03/26/2020 / By Zoey Sky
Home remedies like plantain salve are a must-have if you frequently suffer from minor skin conditions. It’s easy to make this healing salve, which can also be used to moisturize dry skin and relieve itchy insect bites.
Plantain salve is sold online or at boutique stores, but a small container of the healing salve will cost at least $20. If you’re not willing to shell out that much money, knowing how to make your own plantain salve is a cheaper alternative.
Broadleaf plantain (Plantago major) is considered a weed, but this plant offers many health benefits. But before you haphazardly pick leaves in your garden, you need to learn how to identify plantain leaves.
Plantain has wide, glossy leaves with almost parallel venation. The leaves grow in a rosette or a circular arrangement.
The plant has green flower spikes that produce a lot of seeds in the summer. The presence of broadleaf plantain suggests that the surrounding soil is very damp and compacted.
When harvesting plantain leaves, stick to your own garden. It’s better to avoid polluted areas or spots that may have been sprayed with herbicides. (Related: 5 Medicinal plants that you need in your home garden.)
Plantain salve is commonly used to ease skin conditions and draw out splinters.
Below are some of the other uses and benefits of plantain salve:
Plantain salve can also be used as an active ingredient base. Combine plantain with eucalyptus or other herbs and essential oils and rub the final product onto your chest to break up mucus and ease cough.
You can also combine plantain with yarrow for a natural remedy that works best on dry, cracked skin and rashes.
You will need a double boiler or a coffee pot and a medium-sized pot to make plantain salve in your kitchen. The recipe below makes at least one quart of plantain salve.
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Make a batch of plantain salve to naturally relieve painful burns and insect bites.
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