Plantain: medicinal properties and contraindications, recipes, reviews. Psyllium seeds: medicinal properties and contraindications

This wonderful plant is introduced to children already in the second grade of secondary school. Therefore, there is hardly anyone who does not know what a plantain is. The medicinal properties and contraindications to the use of most drugs on its basis are studied fairly well by the official medicine. The chemical composition of the ground parts of the plantain is so unique that this modest herb is used on an industrial basis for the manufacture of the "Plantaglucid" drug. Many people have long used leaves and psyllium seeds for food, which is an excellent prevention of cardiac, pulmonary, gastric diseases and, among other things, contributes to the overall strengthening of the body. In some regions of Russia, the plantain is called a chiropic herb, a cutter or a pogranik, which is due to its wound-healing properties.

So, today we will consider what kind of medicinal properties and contraindications the plantain has. Recipes of potions used by traditional healers to treat a variety of diseases, also we will bring to your attention (how to know, maybe you will choose for yourself several suitable options). But first a bit of theory.

Medicinal plantain species

The world knows more than 200 species of plants of the genus Plantain. Therapeutic properties and contraindications were found only in a few of them. If you have problems with the digestive tract - constipation, diarrhea, colitis and metabolic syndrome - egg plant well helps. Its ground parts contain saponins, mucus (40% in seeds), vitamins C, K, tannins, alkaloids, bitter, fatty acids and acids. This plantain has long narrow leaves without veins and ovoid inflorescences on thin high peduncles. The same medicinal properties have the seeds of the plantain sand, growing low bush. Its habitat range is the regions of Transcaucasia, the south and temperate latitudes of Europe. In some countries, this plant is cultivated for the manufacture of medications.

There are species of plantains (seaside, reindeer), the medicinal properties of which have not yet been confirmed (the plant undergoes clinical trials), but people use their leaves for a long time as a vitamin supplement for salads and soups, and seeds are used as spices.

Lancet-like plantain

Widely used in medicine is another species - lanceolate plantain. Therapeutic properties and contraindications of it are also well studied and proven. Leaves, seeds and even rhizomes of this plant have the richest chemical composition, including flavonoids, carbohydrates, mucus, cholesterol, fatty, phenolcarbonic and organic acids, sitosterol, campesterol and stigmasterol. Lancet-like plantain is used in diseases of the respiratory system, gastrointestinal tract, genitourinary system, skin ailments, pulmonary diseases, various traumas. You can learn this plant from a dense rosette of fairly large lanceolate leaves with longitudinal veins. Its flowers, collected in the inflorescence of the ear, are located on long thin peduncles. The size of these "spikelets" is small, 3-5 cm, and the color is gray-lilac, less often gray-white.

Plantain large

This is the most famous type, widely used for treatment, especially in folk medicine. Most often this plant can be found along the roads, which is why it was called the plantain. Therapeutic properties and contraindications of drugs from it have been confirmed in clinical trials. The use of plantain is so great that it is cultivated in many countries. The appearance of the plant is quite recognizable. Leaves are large, broad, petiolate. They are given special strength by well-marked longitudinal veins, located both in the leaf blade and in the petiole. Peduncle flower buds reach a height of 50 cm. The flowers are collected in a tight narrow ear, having a length of 20-25 cm. The seeds are very small (up to 1 mm), ripen in dense seed boxes. Blossom plantain is large from May to September, the seeds ripen throughout the flowering period. Long peduncles, swinging by the wind, scatter them far from the mother plant. You need to have the knowledge and experience to collect the plantain seeds correctly, so they are quite expensive.

Chemical composition

In folk medicine, for many hundreds of years, a grass plantain has been used . The medicinal properties and contraindications of this plant determine its unique chemical composition. In leaves and seeds of plantain large contains:

• Polysaccharides (dietary fiber);
• Mucus (about 11%);
• Aucubine;
• Bitterness;
• Carotenoids;
• Choline;
• ascorbic acid;
• Vitamin K;
• Factor T;
• Organic and fatty acids;
• Microelements.

Plantain seeds of large, in addition, contain saponins, tannins, fatty oil, fiber, oxalic acid, and mucus in them about 44%.

Application area

In folk medicine, leaves of plantain are most often used. The medicinal properties and contraindications of this raw material are such that they are successfully used when:

• Various skin traumas (cuts, bruises, burns, boils, ulcers, purulent wounds);
• Cancer of the lungs and organs of the digestive tract;
• Diseases of the genitourinary system (inflammatory processes in the kidneys, bladder, ovaries);
• Problems with the organs of the digestive tract (stomach ulcer, gastritis, colitis, dyspepsia, ulcer of the duodenum);
• Pulmonary diseases (bronchitis, tuberculosis, asthma);
• Pertussis;
• Hay fever;
• Lack of appetite;
• Insomnia;
• Some heart diseases;
• Hypertension;
• Infectious diseases (streptococcus, staphylococcus);
• Infertility (due to the violation of hormonal activity).

