Plantago
(Plantago mayor L.)

Tribe: Plantaginaceae
Crude Name: Plantaginis herbaceous , plantaginis Semen.

Description
Plantago is a weed in tea and rubber plantations, or growing wild in forests, fields, and a slightly damp lawn, often planted in a pot as medicinal plants. This plant originated from Asia and Europe, can be found from lowland until height of 3300 m above sea level. This plant is widespread in the world and has been known since time immemorial and is one of 9 medicinal plants which is considered sacred in the Anglo-Saxon.
Chronic Herbaceous plant, grow upright, 15-20 cm high. Leaves single, long stemmed, arranged in roset roots. Round leaf shape egg until Lancet broad, flat or serrated edge irregularly rough, smooth or slightly hairy, curved bones, 5-10 cm long, 4-9 cm wide, it's green. Bead of compound interest are arranged in a length of about 30 cm, small, white. Fruit oval or ovate, containing 2-4 seeds are black and shriveled. The young leaves can be cooked as a vegetable. Propagated by seed.

Nature and Usefulness
This herb is sweet and cold. Efficacious as an anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, reliever fever (antipyretic), facilitator urine (diuretic), the facilitator sputum (expectorant), cough medicine (anitusif), stop bleeding (hemostatis), astringent, explain the vision to normalize excessive liver activity, and eliminating thirsty.
Seeds are sweet, cold, got meridian kidney, liver, small intestine and lung. Efficacious as a diuretic, aphrodisiac, healthy lung, expectorant, laxative (laksans), soothes liver and explains heat vision. Decoction of the seeds increased expenditure of urea, uric acid, and sodium chloride.

Chemical content
This herb contains plantagin, aukubin, ursolik acid, β-sitosterol, n-hentriakontan, and plantagluside consisting of methyl D-galakturonat, D-galactose, L-arabinose and L-rhammosa. Also contains tannin, potassium and Vitamins (B1, C, A). Potassium is the facilitator urine and dissolve the calcium salt deposits found in the kidneys and bladder. Aukubin active substances in addition to nutritious protect the liver against toxic effects that can damage liver cells (hepatoprotective), is also efficacious antiseptic.

Portion used
Herbs, seeds, roots. Seeds were collected after being cooked and then reheated with salt water.

How to Use
As much as 10-15 g of dried herbs or fresh, as much as 15-30 g of boiling water, then drink the water. Herbs can also be ground finely and then squeezed and filtered for drinking.
For external use only, finely chopped fresh herbs and then smeared on a sore spot.

Note
In order not to stick to the pan or with other bulbs, leaves, seeds should be incorporated into a cloth bag whenever you want to be boiled.