Plantain leaf tea is used to soothe inflamed and infected tissues of the respiratory, urinary, and digestive tracts. Drink it liberally to relieve coughs, ulcers, irritable bowel, colitis, cystitis, and painful urination. Applied externally, the fresh leaves reduce the pain of bites, stings, cuts, scrapes, and burns. The fresh leaf can be chewed and placed inside the mouth for easing the inflammation and pain of infected gums, gum disease, and abscesses

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