Fresh plantain leaves for wounds

Plantain (Plantago lanceolata) is very good for curing all kinds of wounds (even old), scratches, cutes, wasp stings.

Picke fresh plantain leaves, wash them (if you can), crush and put on the wound. If it is necessary wound can be wraped with bandage, so that the leaves don't fall off.

You can also see post Plantain for blisters.

Marjoram oil

Marjoram oil is made by puting fresh marjoram in a glass jar and pouring olive oil over it to cover the marjoram. Jar is left in a warm place for 10 days, then strained with a strainer or a cloth.

It is best to have extra virgin olive oil becouse of its good quality and fresh marjoram, but if necessary dry marjoram can be used as well.

Marjoram oil is recommended for malignant gland diseases and other gland problems. Oil is used together with crushed plantain leaf, plantain needs to be fresh.

First apply the oil on the troubled area and put crushed plantain on it, wrap it with a bandage. Some say that this helps in a short period of time.

Plantain for blisters

Plantain (Plantago lanceolata) is a useful herbal remedy for blisters. Fresh plantain leaves put on blisters in shoes help a lot, especially when you walk a lot and aren't home, so that you can take off your shoes. Leaves help to relieve pain and discomfort.

Plantain helped me few times, one time I wore new shoes to a wedding and got a hurtful blister, so I picked a plantain leaf and put it on a blister. Leaf moisturize hurt area and makes a small buffer so that the blister doesn't keep rubbing the shoe that hard.

To implement this remedy one needs to know how this herb looks. There are male and female plants, they like to be stepped on so they usually grow on paths, but also can be found on meadows.