Plantago major Linn.

Primary Characteristics

Primary Characteristics

Plantago major Linn.belongs to Plantaginaceae, family.
The English Names for this herb are Broad-leaved Plantain, Englishman`s Foot, Ripple Grass, Snakeweed, White Man`s Foot.
The Urdu Name for this herb is Bartang.

Pharmacological Actions

The pharmacological Actions of Plantago major Linn. are Astringent, Deobstruent, Diuretic, Refrigerant.

Indications

The Indications of Plantago major Linn. are Sores, Intermittent Fever, Bleeding, Malignant Ulcers, Inflammation of skin.

The Indications of Leaves of Plantago major Linn. are Nettles Bite, Bleeding Wounds, Burns, Scalds, Insect Bite.

No Contra Indication information is available for Plantago major Linn..

Temperaments

No Temperament information is available for Plantago major Linn..

Available Brands

No Brand information is available for Plantago major Linn..

Compound Preparations

No Compound Preparation information is available for Plantago major Linn..

Dosage

PartDoseInstruction
Whole Herb0.500Drachm - 1.000DrachmIn the form of fluid extract.

Herb's Description

Plantago major Linn.. It grows from a very short rhizome, which bears below a great number of long, straight, yellowish roots, and above, a large, radial rosette of leaves and a few Iong, slender, densely-flowered spikes. The leaves are ovate, blunt, abruptly contracted at the base into a long, broad, channelled footstalk (petiole). The blade is 4 to 10 inches long and about two-thirds as broad, usually smooth, thickish, five to eleven ribbed, the ribs having a strongly fibrous structure, the margin entire, or coarsely and unevenly toothed. The flower-spikes, erect, on long stalks, are as long as the leaves, 1/4 to 1/3 inch thick and usually blunt. The flowers are somewhat purplish-green, the calyx fourparted, the small corolla bell-shaped and four-lobed, the stamens four, with purple anthers. The fruit is a two-celled capsule, not enclosed in the perianth, and containing four to sixteen seeds.

Taste Odor & Occurrence


Odor: The odor of Plantago major Linn. is Odourless
Taste: Acrid and bitterish

Substitutes

No information regarding Plantago major Linn.'s substitute is currently available.

Active Constituents

Plantago major Linn.'s Active constituents:

Antidotes

No information regarding Plantago major Linn.'s antidot is currently available.

Warning & Precautions

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Toxicity

Currently no Toxicity information is available for Plantago major Linn.. (work in progress)