Our ancestors often used it, both in cooking and as a natural remedy: Lanceolate plantain is one of the most common spontaneous medicinal herbs in our country and can be used to prepare infusions, tinctures and medicinal syrups.
The lanceolate plantain is a spontaneous herbaceous plant that grows almost everywhere in the countryside and belongs to the same family as the large plantain, which differs in its broader leaves.
In peasant tradition, plantain was used as a “first aid” remedy, so much so that an old peasant saying stated that “the way to the plantain is shorter than the way to the doctor”.
Of course, this plant cannot replace the doctor, but it offers healing properties that should not be ignored and which we list below.
Lanceolate plantain contains flavonoids, iridoids, mucilage, tannins and minerals, all of which are very rich in health benefits.
It is a plant characterized by its relaxing and expectorant properties, its mucous membrane toning, antispasmodic, anticatarrhal, healing and hemostatic properties.
Lanceolate plantain can be used in the following ways:
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