Rowan Ordinary - Useful Properties, Reproduction, And Care Of Rowan. Rowan Tincture And Other Recipes For Using Mountain Ash

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Mountain ash

Reproduction, care, useful properties and use of mountain ash

Botanical characteristics of mountain ash

Rowan is a deciduous tree or shrub with a superficial root system. This plant is very tall, and sometimes reaches 20 meters in height. The bark of the trunk is gray, smooth. The leaves of the plant are alternate, oblong, young ones are pubescent, and the later ones are naked. White or pink fragrant flowers are collected inflorescence - panicle. Mountain ash fruit is a juicy spherical berry that is red or orange. Inside the fruit, there are red seeds that are sharp at the ends. Rowan blossoms occur in May-June. The fruits ripen from early to mid-autumn. The tree bears fruit only at the 5th year of life. Rowan can grow for 2 centuries.

Rowan is often found in Europe, the Caucasus, Siberia, Kazakhstan and Kamchatka. It can be seen in the fields, on the banks of rivers, in the garden, in the park, on the square and in the forest.

Reproduction of rowan ordinary

Mountain ash is propagated by seeds, grafting, layering, root shoots. Rowan is very often propagated by grafting, using the rowan seedlings instead of the stock. Seeds for growing rootstocks need to be prepared for germination within 3-6 months. The seeds need to be stratified over several months. For the substrate, you need to mix the sand from the river with fine sawdust. This substrate is mixed with the seeds. In the spring, the prepared seeds are sown into the ground, embedded 1.5 cm deep into the soil.

Autumn or early spring is the time to bend young plants to the soil. You need to bend either tree branches or root shoots. Fertile moist soil should be poured over the pinned branches, leaving some of the branch above the soil surface (about 20 cm).

Further care involves hilling and mulching the plant, constant watering. In order for the layers to form roots faster, you need to cut the stem by 25% of the diameter of the bend to the zone of future root formation, or simply remove a narrow ring. If the layers are properly cared for, then at the end of the growing season of the first year, weak roots will appear, 2-3 years after the day of bending, developed and powerful plants are formed.

The grafted plants begin to bear fruit after 3-5 years from the date of planting, which cannot be said about seedlings that can bear fruit only for 7-8 years.

Rowan care

Rowan care is not so difficult. It is necessary to regularly remove shoots at the root collar, water and fertilize the soil. Loosening the soil is another important condition in the cultivation of mountain ash. In the spring, rowan grows very actively, so at this time you need to feed and trim, and as quickly as possible. In young plants, broken or weak shoots can be cut off, long stems are made shorter. Weak plants are cut for 2-3 years old wood, so new shoots will grow faster.

In the third year of life, the plants need to be fertilized, and mineral fertilizers are suitable for this purpose. In the spring, nitrogen, phosphorus and potash fertilizers are applied. In the summer, the soil is fed with the same fertilizers, only in smaller quantities. And after the harvest is harvested, only phosphorus and potash fertilizers are applied in an amount of 10 grams per square meter. Fertilizers do not need to be heavily embedded in the soil, then they slightly dig up the soil and watered with plenty of water.

Useful properties of mountain ash

Rowan has a laxative, hemostatic and vitamin properties. It is used as an excellent remedy in the treatment of kidney and bladder diseases. Rowan has a positive effect on fat metabolism in the body. Rowan, along with the listed properties, is also a remedy that is used for burns, wounds and inflammations of various types.

Mountain ash is used to treat rheumatism, dysentery, dropsy and nephrolithiasis. Rowan fruits help in the treatment of liver diseases, hemorrhoids and scurvy. Rowan has a diuretic effect, therefore it is used for urolithiasis, cystitis and inflammation of the bladder.

Rowan application

In folk medicine, mountain ash is used in the treatment of anemia, gout, diathesis, edema and dyspepsia. It is used as a means that normalizes the body's metabolism. Rowan has astringent properties. The infusion from this plant is used as an antiradiation agent.

Mountain ash contains triterpenic acids, thanks to which fish is used for diseases of the cardiovascular system, such as hypertension, arrhythmia, heart pain and others. In the presence of spasms of the cerebral vessels, traditional medicine recommends taking an infusion prepared from the fruits of mountain ash.

Fresh fruits will help women who have an irregular menstrual cycle. Rowan berries or juice will help increase your appetite. You can forget about hemorrhoids if you take a tincture from the fruits of this miracle tree.

Vitamin broth. To prepare it, you need to take 500 ml of boiling water, 1 tablespoon of rowan fruits and as many rose hips. Put everything on fire for 10 minutes. After removing from heat, the broth is left to infuse for 4 hours. Having strained the broth, take it 100 ml three times a day before meals with hypovitaminosis.

Rowan tea for diarrhea. Take 1 tablespoon of dried rowan fruits and pour them with a glass of boiling water. Put on fire for 10 minutes, covered with a lid. We take the finished broth in 1 glass twice a day.

Rowan for appetite. To prepare this medicine, you need to take 100 grams of rowan berries and boil in a little water. Wipe through a sieve and mix with the same amount of sugar. Add a little white wine and boil until puree. Take mashed potatoes 1 teaspoon twice a day with poor appetite.

Rowan decoction for hemorrhoids and female diseases. Take 10 grams of rowan flowers and pour a glass of boiling water. Put on fire for 10 minutes. After straining the broth, take it 50 ml three times a day. It can also be used to treat coughs and liver disease.

Rowan juice. Take fresh rowan berries, rinse them and squeeze the juice out of them. We take this juice 1 tablespoon three times a day in the treatment of scurvy, in the presence of weakness of the body or after suffering serious illnesses.

Rowan tincture. To prepare it, you need to take a glass bottle and fill it 2/3 of its volume with rowan berries. Next, take vodka and fill the entire space of the bottle. We leave in a dark place until the tincture turns dark brown and smells like wood. Filter the tincture and take 1 tablespoon, diluting it with water, three times a day.

Rowan contraindications

Rowan can be used by all people, with the exception of those who have a predisposition to blood clots. Increased coagulability is also a ban on the use of rowan preparations.

The author of the article: Sokolova Nina Vladimirovna | Phytotherapist

Education: Diploma in "General Medicine" and "Therapy" received at the Pirogov University (2005 and 2006). Advanced training at the Department of Phytotherapy at the Peoples' Friendship University of Moscow (2008).