Plantago Herba, Plantain Herb, Che Qian Cao 车前草 ArnoglossumBartang (Unani)Che Qian Cao (TCM, Herb)Tha ram ཐ་རམ  (Tibetan) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Plantago majorOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Plantago minor (P. lanceolata)Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491    Red Plantain (variety)        Greater Plantain Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Left: Greater Plantain; Middle: Ribwort Plantain; Right: Buck’s-Horn PlantainNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Greater PlantainParkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Ribwort PlantainParkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 P. majorFlora von Deutschland (20), Kohler, 1885 P. lanceolataFlora von Deutschland (20), Kohler, 1885 P. asciaticaIllustrations Of Indian Botany, Vol. II, Wight, 1850 Botanical name: Plantago spp.A number of species are used: P. major, Greater Plantain (Main source) P. lanceolata, Ribwort Plantain (preferred for Lung conditions) P. coronopus, Buck’s-Horn Plantain P. media, Hoary Plantain. P. asciatica and others are used in India and China. P. depressa (and P. majus), used in Tibet. Parts used: Herb, Juice; sometimes the rootSee also Plantain Seed Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Slightly Bitter and Sweet“Cold and dry in the second degree” (Avicenna) Classifications: 2G. CLEANSING.  2N. REPELLENTS.  2O. ASTRINGENTS.  2T. GLUTINATE.  2Z. CICATRIZING3B. FEBRIFUGE & ANTIPYRETIC.  3K. EXPECTORANT.  3L. ANTI-TUSSIVE.  3M. ARTHRITICS4e. STOMACHICPreparers and Purgers of Bile Uses: Clears Heat and Phlegm, Stops Cough (TCM, West): heat-type coughs…

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