Plantago psyllium, Plantain, Psyllium Seeds
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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
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