Plantain seeds, medicinal properties and contraindications

For medicinal purposes, the seeds of plantain used Avicenna. Healers of Ancient China paid much attention to this natural medicine. With the help of plantain seeds, constipation and diarrhea were treated, they were used for tumors, bleeding, inflammation of the eyes and internal organs, dysentery. Now the seeds of plantain are even more widely used in folk medicine and in official medicine. Therapeutic properties and contra-indications of drugs based on this raw material allow them to be used to purify the body of toxins and toxins, restore the microflora of the stomach, treat prostatitis and certain types of infertility, combat excess weight and strengthen immunity. Also, preparations from psyllium seeds help to remove plaques of "bad" cholesterol in blood vessels, control sugar in the blood, get rid of hemorrhoids, and improve the skin condition.

Plantain in cosmetology

This unique herb is used not only to treat diseases, but also to preserve fresh and flowering skin condition of the face, improve the hair condition, remove leg fatigue and soften the skin of the hands. Doing baths or preparing ointments and cream, especially for the face, do not just forget that, as a medicinal plant, has psyllium healing properties and contraindications. The feedback of those who chose this raw material for solving their health problems is exceptionally positive. Plantain helped very many to become parents, get rid of gastritis, coughing, excess weight. In cosmetology, this representative of the plant world is also in demand. With the help of this natural healer and beautician, women regain their youth and beauty. Doctors do not recommend to resort to his help only to those who have drugs on the basis of this plant cause allergic reactions.

Some recipes:

1. Contrast wipe the decollete and face. It is necessary to prepare the broth from the dry (or fresh) raw material of plantain and water taken in a 1: 1 ratio, insist, divide into 2 parts. One to put in the refrigerator, the second to leave at room temperature. When rubbing the skin alternate cold decoction with warm.

2. For tired legs. Prepare the tub, pour the plantain with boiling water (the proportions can vary, more often take 30 grams of raw materials per 1 liter of water). Cool slightly. Do this foot bath for at least 15 minutes.

3. For the hands. Prepare the cream of plantain based on decoction of leaves and butter. Instead of the broth, you can use powder from dry raw materials.

4. For dry hair. Prepare the conditioner. To do this, pour a glass of boiling water a spoonful of plantain and insist.

Contraindications

Like all medicines or medicinal herbs, the psyllium has healing properties and contraindications. Children under 2 years and pregnant can apply it only after consulting a doctor. More often than not, pediatricians prescribe a plantain syrup (as an antitussive drug). The difference of this drug is its concentration, which can negatively affect the gastrointestinal tract of small patients. In addition, treated with plantain is not recommended for people suffering from high acidity and thrombosis, as well as those who have an individual intolerance of drugs from this plant. With certain types of ulcers of the gastrointestinal tract, a medicine from plantain can be used only by the doctor's prescription. Seeds should not be taken with asthma and children under 6 years of age.

ethnoscience

There are several hundred recipes from this plant. We give them a small part:

1. In all skin injuries, including purulent wounds, use an ointment from the powder of dry leaves of plantain, for which the raw material is mixed with petroleum jelly or vegetable oil in a proportion of 1: 9. With fresh cuts, the leaf of plantain can be chewed and applied to the wound.

2. For all lung diseases accompanied by separation of sputum, as well as gastritis and ulcers of the gastrointestinal tract, the infusion of plantain is drunk. It is prepared in many ways. We offer 5-7 grams of dry raw materials (leaves, seeds) to pour 200-220 ml of boiling water, cover, insist, strain and drink before meals on a tablespoon. The same infusion can be treated with inflammation of the eyelids.

3. When hypertension is used tincture psyllium, which is prepared by adding a glass of vodka 20 grams of dry raw materials. All this is placed in a container of dark glass and insists not in the refrigerator for 2 weeks. Drink tincture, adding to the water no more than 30 drops.

4. Plantain syrup is drunk with the same diseases as infusion. Prepare it as follows: in the glass container lay layers of fresh raw materials and sugar (honey), densely rammed (knead) and insist for up to 2 weeks, after which the syrup is separated from the rest of the mass and stored in the refrigerator.

Recipes with psyllium seeds

1. With constipation for the night, drink a glass of warm water and a half teaspoon of seeds.

2. With prostatitis and lethargy of spermatozoa, a tablespoon of raw material is poured with a glass of water, pressed on low heat for 5 minutes and drunk three times a day for two tablespoons.

3. With female infertility three times a day, eat a spoonful of dry seeds, necessarily washing with a large volume of water, or the same spoon of seeds pour a glass of boiling water, grind on low heat for 5 minutes, insist up to 40 minutes and drink this infusion several times a day on the dining room Spoon.

4. The seed husks are consumed with a lot of water to reduce appetite and weight correction.