Plantago lanceolata, Plantain Lanceleaf

Plantago lanceolata, Plantain Lanceleaf

Plantago lanceolata 

Plantain Lanceleaf

sorts and variety
‚Arterner’
diploid origin from Artern, leaf-rich, late flowering, high yields of dry mass,
drug

herb (Plantaginis herba)

most important active substances

about 2% aucubin (iridoidglycoside); more than 5 % Tannins; about 6 % musilages, flavonoids; vitamin C, silicic acid

most important usages

catarrh of the respiratory tract, inflammation of the oral and pharyngeal mucosa

Recommendations for cultivation

Weight per thousand seed grains: 1,2 g

Seed demand for drilling: march 10 kg /ha

Distance between the rows: 30 – 50 cm

harvest: before and in flowering time, (in the drug should be not seeds!)