Plantago psyllium, Plantain, Psyllium

Plantago psyllium, Plantain, Psyllium

Plantago psyllium   

Plantain, Psyllium

drug

seed (Psyllii semen)

most important active substances

about 10 – 12 % musilages (in the seed skin); about 5 % fatty oil; aucubin, proteic substances,

most important usages

constipation, diarrhoea and all conditions in which a soft stool is desiradle such as anal fissures, in the industrie as a finish for silk and as a thickening agent to strengthen fabric

Recommendations for cultivation

Weight per thousand seed grains: 1,2 g

Seed demand for drilling: 6-8 kg / ha

Distance between the rows: 30 – 50 cm

harvest: when the seeds are brown