Twelve years ago, as I was walking barefoot with a friend in the Catskill Mountains, I stepped on a bee. Suddenly, I remembered my last encounter with a bee: restless nights and over a week of pain and itching. My friend, who was studying herbs with me, suggested plantain, which was growing right at our feet. I said, "Sure, plantain may be good for skin stuff, but this is a bee sting! How much good could it do?"
Still feeling sorry for myself, I decided to try the plantain ...