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  • Common Name

    Ribwort, Narrow-leaved Plantain

  • Botanical Name

    Plantago lanceolata

  • Part Used

    Leaf

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  • Monograph

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  • Alcohol

    25%

  • Dose

    20 to 80mL weekly

Ribwort can be used as first aid to heal many types of wounds and to take the swelling and sting out of a variety of different insect bites. It can be used internally for dry coughs, bronchitis, sinusitis and mucus membrane inflammations including diarrhoea and peptic ulcers. It can also be added to remedies for seasonal allergies such as hay fever. Ribwort is valued for its broadly therapeutic effects on the urinary system and is useful in cases of cystitis, prostate inflammation or bladder infections.

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A guide to Ribwort and its properties

  • Traditional Use

    Plantago is from the Latin planta, the sole of the foot, because it grows on paths and lanceolata refers to the lance shaped leaves. It has long been considered by herbalists to be a useful remedy for coughs, wounds, inflamed skin or dermatitis, and insect bites. Bruised or crushed leaves have been applied topically to treat insect bites and stings, eczema and small wounds or cuts. It was considered to be a gentle, soothing expectorant with a mild astringent effect said to help remedy haemorrhoids or bladder infections with small amounts of blood in the urine.  Traditionally regarded as a mucilage drug.

  • Actions

    Anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, expectorant, anticatarrhal, antibacterial, antimicrobial, astringent, demulcent, soothing diuretic

  • Indications

    •    Upper respiratory catarrh, particularly in children, including chronic mucous membrane discharge, asthma, acute and chronic bronchitis, coughs of all sorts, pertussis (whooping cough), rhinitis, sinusitis, nasal and middle ear catarrhal conditions
    •    Inflammation of the mouth and throat 
    •    Dysentery and diarrhoea, gastric and peptic ulcer, colitis, haemorrhoids
    •    Incontinence in children, painful urination, cystitis
    •    Externally for wounds and inflammation of the skin, as a form of first aid for insect bites and bruises

  • Energetics

    Cooling, moistening

  • Use in Pregnancy

    Not advised as there is insufficient evidence for safe administration.

  • Contraindications & Cautions

    None known.

  • Drug Interactions

    None known.

  • Dietary Information

    Vegan friendly. Gluten and dairy free

  • Substitutes

    Ivy Leaf, Liquorice, Mullein, Thyme, Stone Root, Adhatoda, Aniseed, Elecampane, Grindelia, Heartsease, Hyssop