I was introduced to plantain in 3rd grade by this wonderful teacher who taught us to how to use it to heal nettle rashes and burns. She taught us everything flowers and plants, and beautiful traditional French songs. I’m 39 now and everything stayed with me. A good teacher goes a long way

@impunitythebagpuss

Жыл бұрын

Great for bug bites too!

@mjrussell414

Жыл бұрын

Wow - she does sound like she was a wonderful teacher. You were so lucky to have had her as a guide who taught you things you have remembered to this day.

@georgetarbutton8752

Жыл бұрын

Miss you resemble my aunt Maryjane 😮. She also knew herb's 😊

@creeper8647

7 ай бұрын

How right you are about teachers. Betty Jones, I remember you.

@StephStruble

Ай бұрын

Yes, a good teacher will touch your heart and stay forever in your soul. They are priceless to a young child and should be paid so much more money! Unfortunately, very few people are "true teachers" like the one you talk about here! I also had 1 real teacher, he was my 4th grade teacher

Tallow actually has no bad odor and is gold dust for the skin, it's very rarely an irritant and our bodies absorb so many vitamins and minerals from it including tones of vitamin D. It's definitely not a vegan option, but if you are interested in looking after the environment and reducing waste, tallow rendered from what could be just thrown in the bin, from local cattle is a fantastic option for soap and skincare

@melissaojala855

9 күн бұрын

Maybe from grass fed and finished meat. Fat carries toxins.

@patriotmama

Күн бұрын

Exactly. Tallow, when rendered properly has no smell. I use it all the time in salves and creams for skin care. It is absolutely wonderful for you skin. You can render it in a crockpot w/water to get all the impurities out and there is no smell whatsoever and it is as white as it can be. Give it a try everyone. It is a great skin care oil and very healing for all sorts of skin conditions.

i was always taught (from many sources including my native american grandmother & g-grandmother) to never harvest more than 1/3 of any herbs, mushrooms or fruits collected wild. if we are too greedy there wont be as many next year, if any.

@voluntaryismistheanswer

3 жыл бұрын

I always select the bug eaten and torn leaves, as it costs the plant more energy to repair than to replace them, so it is symbiotic- and am sure to thank them. They are good friends, and I feel the medicine is better when freely given than ripped from the giver by force, without gratitude. ETA they are also the most potent source of the alkaloids, the plant sends its resources to defend an assault, and that is where they are most concentrated- one requires less plant material for the same amount of drug.

@katzwhite5962

3 жыл бұрын

Very wise grandparents. Wish more people would heed this.

@crystalinedreams6039

3 жыл бұрын

@@voluntaryismistheanswer excellent info, we like to ask, pick responsible & leave a little gift of natural fertilizer and or water.

@crystalinedreams6039

3 жыл бұрын

@@katzwhite5962 i also wish more would show nature respect - many seem to want to kill it all off yet without it we would die.

@mrs.wilbur709

2 жыл бұрын

I never even thought about the ecosystem, glad I am learning about this at the start and not years down the road!

You can also make a spit poultice with plantain. Chew it in your mouth until it’s soft then put it on any sting bite or skin irritation. Works great!

great video! Im a herbalist and have been researching plant medicine for a long time. I have been making a variety of salves with broadleaf and narrow leaf plantain for a number of years and most of your techniques are the same as mine :) .The main thing I do differently is washing the leaves. I make a lot of it so it isn't practical for me to hand wipe each leaf or I would do it same as you. What I do is rinse them all and them put them through a salad spinner to remove any moisture. Thanks for posting :)

@ladyann5778

4 ай бұрын

I do the same

@audreaunnacodd9671

2 ай бұрын

Sames ❤

@Annapz22fd

2 ай бұрын

Go pick after it rains is my route lol😅

Nothing like gifts from the earth,all of the healing is in the earth…if we only look and share…stay blessed beautiful lady..

I tore open my ankle on a thick bramble last summer and it bled copiously. I remember reading about plantain being used by soldiers to treat wounds. I gathered a handful of ribwort plantain leaves and pressed them on the wound and after about two minutes it had stopped bleeding completely. It seemed to take some of the pain away too.

Tallow actually barely has a smell and blends so well and creamy with coconut oil! You can whip the two together with the calendula oil and boom… perfect whipped calendula butter!

@Padraigp

Жыл бұрын

Yup i love the smell of beef Tallow its so buttery

@Monica-mc8wi

Жыл бұрын

Just started using tallow. Rendered my first batch a few weeks ago. I’ve made soap, balm and whipped lotion with it and it’s lovely. Grass fed Tallow has amazing properties

@Padraigp

Жыл бұрын

@@Monica-mc8wi it is so lovely on the skin. I never learned to make whipped lotion sounds lovely. I also like lanolin which is banned now in mostbthings or at least nó longer used but it is also lovely and I don't dislike the smell. I love it on wool too.

