find out I was stung by a wasp. I promptly went outside and searched the lawn for some plantain, found a leaf, made a little herbal bandage for the spot and lo and behold it worked wonders. Thanks for this and all your videos. Very informative!!!

I love all of your videos and they are incredibly helpful! This is the information we need passed down. Thank you

Great Vid! Thanks so much for sharing! Plantain is such a great plant! I often use it as a poultice. That and Yarrow are staples in my herbal first aid kit! Thank for sharing your knowledge and skill! Blessings BCB

I have this all over my driveway, never knew what it was till now. Thanks!

GREAT INFORMATION ON PLANTAIN..... THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING ; )

Plantain is wonderful! I have it all over my yard and use it often. Love it, because there you are right beside a cow parsnip which is also very beneficial in many ways!

Well, I eat plantain and tell everyone about its awesome properties for healing and nourishing... but you did an awesome job adding new dimensions to my knowledge. And yes, it does take toxins out of our bodies. Thank you for doing such an awesome job! Dandelion and plantain pesto cubes is my favorite winter green supply!

Thank you so much for sharing his knowledge, they're growing everywhere outside our home here in Fiji. Now I'll start using them...

Thanks for passing the knowledge HJ!

Hello Yarrow! Thank u, I knew it’s abilities to pull away the stings, but not the rest of what u said, I truly appreciate this knowledge u have shared!!! Thank u

I love your videos. I've missed seeing you online but I know everybody needs a break now and then. Please make more videos, I love them.

It’s healing my chickens legs that have a secondary infection. Thanks for the video it reaffirmed what Im seeing in her legs. She became swiftly more comfortable. 🙏

Love your channel man. Such great information!!!!!!!!!!!

Some one told me to take for sinuses worked quickly and continue when have flare ups. Years of success. In my curiosity I also found info that it could be good at treating tumours. Worth a look to see if suitable. Plantago is definitely a must herb for the medicine cabinet! Thanks for all your hard work really appreciated.

Love listening to your enthusiasm

One of the best videos done on plantains

I enjoy learning from the herbal jedi. Love and light to you and yours 🤗

I have this in my yard, but always thought it was a weed, wow great video, I learned something new today. Now when I start my new garden I'll save a space just for them. 🖤🇧🇸

Brilliant! Just found your site by accident and have subscribed. It’s going to be so useful, thank you.

Wow and I was pulling these out of my garden..gonna keep them around!

Thanks for reminding me to start picking some plantain. Great channel.

Great for IBS too - plantains are amazing I use them for just about everything ( as a tea as a tincture, internally & externally)

Doing your virtual herbal walk w Wild Rose... I guess one video leads to another😊 Glad I found your channel, learning a lot and making plantain salve after drying the leaves this weekend. Thanks!

Love your enthusiasm and your message! Great video!

INCREDIBLE !That You So Much!

Wow! I love how knowledgable you are, my son is a coeliac with IBS guess what I’m going to give him! ❤️🕉

Really enjoyed the video on plantain.will use some of the tips,thanks.

I can agree that it's so great iv used it for bee stings and stinging nettles(3 days ago) grows everywhere in the UK

Thank you so much for all this information!!! So helpful ❤

Thank you Sir for the information very helpful!God Bless!

I made all purpose balm with this. Very effective on insect bites. Happy to grows them in the backyard.

Love your energy!!!!

Thank you!!! So helpful! My Aunt’s husband is Houma Indian, and he showed me this plant years ago around my house; but didn’t get to tell me it’s use. He pronounced it ‘pla-tenn’. (Same thing basically!) Always curious about its properties since then; but I wasn’t sure how to spell it!

I am growing this in my garden this year along with other medicinal herbs, I have been eating it in salads and I will grow it every year.

I love plantain!!

Wow@ wonderful plantain 😅

Lovin these videos man! Your a terrific teacher!

I sliced my thumb open on a dirty pocket knife earlier this month. Probably would have been given a couple stitches. I made a poultice with coconut oil, plantain leaf, and honey, covered it with gauze and taped it closed. Replaced it every couple days (taping as best I could to keep my thumb in it's natural shape). It closed up in about a week. It's fully healed now, aside from a crease where the cut was and some scar tissue I've been slowly massaging out.

Awesome video on wild herbs 🌿👏

Thanks for the vids.your work is important to the human body