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Snake Weed; Cant remember the scientific name for it?
Topic Started: Jun 3 2010, 02:33 PM (1,784 Views)
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Anybody ever heard of snake weed before? Thats what I carry around with me all the time now.A long time hound hunter & friend of mine made a batch up for me a while back.He has showed it to me in the woods & their is a scientific name for it but I cannot remember what it was to save my life.I never have had to use it myself but I've heard stories about dogs almost dead brought back to life with it before.I know that it grows natural here in SC & their was Info.on the Interenet that I read about when he first gave it to me.I know from the stories that I have been told that I wouldnt think twice about drinking it if I got bit myself.
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I looked this up on the net & this is what I found out about Snake weed.

Common name (Plantago Major)


I know my friend has given this to another mans dog that was bitten by a Rattlesnake.The man called my friend in desperation for help cause he couldnt afford a vet & the dog was laying their already about dead.I was told by others that after he got their & administerd this to the dog he was up/walking around within hours like nothing ever happend.

If nothing else it's an interesting read if your board or curious about it like myself

The other common names for the herb plantain are broad leaved plantain, ripple grass, waybread, slan-lus, waybroad,snakeweed,cuckoo's bread, englishman's foot, white man's foot, buckhorn plantain, dog's ribs, hock cockle, lance-leaved plantain, rub grass, dooryard plantain, round-leaved plantain, he Qian Zi (China), Breitwegerich (German), Tanchagem-maior (Portuguese), Llantén común (Spanish) and Llantén major (Spanish).

History


The Plantain belongs to the natural order Plantaginaceae, which contains more than 200 species, twenty-five or thirty of which have been reported as in domestic use. Plantain is considered as a common and noxious weed and a miracle plant. The standard native English name is Greater Plantain, though it is also called Common Plantain in some areas where it is introduced, particularly North America. Another one of its common names was "Soldier's Herb" for its use on the battlefield as a field dressing. Broad-leaved Plantain was spread all over the world by early colonists to America, New Zealand and Australia. The Broad-leaved Plantain seems to have followed the migrations of our colonists to every part of the world, and in both America and New Zealand it has been called by the aborigines the 'Englishman's Foot'for wherever the English have taken possession of the soil the Plantain springs up. Longfellow refers to this in 'Hiawatha.'Our Saxon ancestors esteemed it highly and in the old Lacnunga the Weybroed is mentioned as one of nine sacred herbs. In this most ancient source of Anglo-Saxon medicine, we find this 'salve for flying venom. It is a good source of vitamins C, A, and K.

Description


The plantain is a tough and perennial plant which grows from a very short rhizome the rhizome has a number of long, straight, yellowish roots. The rhizome from the ground level has a large, radial rosette of leaves and a few Iong, slender, densely-flowered spikes. The leaves of the common plantain are generally ovate or egg-shaped and are found complete or jagged. The leaves are distinguished by their chunky and conduit footstalk. The blade is 4 to 10 inches long and about two-thirds as broad, usually smooth, thickish, five to eleven ribbed, the ribs having a strongly fibrous structure, the margin entire, or coarsely and unevenly toothed. The flower stems of the common plantain grow up to a height of seven to twenty inches and are inclined with long and slim barbs of greenish-white flowers. The flowers’ colors are, however, eclipsed by the brown colored sepals. The corolla is bell shaped with staples and purple anthers.
It is a two-celled capsule with four to sixteen seeds.

Range


A perennial "weed" that can be found almost anywhere in North America and much of Europe. This herb which is temperate in its distribution is said to be originated in Europe and now naturalized throughout the world. It is also very common in South Africa and other mountainous regions.

Habitat


This may be found anywhere by roadsides and in meadow-land. It will grow in sun to shade, and in almost any soil fir it is said to be very adaptable. Plantain spreads by seeds. The common plantain is hardly cultivated commercially anywhere, but mostly harvested from the wild. It is found growing naturally in the lawns, gardens, backyards and along the roads throughout America.

Cultivation


Plantain is adaptable to any soil and so very easy to cultivate, and generally prefers a sunny position. Succeeds in any moderately fertile soil in a sunny position. They are propagated by sowing the seeds in spring in a cold frame. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and plant them out in early summer. A sowing can be made outdoors in situ in mid to late spring if you have enough seeds.

