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Color image depicting the green leaves of a plantain plant.
Plantain (Hawaiian name: Laukahi. Scientific name: Plantago major), 2011

Used as a poultice to help heal boils, sprains, bruises, broken bones, and torn muscles . The seeds are used for cleansing the bowel.

Courtesy National Library of Medicine, photo by Kauila Clark