Blisters

Plant:   Narrow Leaved Plantain 

Tall Grass Prairie and Eastern Indigenous Forest

Genus and Species:   Plantago lanceopata






Habitat:    waste places (everywhere)

Season:   April though November


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Active Chemical Structure:   plantamajoside

Uses and Preparation: Coughs, diarrhea, dysentery, blood urine (tea form leaves)
                                       Apply leaves to blisters, soars, ulcers, swelling, and insect stings

Resources:   Foster, S. & Duke, J.A. (2014) Peterson Field Guide to Medical Plants and Herbs: of Eastern and Central North America. New York, New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing company.

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