the hidden Virtues of Plantains

[@rampengu6940]

Your videos are always a joy come across

[@thederb720]

Your comment has made my day!

[@PandJsHomesteadAdventure]

Hi Blanche! So good to see you! We always learn something from you! You have a wonderful gift in the way you teach. Your still one of our favorite You Tubers. TY for sharing! See you on the next one.

[@thederb720]

I'm working on other vids before the weather gets good --these windy cold days keep me inside...Thanks for your support!

[@AriellaKK]

Awesome video, thank you. More people need to learn these things, especially in the time we are living in!

[@thederb720]

So true--especially it's important for the next generations. They need more outside time, less phone time...

[@Sssmaug]

Thank you for an interesting & informative presentation. I have many plantain "volunteers" in my garden - i always leave them be until i need them, so many benefits. 🙋🏼😊

[@thederb720]

They're good to have around --like a trusty friend , ready to help when needed.

[@jkasak7633]

Thank you. This was encyclopedic.

[@thederb720]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks...

[@avaeasley4364]

Hello! My professor for my Wildflowers and Wild Edibles class at Indiana University has been showing us some of your videos and I just want to say thank you for making them! I've found them incredibly useful for this class, there is a lot of misinformation online regarding wild edibles and it's great to have a trusted source. I also really appreciate that your videos have exactly everything that is needed and no more; it's so rare to find a channel that doesn't pad time but still includes all the necessary information. Your commitment to making sure this information is available online and continuing to upload for 15 years on the topic is so admirable. I also love your editing style, it reminds me of the 1990s- 2000s educational videos I was shown throughout elementary school and is very nostalgic. I've never left a comment on a video like this before and I'm actually a business student just taking the class for fun. I just spend a lot of time in my other classes using content that is far more monetized and with a focus on purely making money. We've spent a lot of time on internet content in my marketing classes, and watching this is a breath of fresh air. Just wanted to let you know that your content is very much appreciated!

[@thederb720]

What a pleasure it was to read your comments especially when you don't usually respond to posts. Please tell your professor I was honored they used some of my videos in their class. These videos have evolved over the years--as you can see. My older ones were made with a video camera and tapes so the image quality wasn't the best (but the information was still ok.) Now I've switched to a digital format which is an improvement over my past posts--ah, technology! I'm a retired art teacher and volunteer at the Smith College Botanic Garden. Through that contact, several professors have asked me to lead plant identification walks around campus. I love meeting the students in person (without having to grade them!), and to share stories and info; I always enjoy interacting with people of all ages. Sometimes I'm called an expert--unh-uh, that's not true-- as I'm always learning new things... The Internet gives me another place where I can reach people not just in my area but from all over the world: it's like having video pals. Some of my viewers tell me how they use the plants I feature and I'm pleased to learn from them... The information you get in your class is something you can use your whole life. if you enter the business world, it may be fairly stressful-- but if you can make time to spend in the nature, to walk around and find some familiar plants and think, "oh yeah, I recognize that plant--I can do such and such with it," you've become more aware and appreciate your surroundings. Hopefully you'll want to protect what's there and feel more connected to other forms of life. As a college student you have many opportunities to explore new areas by taking classes outside your field. You never know what you'll discover! So...thank you, thank you, over and over; you've given me incentive to keep on posting tho' I take too much time to make each video...

[@nizara4168]

I love your pictures of your younger self that you bring up, truly inspiring to me as someone in my twenties to immerse myself in my environment❤️

[@thederb720]

Every once in a while i like to be nostalgic o remind me of pleasant memories of the past--plus I look better than i do now! :-)

[@nizara4168]

Thank you for your beautifully informative and peaceful videos.

[@thederb720]

When I edit my videos (usually in the cold months), I'm transported back to warmer times when weather was warmer and plants were readily available...(which makes me content)

[@Hamza-B3]

Thanks!😊

[@thederb720]

...And thank you for your support.

