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TRUST PLANTAIN WITH YOUR EYES! .....A true Healer.

Written by Danny E. for TuHerbicina.  If  you grew up in Dominica, born in the 80's/ 90's era, you probably  must have heard someone say " Plahteh good for eyes"....But have you ever tried it before? I keep making mention of my grandfather as one of my first teachers of natural medicine which is a fact and hence the reason why today I am still convinced that there is no better way than the natural way of healing. I remember him using the plant for his eyes . There are many uses and health benefits associated with Plantain , also known as Broadleaf Plantain , Greater Plantain , Scientific Name: Plantago Major L. , Llanten in spanish. A perennial plant of the Plantain Family - Plantiginaceae. Not the plantain that we cook and eat.  Although you can actually eat young leaves of the plantain herb as a salad.  This is one of the plants I did research on for my thesis on "Wild plants with medicinal properties" in Barinas, Venezuela, 2005, Where the people also ha...