Flowering Season


The flowering season is generally between early spring to early autumn.

Pests and Diseases


Plantago major acts as a reservoir for several viruses, such as potato virus and cucumber mosaic virus and also for bacterial leaf blight of rice (Xanthomonas oryzae).

Parts Used


The most commonly used parts of the herb are root, leaves and flower-spikes.

Medicinal Applications





The juice, or distilled water, dropped into the eyes cools inflammation in them.

The dried and powdered leaves taken in drink kill worms of the belly; boiled in wine, it kills worms which breed in old and foul ulcers.

It is a remedy for all scabs and itch in the head and body, tetters, ringworms, shingles and running and fretting sores.

It is a remedy for for piles and diarrhoea.

The herb is used in inflammation of the skin, malignant ulcers, intermittent fever, etc., and as a vulnerary, and externally as a stimulant application to sores.

Rubbed on parts of the body stung by insects, nettles, etc., or as an application to burns and scalds, will help in relief of the pain.

It is said to be good against epilepsy, dropsy, jaundice and opens obstructions of the liver, spleen and reins.

Powdered seeds stop vomiting, epilepsy, lethargy, convulsions, dropsy, jaundice, strangury, obstruction of the liver, etc.

It is used as an alternative medicine for asthma, emphysema, bladder problems, bronchitis, fever, hypertension, rheumatism and blood sugar control.

A decoction of the roots is used in the treatment of a wide range of complaints including diarrhoea, dysentery, gastritis, peptic ulcers, irritable bowel syndrome, haemorrhage, haemorrhoids, cystitis, bronchitis, catarrh, sinusitis, coughs, asthma and hay fever.

It helps in stopping the bleeding and encourages the repair of damaged tissue.

The heated leaves are used as a wet dressing for wounds, skin inflammations, malignant ulcers, cuts, stings and swellings and said to promote healing without scars.

The root is said to be used as an anti-venom for rattlesnake’s bites.

The seeds are used in the treatment of parasitic worms.

A distilled water made from the plant makes an excellent eye lotion.

The plantain helps in treating colds, catarrh or running nose, bronchial congestion and allergic conditions like hay fever as well as asthma and ear conditions.

The common plantain is also useful in clearing stomach and bowel infections as well as urinary infections, cystitis, prostatis as well as urethritis or infection of the urethra.

Ointments or lotions prepared with the common plantain leaves may be used to cure hemorrhoids, fistulae or anomalous channels in the skin as well as ulcers.



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What does it look like? Never heard about it. Thanks Gene
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Sounds like we all ought to grow this stuff in our own backyards. Back in the late 70's I was at a Beagle field trial & I got into some nettles. Their spines went right through my blue jeans & was irritating my knees something awful. This one guy in the gallery that was along as a spectator saw my discomfort & hunted around for just the right weed for me to rub on my knees to stop the itching. It had a lot of moisture in its stems. This guy was of Indian decent & knew what he was doing. The itching stoped right away. He told me what that weed was but I forgot the name after all those years but I remembered how well it worked. Now you got me wondering if it was this Plantain that you describe in your post. ^o)
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Here is a website with a discription and pictures of the plant


http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=PLMA2
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Thanks, Gene I think I have some in my yard.
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This may not be the correct name of the plant Im thinking about cause the pictures didnt look familar.It kinda looked more like Rattle snake weed after looking at pictures of plants.I will try & take some pictures of the plant & ask my friend for more info. & the correct name again.
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Well................after lookin at that photo thats definatly not the same weed that that Indian scrounged up for me to cure those nettle bites. Guess I'll probably never find out what he used. :(
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Wendell,Thats the same conclusion I came to also after looking at the pictures.Thanks for posting the pic anyway Dee but that's definately not the same plant as I was showed in the woods.Like I said as soon as I get a chance Im gonna take some pic's of the weed Im talking about & maybe get a little more info. from my buddy about this plant.Now after trying to research it I'm confused myself?????? ^o) I know that my friend called it snake weed but their is also a plant called rattlesnake weed wich I thought were the same plant.I remember the plant having a slender vine/leaves & was standing up 2-3 foot like fescue but having tiny small like yellow flowers.
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