[@anthonyburdine1061]

Thank you !! I was so excited to see a video from you !)!) 😃 I'm so glad you're still making videos !! I use plantain, definitely one of my favorites!! 😊

[@thederb720]

Yes I'm still making vids but for me it's a slow process--thanks for your patience.

[@Arboreal_Fungi]

So much information, thank you!

[@thederb720]

I'm pleased that you may have learned some new info.

[@StevenColvin-rn8cf]

Great for grazers on one's homestead as well!

[@thederb720]

I bet! good greens and seeds.

[@furstfemme]

Thank You beautiful video ❤

[@thederb720]

I appreciate your support and compliment.

[@goldenrulebanner2896]

I love your voice and the valuable information!

[@thederb720]

I'm pleased you found my video to be helpful.

[@ArtichokeHunter]

That's interesting, I've been using plantago husks for years but never heard of doing it as a tea rather than actually consuming the husks. I guess maybe it has a similar effect? I just grind the seeds and husks together and combine with commercial psyllium husk as an extender and it works well.

[@thederb720]

Luckily I don't have a need for the husks except I do use the green seeds as shown in the video. Survivalist Tom Brown mentioned (in his excellent book "Guide to Edible and Medicinal Plants") that he chewed on a few green seeds as an internal insecticide to prevent insect bites-- I've tried that a few times -they taste ok-- I didn't get bit but maybe I was just lucky ...

[@thederb720]

I did not put that black line in my reply! Huh?

[@kaitlynnleary598]

I just found your account and my jaw dropped when you said Massachusetts! I love your videos!

[@thederb720]

Are you from MA?

[@kaitlynnleary598]

@@thederb720 Yes! I'm in the Greater Boston area!

[@thederb720]

@@kaitlynnleary598 I grew up in Brookline, hung around Harvard Square and went to the old Club 47. I was always looking for less populated places to explore --I liked Arnold Arboretum--so many trees and plants to see there...

[@Noone-rt6pw]

I saw a salve or such made of the plantain roots has been used for venomous snake bites. Anyone know anything?

[@thederb720]

I know it's helpful for wounds --but snake bites?- I'm not sure. Try googling your question to see how many responses you get on that topic. There might be some folklore sites that mention what can be used for those kind of bites. We are lucky here in Western MA that poisonous snakes are rare.

[@Noone-rt6pw]

@@thederb720 I've searched and searched, haven't found anything really concrete, except for mention of plantain, but there's sorry maggots thatll say anything just to say something, where someone else pays the consequences. Now my grandmother said only thing to do for a dog was wash it with coal oil and pour some down it's throat. Might work for a person too. As a vet told me all they could do is wash it because of all the bacteria. I seen two get bit, one by a rattlesnake where he walked right into him. Another he took my bite as he cut me off crossing a bottom just on the side of a cross tie. That would have been my next step and been me if he hadn't cut me off. Both swoll up twice their regular size. Funny looking but it wasn't funny. Old Westerns, putting gun powder on it and lighting they say does not work, but it might. Like using ear candles. Burn them regular see what's left, then put in your ear and see what comes out. Just like lighting a piece of paper on fire, stuffing in a glass then putting upside down in a saucer of water, the absence of air will draw the water from the saucer into the glass. A time factor could exist with it.???? I've seen some remedy from India that might work. Just like old drawing salves, you don't know how they worked, but you know they do.🙂🙂🙂

[@Bindy-m3c]

I thank God for the existence of people like you, who know the lore of herbs amd wild plants. Im trying to memorise everything because the days are to me, looking increasingly disturbing, with less comtrol afforded to the people, and too much control taken by the powers that be

[@thederb720]

Thank you for such a wonderful comment. I try my best to share what I know to make the world a better place and to help people become more independent of big Ag(riculture)

[@ProfesorPorcupine-yy5bt]

This video is EPIC! Every video is like a PBS show. I've heard of Stories where Plantain Leaves stopped deeply cut bleeding, is this rumor overblown or under-exaggerated? Can the Broad Leaf & Narrow Leaf Plantains Hybridize?

