Insect Stings
Plantain Poultice (civilized version)

The best herbal poultice for insect stings and bug bites! Easy to find plantain weed will alleviate the pain.

Using plantain can be as simple as chewing it and placing it on the sting or a little more civilized as in the following poultice recipe.

Pick your plantain from unsprayed areas and place in a blender. Turn on blender and add just enough water to make a pureed mass of green.

Now apply the mass to the wound, it can be held down with a strip of muslin or other cloth.

Want to have plantain poultices available year round?

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Freeze any extra blended plantain in ice cube trays. After it has frozen, pop out of the ice cube tray and store in a Ziploc bag in the freezer.

Next time you are bitten, stung, or even cut on the knee like Joel is here, you can be ready with one of these plantain ice cubes! Applying plantain frozen will also help with numbing any pain.

You can get dried plantain leaves at Mountain Rose Herbs

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