For many thousands of years plantains (Plantago sp) has been used to make poultices for wounds. Now there is finally a decent medical study that confirms the positive effect of Plantago major extracts on wound healing. The tests were done on both tissue cultures and ears from freshly killed pigs, apparently no tests on actual live humans. The medically usefull compounds were found to be various polyphenols, and of interest to the bushcrafter is that these are temperature sensitive: the drying temeperature of the leaves must not exceed 30 C. Link to the PhD thesis (Also posted to http://www.hunter-gatherer.org/2012/04/plantain-for-wound-treatment/)
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