[@thederb720]

I've only used plantain on minor cuts so I can't say from personal experience whether their healing powers are exaggerated when a cut is deep. They certainly have helped me to lessen the pain of insect bites. I'm not sure if the 2 plants hybridize. Maybe a. botany professor would know? (any ideas Professor Porcupine?? :-) Oh wow--comparing my little videos to a PBS show? What a complement!! Thank You!!!!!

[@ProfesorPorcupine-yy5bt]

@@thederb720 Your Welcome! I'm on a goal to Domesticate & Breed better versions of Wild Edible Crops. Your Videos have helped me so much with that goal. I theorize the reason why the 2 Plantago species don't cross is because of different flowering times, but I'm still not sure if there also exist hybridization barriers too.

[@hydrotilling7043]

When they are by the sewer, that is the moment to protect them, say I got you…. Dear friend, I’ll protect you and plant you in my garden And someday I need you to protect me 🪴 And when I do, please do so

[@thederb720]

so sweet and true...thank you

[@Noone-rt6pw]

Anyone know or heard anything about plaintain root pulmiced then using on top a poisonous snake bite??? Know anything, heard anything? I ask, where theres always the know it alls where they think everyones like them, where then it is best if youre within reasonable time frames but native americans been through the forests, rocks and swamps, where they had to use something besides just being wise where one is. Ive walked where it took most the day to get there, so getting back itd be good to have something that offers some chance. It need not be scientifically proven as theyre aren't, only think that matters is does it work.

[@maghurt]

Never heard that, but it sounds interesting.

[@thederb720]

I don't know if the root is helpful for snake bites. Keep searching -- check various survivalist sites as there may be info there.

[@Noone-rt6pw]

@@thederb720 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣, I been looking for a long time. This one guy long ago told me the shock from an ignition wire on a lawn mower would work. When they came out debunking it, he gave me this serious look saying it does work. Which he lived in a rural area, a lifer from the Army where he was on the ground in combat roles. Then lived in a rural area where there's plenty of others who walk the woods, then being acquainted with specialists who actually know what works. Where I have an inclination to believe him as he would know others that'd have tried and proven such. One can not see how, but I could give examples of things that do not have reason to common thinking. Which filtration plays on the positive and negative charges of things, where it's strictly one material is negative charged, another is positive attracting each other. I found some said remedies in India, where surely Ayuverda there, TCM in China have last ditch remedies. Which survivalist online may be apt not to comment even if they know, where something may work sometimes, but not 100%, simply for fear of liability. Liability causes a lack of many things that as a last ditch effort can help. If you hear of anything where others have experience or know others who do, please let me know. Just like ambesol and orajel, toothache medicine is good to have on hand not just toothaches, but anything like wasp stings or, to relieve a burn, not to treat a burn, but I've applied to burns, where had I not, they hurt enuff it'd disrupt ones sleep. Then, coating a burn then laying ice on it to draw the heat out, it helps take the sting of the ice out. Which just like a steak, it keeps cooking after being removed from the grill, a burn is the same way, where getting ice on it helps draw out the heat, reducing damage done. Benzocaine in toothache meds can take the sting out of the ice, so it's tolerable. Or like grease burns, where it's too late, hurting worse at night so it's hard to sleep, ambesol can be the difference between night and day. Something many aren't aware of and do not think of, but having plenty of experience with such, I share for you and others just so you know. Likewise, anyone know anything about snakebites or other, let me know, please.

[@zuditaka]

Us kids used to make a fun toy out of the plantain flower stalks. You take one stalk and fold it to make a tight loop. Then you quickly pull a stem with a flower head on it through the loop, jerking hard, and the flower head will be cut off and fire off like a missile or toy gun. 🥬

[@thederb720]

Sounds like fun...I'll try it as soon as the stalks come 'round again...

[@lilcricket4379]

😊🎉