08-30-2012, 12:37 PM
I had a spider bit right next to my eye and it swelled up to a huge welt and I was concerned because of being so close to the eye. Even an herbalist friend said "go to the ER immediately!" but I packed on plantain instead. I just mashed it up and put a big gob on it. Took a few days but the swelling all disappeared and no problems. Powerful stuff!
Your plantain has really wide leaves compared to the thin-leaved plants in Texas. I consider it very very valuable, right up there with dandelion, purslane and nettles.
Oh and here's the really cool part: Just a couple of days before the spider bite, I noticed just a couple of plantain plants down the street one day when out for a walk. I had intended to gather some seeds and sprinkle them in my yard, but hadn't done so yet. The day I got bitten by the spider, there were miraculously several plantain plants in my front yard that I could swear weren't there before! No way could they have grown that large in just 2 days.
Your plantain has really wide leaves compared to the thin-leaved plants in Texas. I consider it very very valuable, right up there with dandelion, purslane and nettles.
Oh and here's the really cool part: Just a couple of days before the spider bite, I noticed just a couple of plantain plants down the street one day when out for a walk. I had intended to gather some seeds and sprinkle them in my yard, but hadn't done so yet. The day I got bitten by the spider, there were miraculously several plantain plants in my front yard that I could swear weren't there before! No way could they have grown that large in just 2 days.
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