@tiffles699

Жыл бұрын

​@@Padraigp 😂😂 lanolin and wool is a perfect match. Not sure if that was an accident or not.

@Padraigp

Жыл бұрын

@@tiffles699 ? Lanolin comes from wool. Its not an accident any more than your scalp having sebum is an accident.

That was a beautiful video. Your red hair, purple coat, in the meadow, the music...stunning. I liked the care you show for all of nature. Beautiful work!

when I’m out hiking and get a bug bite, I find this plant and take a leaf and rub it hard to get the moisture from it and rub it into the bite. Never itches again and heals quickly! I’m going to definitely harvest some and make this salve! 💕 thanks for sharing!

@voluntaryismistheanswer

3 жыл бұрын

I have always just chewed it up for poultice, I'm pretty hardcore lol

@mjrussell414

3 жыл бұрын

@@voluntaryismistheanswer Nothing wrong with that.

@sagajohansson6483

2 жыл бұрын

@@voluntaryismistheanswer I do that too haha

My x had a serious burn on her feet as a child. She was never suppose to walk again and her feet would be scarred They wrapped her feet in plantain , several times a day- you can’t find a trace of a scar. Just last year, she got a chemical burn on her face at work. We put plantain leaves on it, it healed quickly and no scars.

I love Plantain grass. We called it itchy weed when I was a child. Because it was the only thing that would relieve itching from bug bites or poison Ivy. We would gather the leaves and wet them with a little water or saliva, and then crush the leaves in our hands and rub the green juice on our bug bites. Of course when the lawn was cut it was gone, and then we didn't have any when we needed it.

@aleisterbroley900

2 жыл бұрын

saliva is best, from what I've read-- it helps to release the active compounds.

@elisabethjones4917

7 күн бұрын

I use my front teeth and tongue to activate mine ​@@aleisterbroley900

I'm blessed to have this herb growing wild in abundance around our homestead - I'll definitely be using this method to create salves for family and friends, when the plant is in full boom during the spring/summer.

We have plantain in abundance so make this every other year or so. I usually add rose oil for a pretty fragrance.

@coffeebeforemascara

3 ай бұрын

That's a wonderful idea

I put the leftover plantain after straining, into my food whether it’s a soup or just as a replacement or addition to my greens ie: spinach, kale green beans It’s so beneficial for ailments!

@coffeebeforemascara

3 ай бұрын

I was just wondering about this? It sounds like it would be an awfully delicious pesto alternative don't you think?

@LadyintheWoods

3 ай бұрын

@@coffeebeforemascara yes! I have made pesto with it and dandelion, amazing 😇

I've always left my herbs infusing in the oil for 72 hours in a pot of warm water or a month in the cupboard with a daily shake. I love the little tins you used. Nice idea for a Yule gift!

As children my brothers and I would use plantain to string mushrooms on to when we'd go gathering them, never knew their name! We'd pick quite a few plantain shoots and load them up. Ah fond memories

Great video! I've never considered making a salve with this plant. I live in the American South where ribwort plantain (I think you guys call it English plantain) is actually considered an invasive species. Many years ago my grandfather showed me how effective it can be against skin irritations of all sorts. I just grab a leaf on the ground, chew it up a little (don't get the veiny part since it's bitter!) and hold it on a cut or burn or itching area. Sometimes I'll get a bandaid to hold it in place for a while. Great stuff!

This grows here in the Himalayas , in my backyard , I will definitely make a salve now , thank-you .

Oh my gosh, I watch one video, and now I am hooked! I'm an aspiring herbalist, and I've been wanting to make a plantain salve for what feels like years (and has actually been about six months). I'll try this recipe and see how it goes!

@livinglifetothefullest22

Жыл бұрын

So how did it go?

I find it easy to clean my stainless steel pot by sticking it in a warm oven and then wiping it clean with paper towels.

Plantain grows where we garden so from now on I'll be harvesting all the plantain before we till the garden. ...I'm also going to be looking at what else might be growing out there that I can harvest before tilling. Thank you for this beautiful and useful video!

