Plantain Leaf 4:1

History:

Plantain is an annual or perennial plant that is native to Eurasia and introduced to the New World by early settlers. The plant has been naturalized throughout temperate North America and may be found wild in fields, roadsides, lawns and waste places, thriving in well-drained soil in full sun and grows from one to two feet in height. Plantain produces a radial rosette of broad, oval leaves and a few densely flowered spikes of greenish-white to greenish-brown flowers that bloom from April to October. It is frequently called a common weed that will take over a lawn, destroying and replacing the grass that originally occupied the site, but it has been greatly valued since antiquity for it medicinal qualities. It grows better than most other plants in compacted soils, and is wind-pollinated and propagates primarily by seeds, which are held on the long, narrow spikes that rise above the foliage. The standard native English name is Greater Plantain, though it is also called Common Plantain in some areas where it is introduced, particularly North America. It was one of the nine sacred herbs mentioned in the Lacnunga, the most ancient source of Anglo-Saxon medicine, where it was called "The Mother of Herbs." In Old World tradition, Plantains were used for cuts, burns, poison ivy and snake bites, and a tea made from the seeds was employed to support the bowel and mucous membranes. Its spread has been thought to follow in the footsteps of the early English Colonists and their settlements across the continent. A report from Virginia, in 1687, stated that the Indians called the plant Englishman's Foot, due to the plant's habit of growing wherever the White Man created a settlement, giving the plant two of its common names. Longfellow noted in his "Hiawatha" that "...wherever the English have taken possession of the soil, the Plantain springs up." Native Americans used Plantain widely and referred to it as "Life Medicine." The Shoshones employed it for wounds, bowels and snakebite, and it was used for worms in early American domestic medicine. It should be noted that Plantain is not related to the cooking banana of the same name, even though it is a corruption of a Spanish word, plantano, which means "banana or plant/plane tree." It is one of the very large family of plantagos. The young leaves are a tasty addition to salads, but once again, it must not be confused with another plant, the poisonous foxglove, which has a very similar appearance. The foliage and seeds are used in herbal preparations. Some of the constituents in Plantain include adenine, mucilage, allantoin, aucubin, apigenin, acids (oleanolic, p-coumaric, salicylic (the natural forerunner of aspirin), vanillic, ursolic, cinnamic, ferulic, benzoic, caffeic and chlorogenic), fiber, luteolin, potassium and vitamins C and A.

Recommended Dosage:
Take two (2) capsules, one (1) to two (2) times each day with water at mealtimes.

Contraindications:
Currently, there are no known warnings or contraindications with the use of Plantain Herbal Supplement.

Capsule Information:
Our Plantain Leaf 4:1 supplements are encapsulated in 100% Gluten-free, Vegetable Cellulose, Certified Kosher, size "00" Capsules.(click here for size comparison) Each capsule contains approximately 600 mgs.

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