Of the many plants we know, this is one that has been as widespread and esteemed in ancient times as it is now. Since primeval times, it was the ruler of the ways and grew for the benefit of mankind. An Anglo Saxon source mentions Plantain “Weybroed” as one of the nine sacred herbs: “And you, Weybroed, mother of plants, open to the east mighty inside: Over you creak waggons, over you rode women, over you rode brides, over you snorted horses. You withstood all and offered resistance. So withstand too the venom and contagion and misfortune that sweep across the land.” Today as then we need plants like Plantain which is so much esteemed in herbals. Its relative, the Common Plantain or Broad-leaved Plantain (Plantago major) is used in the same way. Both grow by roadsides, in ditches, meadows, moist wastelands and may be found all over the world.