Plantain of the Indies

The plantain of the Indies ( Plantago ovata ), or ispaghul , is one of Plantain originating in the India.

Description

Its country of origin is worth to him its second denomination of plantain of the Indies where it is largely cultivated like in Pakistan. It is acclimatized however to our moderate areas.

Component

The seed of ispaghul is richer in mucilages (25 to 30% of seed dries) that species close to plantain such as the psyllum.

pharmacopeia

Left used: the Tegument of seed.
Property: laxative, cut hunger

Like all the Plantain S, it east is a mechanical Laxatif. Indeed, its mucilages increase, by hydration, the fecal bowl facilitating by there its evacuation without causing, contrary to senna and the bourdaine, an irritation of the colon. One can thus use it over longer periods, the more so as by papering the intestine, it protects it. Moreover, by their aptitude to collect water, its mucilages form in the stomach a gel cut-hunger. This effect is potentiated by a reduced absorption of food at the intestinal level, these two combined actions are interesting within the framework of a slimming mode.

It is mentioned like plants medicinal in the medical texts Ayurvediques and Unani S to help to solve many problem like the constipation, amoebic dysentery and diarrhea.

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