Plantain Leaf Benefits. It is rich in tannins acid Aucubin an iris and mucus also have sputum and anti-irritating. 1 mug of boiling water.
1 teaspoon of dried plantain leaf andor 1 fresh plantain leaf. Medicinally Native Americans used plantain leaves to relieve the pain of bee stings and insect bites stop the itching of poison ivy and other allergic rashes and promote healing in sores and bruises. Its also extremely high in Vitamin A and C.
It has antibacterial anti-irritation and antiseptic properties.
As well as its mineral content plantain leaves are home to vitamin A vitamin C and vitamin K. Harvest and Process Plantain Leaf. Hundreds of plantain species exist including two prominent ones for their therapeutic effects Plantago major and Plantago asiatica. The health benefits of plantain leaves is essential to our body.