What Are the Benefits of Plantain Leaves?

Plantago areca (Scientific name: Plantago arenaria Waldst. Et Kit.), With erect stems, many branches, opposite branches, long internodes, and longitudinal grooves. Leaves papery or firm, linear to linear-lanceolate, base sessile, with slightly enlarged short sheath. Inflorescences axillary above middle of stem; inflorescence stalks 2-8 cm long. Spikes ovoid to ellipsoid; bracts ovate. Sepals have broad veins, keel narrow, not reaching the apex. Corolla hazel-white, glabrous, crown tube slightly longer than sepals. Stamens inserted on the inner surface of the crown tube near the apex, extruded from the style, anthers oval, pale yellow. Ovules 2. Capsule elliptic, circumcised above base. Seed 2, ovate oval or elliptic, dark brown to dark brown, shiny, ventral surface sinking into a boat shape, with involute edges; cotyledons arranged left and right. ^[1]

Liaoning, Hebei, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, and Tibet have cultivated or escaped. Born in sand, meadows, and roadsides, 100-3500 meters above sea level. Originating in Europe, North Africa, southwestern Asia, reaching Iran, the Caucasus, Russia, West Siberia, and Kazakhstan; Pakistan, India, Japan, Australia, the United States and other state-owned cultivation or naturalization. ^[1]

Psyllium has strong adaptability, cold resistance and drought resistance, and does not have strict requirements on soil. It can grow well on warm, humid, sunny, and sandy fertile soil. The stems and leaves can grow normally in the range of 20-24 , and the temperature exceeds 32 . There will be slow growth and gradually wither until the whole plant dies. The soil is slightly alluvial with loessy soil. ^[4]

Seed breeding: Mature seeds are harvested one after another from June to October. Live broadcast in spring, carried out in March-April, open crickets with a width of 1.3 meters, dig shallow holes according to the distance of about 27 cm each, and use 4.5 kg of seeds per hectare. Holes are opened at about 27 cm each, and 2-3 seedlings are planted in each hole, and about 10 hectares can be transplanted per 1 hectare of seedbed. ^[5]

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According to legend, Ma Wu, a famous Han dynasty leader, once led the army to conquer the Tatars in Wuling. Due to the unfamiliar terrain, he lost his battle and was trapped in a deserted place. It was midsummer and there was no drought or rain. Both the sergeant and the warhorse had "uremia" due to lack of water. There were no medicines for clearing heat and water. The soldiers were anxious. A horseman named Zhang Yong stumbled upon three horses suffering from hematuria and healed. He was surprised. He traced the roots and saw that a piece of weed-like grass on the ground was eaten by the horse. In order to verify the effect, he tried it again and it worked. So report Ma Wu. General Ma is overjoyed and asks where the grass is born? Zhang Yong pointed far away with his hand and said, "Just in front of the cart." Ma Wu laughed and said, "Help me this day, be a plantain." Immediately ordered the entire army to eat this grass, and then he cured the hematuria. The name of plantain is passed down. ^[4]