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Plantain, Ispaghul | | Name : | Plantain, Ispaghul | | Botanical : | Plantago ovata | | Synonyms : | Ispaghula. Spogel Seed. Plantago Ispaghula. Plantago decumbens. | | Family : | Plantaginaceae | | Parts Used : | Dried seeds. | | Habitat : | India, Persia, Spain, Canary Islands. | | Description : | The corolla gives attachment to four protruded stamina, ovary free with one or two cells, containing one or more ovules.
The style capillar, terminated by a single subulate stigma. The fruit is a small pyxidium covered by the persistent corolla; seeds composed of a proper integument which covers a fleshy endosperm at the centre of which is a cylindrical axile and a homotype embryo, boat-shaped, acute at one end 1/12 to 1/8 inch long and 1/24 inch wide, pale-green brown with a darker elongated spot on the convex side; on concave side hilium is covered with the remains of a thin white membrane. It has no odour or taste, but the herbage is demulcent and bitter and somewhat astringent. | | Constituents : | Mucilage contained in seed coat (sometimes used to stiffen linen), fixed oil, proteins. | | Uses : | Useful in place of linseed or barley, also for diarrhoea and dysentery; the decoction is a good demulcent drink, or seeds mixed with sugar and taken dry invaluable in this form for reducing inflamed mucous membranes of the intestinal canal - a mild laxative. When roasted the seeds become astringent and are used for children's diarrhcea. In European medicine they are used chiefly for chronic diarrhcea and for catarrhal conditions of the genito-urinary tract. Dose, 2 to 2 1/2 drachms of the seeds, mixed with sugar and taken dry. Decoction, 1/2 to 2 fluid ounces. |
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