I eat most of my plantain, along with dandelion leaves, chives, cleavers, mint, or whatever else is growing happily in my lawn. Raw, sautéed, mixed with whatever else I am cooking, and an ingredient in tea. I freeze the greens as pesto for the winter: chopped leaves of plantain, dandelion, mint and whatever else edible greens you have around. Using a blender, I mince the lot with sea salt, olive oil, and either garlic scapes or garlic cloves. I form the mix into uses or balls, freeze them on a tray, and pop them in a plastic bag. I take one or to out to thaw in a bowl in the fridge and use whatever I need for scrambled eggs, soup, rice.... as I desire, over the next three days. I also chew a few plantain leaves into a slimy pulp to put on a sting or bite and thereby draw out the poisons over twenty minutes. Could you use chopped fresh leaves of the narrow leaf (I think broad leaf has a higher moisture content) to infuse into olive oil for a few weeks as your source instead of drying them? Your video is nicely paced for anyone to really see what the plant is and step by step how to process it. THANK YOU.

@vickiegveg

2 жыл бұрын

Hmm, no one answered you. I would like to know as well if raw leaves can be used. Guess I'll look it up : )

@brandonritchey484

Жыл бұрын

I use fresh broadleaf in my salve..just rinse it off let it dry then infuse it into your carrier oil

@vickiegveg

Жыл бұрын

@@brandonritchey484 thanks

@brandonritchey484

Жыл бұрын

@@vickiegveg youre very welcome

@joannminor101

11 ай бұрын

Yes raw can be used, but wilt for a few hours first. Have some pricessing in oil in my cupboard now in a half gallon canning jar. Both Broad and Narrow Leaf are used. Some prefer dried.

I just mowed my yard, must have mowed several hundreds of them ! That's ok, it'll grow back and I have several hundreds more in my field ♥️

I have just made this today from my foraged plantain and it has turned out perfect, smells absolutely beautiful, thank you for all of your lovely inspirational videos 🙏

Nowadays, tallow, when its rendered properly has virtually no smell 🙂 thankfully! And, its very close to our skins natural make up so its amazing for salves!! I use a double rendering process when I do my tallow and its great for both cooking and medicinal purposes 😉 Great video!! I enjoy seeing plant wisdom passed down from one herbalist to another. Such amazing wisdom and knowledge we've been given by our creator.. You reminded me I need to get a better dehydrator. I love your music selection with your videos. Very soothing 💜

@beaksofeagles

3 жыл бұрын

What about using anhydrous lanolin (raw wool-fat)? Then you wouldn't need the wax.

@TheWayWalker

3 жыл бұрын

@@beaksofeagles I am playing with that idea when I make my lotion, I will try one with the beeswax and the other with lanolin to see how both the texture and smell does. I have yet to try lanolin but I've also heard that is great for the skin as well. I've never tried the lanolin in a salve though so that would be an interesting experiment!

@beaksofeagles

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheWayWalker Lanolin is a fat, not a wax. Wool-classers are known for having the softest hands of all! Be sure to use "anhydrous lanolin" or "raw lanolin", otherwise it's full of emulsifiers and perfumes. It should be solid in the jar, and smell faintly like a fleece.

@TheWayWalker

3 жыл бұрын

@@beaksofeagles I know it's a fat 🤣🤣. I am playing with fats and natural waxes in my lotions and salves to see how I like the texture of it with & without 😉 I have yet to use lanolin though so I am excited about it. I've had it just haven't used it. I am hoping someday that I can actually source my own if I like the smell and texture of it that is. I also want to raise lamb/sheep for consumption so it won't be a waste if I dislike using lanolin in my product. I did not know however about anhdryous lanolin vs ones with other product in it so thanks for that tid bit of knowledge that is very helpful 👍 I believe what I bought said organic but now I will have to double check on that. Do you have a particular place you like sourcing your lanolin from? I would be curious to know...

@debbiecurtis4021

2 жыл бұрын

I made tallow last year to make pemmican. I will use some if it to make salves and candles.

My grandfather born in the late 1800s Told me that "PLANTAIN" [&he used it] pulled it up and put it on Blisters Burns Rashes Cuts = ETC. and BEYOND ETC.!

I have some beautiful grass fed tallow that I’ve rendered a few times in water so as to be pure white and scent free. It makes beautiful lotions. -K

I had a Stallion attack my son. All I had was a pitch fork, to get him off my child. I had to deal with the stab wound on the horse.I treated it with plantain. I ground the plantain in the blender and put it on the wound and ,no infection , even tho the wound was bad.

Thank you! We use this medicinal plant, known as Laukahi, in Hawaii!

I loved watching this. We recently bought a 10 acre plot of land and I can’t wait to plant some medicinal herbs like this. So exciting! Thank you for your content!

@beccagee5905

Жыл бұрын

Plantain grows wild, it really likes water. Not soaked, but muddy areas.

