I had the students in for a week's masterclass at the center when Mrs. C. called me for an emergency appointment: her feet were on fire with a fungus-like rash, she told me (she's from the medical profession). Conventional antifungals offered no relief.
As I couldn't offer her an appointment until 7 days later, I advised her to use "this weed" as a poultice.
She had to apply a plantain poultice to the affected area until the rash subsided.
Well, at the time of the appointment it was magic: I couldn't see anything at all in his feet. Everything was back to normal with this so-called "weed".
It's clear that this magic won't last "ad vitam aeternam" as the mycoses are still clinging to a vaccine memory from her early childhood that we're treating quantum, but at least, and until it goes away for good, this person has had chemical-free relief.
Plantain:
- Plantain is first and foremost used to treat diseases of the respiratory organs, and particularly in cases of lung congestion, hacking cough, whooping cough, pulmonary asthma and even pulmonary tuberculosis, to disinfect the respiratory tract.
- For bites (mosquitoes, wasps, nettles, etc.) and itching, rub one or more leaves over the site of the bite until the juice is extracted.
- The fresh leaves, rich in mucilage, can be used as a poultice to stop bleeding or to heal blisters after a walk in the mountains.
- Plantain is used as an infusion (1 heaped teaspoonful of leaves with 1/4 liter of water, steep briefly), leaf poultice (crushed) or syrup.
