At Free Verse Farm in Chelsea, Vt., Misha Johnson makes a poultice out of plantain for a bug bite that his wife, Taylor Katz, suffered near her eye. The herb considered a weed by many can be used as an anti-inflammatory and helps to draw the toxins from the bite. (Valley News – Jennifer Hauck)

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