Plantago major


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(1) A perennial herb, the seeds of which contain alkaloids, glycosides, mucilage, silica and tannins. Plantains are anti-hypertensive, anti-inflammatory, diuretic and expectorant.

Chinese medicine
Plantain is used for dysuria, ocular pain, urinary tract infections, poor vision and problems of childbirth.

Herbal medicine
Western herbal medicine, plantains are used internally as bulk laxatives, for bronchitis, cystitis, diarrhoea, fungal infections, haemorrhoids, hepatitis, neuralgias and urinary tract infections, and topically for cuts, stings, bites, tumours and varicose veins. 
 
(2) Psyllium, see there; Plantago psyllium.
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Las enfermedades del sistema sensorial, como dolor de cabeza, dolor de oido, son tratadas con canela (Cinnamomum zeylanicum), hoja del aire (Kalanchoe pinnata), llanten (Plantago major), menta (Mentha spicata), noni (Morinda citrifolia L.), ruda de castilla (Ruta graveolens), oregano (Origanum vulgare L.), de las cuales se utiliza el tallo, las hojas y las flores, y son administradas por via oral y via topica.
Las plantas medicinales: principal alternativa para el cuidado de la salud, en la poblacion rural de Babahoyo, Ecuador/Medicinal plants: main alternative for health care, in the rural town of Babahoyo, Ecuador
In vitro cytotoxic, antiviral and immunomodulatory effects of Plantago major and Plantago asiatica.
Traditional use of medicinal plants to heal wounds: implications for nursing/ Uso popular de plantas medicinais na cicatrizacao de feridas: implicacoes para a enfermagem/Uso popular de plantas medicinales en la cicatrizacion de heridas: implicaciones para el equipo de enfermeria
Isolation and Identification of Antibacterial Compound from Diethyl Ether Extract of Plantago Major L.
Estudio etnobotanico de especies medicinales utilizadas por la comunidad de la vereda Campo Alegre del corregimiento de Siberia--Cauca (Colombia)
Salvia stipposa Shost, Plantago major L., Verbascum thapsus L., Echinops ritro L., Malvapussila are found in the grass-mixed grass communities.
Wild medical plants in the phytocenoses of the Northern Kazakhstan
Snap off the flower heads before they produce thousands of fluffy little parachutes [bar] Pearlwort (Sagina procumbens) with long prostrate stems and central rosette of narrow leaves is often mistaken for moss because of its flat appearance [bar] Plantain (Plantago major) is easily recognisable by its flat rosette of thick, broadly ribbed leaves.
Tackling the enemy within; GARDEN RULES
All the plants they listed were shared with other respondents, except two plants named by Erna Ader (Plantago major and Polygala amarella).
Personal and shared: the reach of different herbal landscapes/Isiklik ja jagatud: erinevate ravimtaimemaastike ulatus
Plantago major: Use for a toothache that is better with pressure and worse without cold air.
Homeopathy in dentistry--a new avenue visited
Crab apple 41 Rudbeckia hirta Black-eyed susan 42 Plantago major Common plantain * 43 Carex cephalophora Sedge 44 Taraxicum officionale Dandelion * 45 Elymus repens Quack grass * 46 Mehlotus alba White clover * 47 Solanum nigrum Nightshade 48 Antennaria neglecta Cat's foot 49 Potentilla arguta Prairie cinquefoil 50 Aster pilosus White aster 51 Verbascum thapsus Mullien * Rank Species Functional group 1991 2007 1 Andropogon gerardii C4 graminoid 6.11 9.16 2 Solidago nemoralis forb 0.8 7.22 3 Rumex acetosella forb 3.2 2.73 4 Poa pratensis C3 graminoid 3.8 0.54 5 Panicum oligosanthes C3 graminoid 2.69 1.6 6 Solidago speciosa forb 1.27 2.98 7 Phleum pratense C3 graminoid 2.89 1.27 8 Hieracium spp.
Assessing plant community changes over sixteen years of restoration in a remnant Michigan tallgrass prairie
Medicinal plants: Antibacterial effect in vitro de Plantago major L, Erythroxylum novogranatense, Plowman var truxillense and Camellia sinensis on stomatologic importance bacteria
Plantas medicinales: efecto antibacteriano in vitro de Plantago major L, Erythroxylum novogranatense, Plowman var truxillense y Camellia sinensis sobre bacterias de importancia estomatologica
/ Passion fruit Infusion / leaves, fruit Plantaginaceae Plantago major L.
Medicinal plants used by Itamaraty community nearby Anapolis, Goias State, Brazil/Plantas medicinais usadas pela comunidade do bairro Itamaraty em Anapolis, Estado de Goias, Brasil
Among the analysed plant pieces, we can find more trees, for example Fraxinus excelsior, Salix alba and bushes Buddleia davidii, Ligustrum ovalifolium, Pyra-cantha coccinea, Syringa vulgaris, Spiraea vanhouttei and in the herb Plantago major.
Monitoring of landscape combinations and concourses in the Hungarian Danube-bend/Aplinkos tarsos itakos krastovaizdziui dunojaus vingyje vengrijoje monitoringas
Presistence of maternal nutrient effects in Plantago major: the third generation.
Plants in your ants: using ant mounds to test basic ecological principles

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