Come get your Plantain Salve!

Plantains have wide-ranging antimicrobial properties besides being anti-inflammatory and analgesic! It can not only soothe insect bites, but it also prevents infections and accelerates healing!

Plantains contain aucubin which is mainly responsible for the antimicrobial action of the herb. It also contains allantoin which helps with skin tissue regeneration.

Plantain salve or ointment (again interchangeable terms) is a salve made from using plantain oil. Plantain is abundant and the salve works for all minor burns, cuts, rashes and stings!

Let's face it, sometimes we all need a little boo-boo medicine, whether you're 5 or 55! Plantain salve is just that, the perfect all-natural medicine to treat all of life's little cuts, scrapes, stings, burns, rashes and abrasions!

The long list of ailments that plantain salve can be used on are bug bites, stings, scratches, bruises, minor wounds, rashes and dry irritated skin and hot spots! Rashes caused from poison ivy, oak or sumac can be soothed with plantain salve!

Plantain salve works on reducing the appearance of fine lines, scars, dark circles under the eyes, droopy eyelids and dark spots related to aging!

Plantain salve is also known as a "pulling" salve so it can be used on slivers/splinters and glass shards. It can also draw out infection and puss from close up, dirty infected wounds! It can be used with boils and blisters, ulcers, burns and sores! It can also draw out poison. For insect bites like bees, wasp and mosquito stings, and even snake bites!! Putting some salve or fresh chewed up plant on the area will promote extraction of the venom! It'll definitely help those mosquito bites not itch!

Herbalists refer to plantain as nature's band-aid! It's a well-known bee/wasp sting treatment! A little plantain poultice will provide instant relief when nothing else will! This is assuming you have fresh plantain on hand!

Making a salve combines the healing benefits of the abundant plantain with the soothing effects of oils and beeswax! It also preserves plantain and makes it readily available when fresh cannot be acquired!

Disclaimer: There is always a possibility of unintended consequences, allergic reactions, or interactions with other medications, so please check with your doctor before using if you have any doubts! If you're harvesting wild plant material, make sure your 100% sure in your identification and consult multiple sources to ID. The above is based on my own research but I don't claim to have any certifications that would qualify me to give advice to you on your health, even though I am a registered nurse. Please do your own research and always use multiple sources!