Plantain, Rat's Tails, Travellers Foot, Waybread, Cuckoo's Bread 'Giant'

I like this plant it grows in my grass can be used as fiber subsitute added to thicken stews and used like aloe vera after soaking over nigh

The SwordLeaf Plantain grows widely throughout the west in yards and roadsides. The crushed leaves, when added to a little water is a val...Read Moreuable healing herb - use on severely dry cracked open skin. I read this in a Native American Healing book, and the same night it closed up deep open cracks on most of my fingers - an irritant-type dermatitis - that several dermatologists failed to fix. Turns skin temporarily green, so use in the evening and overnight - and have healthy skin tomorrow!

I grow this in the greenhouse and outside-it's a very usefull plant-can be eaten as a green, cooked- or the young leaves in salad-it is g...Read Moreood for the stomach and neutralizes stomach acid--I use it as a tea for clearing head and bronchial mucus--it has been used by our people to stop hemorrhaging, by puting brused or chewed leaves on the bleeding surface.