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Here are three myths about plantain that might be keeping you from one of the best plant allies that you can ever meet.
So plantain does grow in sidewalk cracks, driveways, hard pack trails, even in my raised bed gardens.
Plantain thrives in disturbed, compacted ground where fussier plants can't, which is cool because it means it tends to show up when you need it.
It was actually the first herb that I ever learned on my own plant journey 20 years ago, and this plant still amazes me.
That's the painful mouth sores that people get from radiation and chemotherapy treatments.
And so they looked at the whole body of research and they named plantain extract among the compounds that produced the best results for reducing the severity of it.
And that's a big deal because those mouth sores, they get so painful and they can keep people from eating.
It's just missing the fact that this particular weed is a really serious healer and it's free, it's abundant, probably growing right at your feet right now.
Here are three myths about plantain that might be keeping you from one of the best plant allies that you can ever meet.
So plantain does grow in sidewalk cracks, driveways, hard pack trails, even in my raised bed gardens.
Plantain thrives in disturbed, compacted ground where fussier plants can't, which is cool because it means it tends to show up when you need it.
It was actually the first herb that I ever learned on my own plant journey 20 years ago, and this plant still amazes me.
That's the painful mouth sores that people get from radiation and chemotherapy treatments.
And so they looked at the whole body of research and they named plantain extract among the compounds that produced the best results for reducing the severity of it.
And that's a big deal because those mouth sores, they get so painful and they can keep people from eating.
It's just missing the fact that this particular weed is a really serious healer and it's free, it's abundant, probably growing right at your feet right now.
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