Plantain: An Accessible & Easy to Forage Plant

I found herbalism as a teen through foraging for wild foods, mushrooms, and medicine. Every weekend was spent wandering through nature preserves along the Chattahoochee River, climbing up steep hills where all I had to hold on to was eroded roots of towering oak trees, and skidding down rocks on the riverside in search of elderflowers. In these exploits, I earned many bruises, bug bites, and serious scrapes...maybe a bit of poison ivy and my fair share of yellow jacket stings. Enter plantain–the very first herbal medicine I ever worked with.