Ribwort plantain

Research corpus coverage

Chemistry notes

• CHEMISTRY: Relevant reported constituents include iridoids including aucubin; mucilage; tannins; constituent presence alone does not establish clinical efficacy.

Traditional / historical use

Documented traditional use — not a claim of established efficacy.

• TRADITIONAL: Ribwort plantain has been used for cough; oral/throat irritation; minor wounds; this records historical/traditional use and does not establish efficacy.

  MODERATE · regulatory monograph · WHO Monographs on Selected Medicinal Plants

Modern evidence

• EVIDENCE: For the major use set (cough; oral/throat irritation; minor wounds), the evidence assessment is limited/mixed: Traditional-use support; insufficient high-quality clinical evidence.

  MODERATE · regulatory monograph and mixed scientific literature · WHO Monographs on Selected Medicinal Plants

  Mixed findings, product heterogeneity, or indirect evidence are preserved in the detailed profile.

Forms used traditionally

A listed form does not imply it suits every plant part, or that one preparation is interchangeable with another — see the plant’s own notes below.

Additional safety notes (general, unstructured)

Free-text safety notes carried from their source — not broken out by species, route, or hazard type, and not equivalent to the structured records above. Each note names the kind of source it came from.

• SAFETY: Major issues include Generally well tolerated; allergy possible. Contraindications/cautions include Known allergy.

  MODERATE · regulatory monograph · EMA European Union herbal monographs and list entries

• SAFETY: Clinically relevant interaction concerns include No well-established interactions.

  MODERATE · regulatory monograph · EMA European Union herbal monographs and list entries

  Some interactions are theoretical or based on case reports/pharmacokinetics rather than outcome trials.

• SAFETY: Pregnancy/lactation reference: Insufficient pregnancy/lactation evidence.

  MODERATE · regulatory monograph or evidence synthesis · WHO Monographs on Selected Medicinal Plants

  Absence of evidence is not evidence of safety.

Taxonomic identity note

• Ribwort plantain is treated here as Plantago lanceolata L. in the family Plantaginaceae; recorded older names include Plantago altissima L. in some sources.