I'm watching this at 1.30am lying on sofa in Bristol. Very interesting. I use natural products, plants,oils etc . I will try and make this. Thank you for this video. 👍🏿

I dehydrate plants in my oven with just the oven light on - no heat. The light is warm enough to dry it. It will take several hours . I incubate my homemade yogurt this way also.

My wife rendered her 1st batch of Tallow a a month ago and gave it all away after she put some EO to scent it. Everyone loves it and the smell was very mild. If your Tallow is clean of any red or brown areas and it's the leaf fat (surrounds the kidneys not from meat) it has very little smell.

Wonderful! I have a ton of very verdant plantain growing in every semi-neglected nook in our garden. Now I will feel the joy of harvesting instead of the chore of weeding while working on our property.

Thank you for a lovely video. You can also make a spit poultice with plantain. Chew a few leaves until it is soft and put it on any sting, bite or skin irritation. Works great.

@earthangel8730

21 күн бұрын

Cover the wet chewed up plantain with a whole leave and tie with any natural grass tendril.

I have made what my kids called boo-boo oil for 30 years. It was made from olive oil and plantago major. I have read plantago lanceolata is not as potent as plantago major but you can use both. I later started using coconut oil. My kids loved it and I use it on my grandchildren now. I even treated a brown recluse spider bite with it and no scar! It's amazing stuff!

Tallow, which is rendered beef fat, does not have much odor at all. I use it in my salve, which is very healing.

I tell people plantain is my first love of weeds. If I had known how wonderful it was for itching, I would have looked like I was molding my whole childhood 🤣 My lastest love and I say latest because who knows what I will discover later, is spilanthes/tooth ache plant. It is everything every video and book has ever said and MORE. I'm located in Western Kentucky USA and it took me a couple of failures before I learned how to get it to sprout, but it's very hardy and will reseed.

@nellyshopova8235

Жыл бұрын

How do you use it and for what? I am in KY too.

@lindachandler2293

Жыл бұрын

@@nellyshopova8235 How do I use which one, plantain or spilanthes?

@beccagee5905

Жыл бұрын

What's your trick for getting Spilanthes to sprout?

@lindachandler2293

Жыл бұрын

@@beccagee5905 I put about 2 inches of rich dirt in large McDonald's milkshake cups. Poke holes in the bottom. Sprinkle the seeds and cover lightly with more dirt. Set the cups in about an inch of water and let it soak up from the bottom. Put the lids on the cup; around here the center of the lid is cut out. I set them in my sunny window sill. It takes several days for them to sprout. Keep the dirt moist from the bottom. Once they come up, you can water from the top. Never let them dry out and keep them in glaring sunlight from the window that would cook any other seeds. At about 2 inches high I pop the chunk of dirt out and plant it in a hole in a raised bed outside; don't try to separate the plants; they will flare out to the sides. Cover at night if it's going to get below 75 degrees and keep the dirt wet. Down south I hear they spread like weeds, but they sure don't in Western Kentucky.

@lorismith2354

Жыл бұрын

My love herb for itching is neem, i use different herbs, i never itch

If you do what my family calls 'wash' tallow, you will be very pleasantly surprised at how lovely it is for salves.

@nobodynothing2594

3 жыл бұрын

Linda- pls share more on this🙏🏻

@lindachandler2293

3 жыл бұрын

@@nobodynothing2594 If you have any kind of rendered fat, like you've cooked a beef bone to make soup and there is a thick layer of fat that you don't want in your soup. Let the broth chill and remove the chunk of tallow. Put the tallow in a saucepan with at least 4 or more times as much water as there is tallow! Sprinkle a little salt in it, maybe a teaspoon per half gallon of water. If it's really stinky fat you can also add a sprinkle of baking soda and a splash of vinegar. Bring the water and tallow to a bubbly simmer and simmer for about 5 minutes. Put it back in the fridge to chill. Next day, take the chunk of tallow off the water. Bits and pieces and some of the smell from the fat will settle out and stay in the water. If it's really stinky tallow or fat you may have to do this several times. If you have burned the fat, it's almost impossible to get all the smell and color out of it.

@norafarmer6538

3 жыл бұрын

What about the Lard our local grocery store sells? Is that like tallo?

@lindachandler2293

3 жыл бұрын

@@norafarmer6538 Lard will make a nice fat, but tallow comes from beef, sheep, deer etc.

@pbanther3902

3 жыл бұрын

@@norafarmer6538lard is what I prefer w 10% Bees wax ratio- simmer till fresh material till almost crisp. Olive oil is naturally very high in histamine. Avocado oil absorbs into the skin the best, but costly. I am surprised why she doesn't use fresh plant?

Thank you for sharing this.

