English, Greater plantain. Plantain, Ribgrass, Waybred ;
French, Grand plantain ;
German, Grosser Wegerich. It should be carefully distinguished from Plantago ovata (Isapgula).
A perennial, deciduous herb with a stem 12 to 18 inches high.
The leaves are radical, five to seven ribbed, ovate, dentate,
abruptly narrowed into a channeled petiole, which latter is
smooth or somewhat hairy. The perfect, small, whitish flowers appear
in May and June, one and more in number, in dense, long, slender
spikes raised on naked scapes.
Found in :-
Europe and Japan ; found in Temperate and Alpine Himalayas from
Kashmir to Bhutan up to 12000 ft, Deccan Nilgiris, Dehradun, Assam,
Khasia hills, Malaya, Peninsula. Also found in Pakistan Bahawalnagar
District (Fort Abas).
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
By Dr. Aranzo, El. Crit, Med. 2. in 1861. ( Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. VII. 553.)
The whole fresh plant.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Plantago, moist magma containing solids | 100 gm
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Plant moisture 350 Cc. | = 450.
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Strong alcohol, a sufficient quantity | 683 Cc.
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To make one thousand cubic centimeters of tincture.
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(b) Dilutions: 2x to contain one part of tincture,
three parts distilled water,
six parts alcohol ; 3x and higher with dispensing alcohol.
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