Thank you. That was lovely.

This is excellent. Thanks

That bowl!!!! ❤

Love your enthusiasm!

Thanks so much for sharing that!

Thank you for bringing me back to plantaIn.😊

Beautiful video, message and recepie. Thank you ❤

When heating glass jars in a pan of water, don't place the jar directly on the bottom of the pan as this woman did. Whether preparing some salve or sterilising a jar for jam, etc, place a folded teatowel or old newspapers on the base of the pan and then the jars. Otherwise, you risk cracking the glass and making one hell of a mess.

@maulor3

3 жыл бұрын

Or round trellis round grill flat small cup in a larger pan

@tammydoyle6459

2 жыл бұрын

A can ring works great!

Thanks for this video. I’m pretty sure that’s what I have growing behind my shed. I will investigate tomorrow and if so I’ll harvest some leaves.

@sandfly60

Жыл бұрын

Having checked they are indeed plantain but have largely disappeared I suspect for the winter. So that plan will go on the backburner unfortunately. 😵‍💫🤣

Lamb tallow is especially healing, moisturizing and protective for the skin. It has been used by healers in the Adriatic region of Croatia, Montenegro, Dalmatia, Serbia, Greece etc for thousands of years.

This is a wonderful video ! Thank You !!!!

oh I use the broadleaf plantain, I didn't realize that was plantain too

@ledacedar6253

3 жыл бұрын

the best Plantain is the broadleaf teaches the long gone Dr. Christopher & my teacher Master Herbalist Dr. Terry Willard but whatever is handy works just not as powerful perhaps.

BEAUTIFUL!

Gracias, muchas gracias!

Thank you so much for the beautiful video

Love the enthusiasm love the video. Thank You

Love this salve. I always keep on hand. So easy to make.

Thank You!

I luv this! Thank u for sharing!

I love your kitchen!!

Lovely!

Yes you get a thumbs up for all that work very nice and thanks for a link to your blog cheers Bob in the UK

Thank you for sharing! Love the video ❤️❗

awesome....so great

Excited for Spring to arrive 😊 To start making this. Thx 🙏

What a beautiful spirit you have, Thank you for the knowledge

Great video, lovely music!

Thank you so much for this info . very well presentation and great video .

IT WORKS GREAT. USED THE STRAIGHT UP PLANT AND INSTANTLY HELPED BEE STING AND OTHER ISSUES

@DTA-me3kv

9 ай бұрын

Smashed leaves and seedlings into a paste with hand sanitizer and made a paste

100%satisfied thankyou

Love your kitchen

Thank you that was helpful

I definitely need to try this! Thank you.

@hedgecomber

4 жыл бұрын

Fab! Do let us know how you get on 😊

Thank you!!

Trying this just now. 😁

If you render tallow using the Wet Method, it doesn't smell at all. It absorbs into the skin beautifully!

Thank you for this most wonderful recipe

Wonderful ❤

Not sure what I loved more, your hair, your kitchen or your wonderful salve recipe.... thank you so much!

Wonderful info. Love your kitchen!!!

@hedgecomber

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Leigh (and me too!)

I just found your channel and I know one of the things I'll be making for stocking stuffers this Christmas. Thank you for sharing your knowledge in such a gentle and caring manner. Yours in Gratitude

Thank you .I will be making your easy recipie

Thanks for sharing that's a very useful skill to have.

I made this today !! Thank you for the recipe. I am making a Journal of Remedies from the wild things I can find.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge, your amazing 💗

I see so many herbs thank you for sharing your video

Loved this video! Always wanted to learn how to make salve and home remedies. Looking forward to more of these video gems 😊 thank u out for sharing

@hedgecomber

4 жыл бұрын

Ahh, thank you Kristina! I had so much fun putting this one together, I'm really pleased you enjoyed it 😊

Lovely video Jane, I will take a look at the blog to grab the recipie. Thank you 🌞🧙

Excellent tips and sharings. I use a crockpot to cook up my concoctions. thanks for sharing. xo

Perfect! Love your hair. Thanks! 💓

Wonderful video!!!

You exude light. Thanks for gracing my day with your presence.

Tallow, topically, is great for your skin. Its also very healthy for you as part of your diet

super duper wooper - I have become aware of plantain recently and been noticing all over. Super herb. Thank you

Good, thanks.

thank you

WONDERFUL! Exactly the type of Plantain that grows here:) I thought this type wasn’t as good for skin stuff as the fatter leaf version...

I use your recipe on all types of skin conditions, even on my dog. It truly works. Thank you for this very informative video! ♥️

Thanks, I have lots of plantain on my property. Thanks and take care.